Admission Elegibility
- A Person (Male/Female) holding Intermediate Certificate, (Pre-Medical) or any equivalent certificate from any recognized Institute / College with at least 50% marks excluding marks for Hafiz-e-Quran, or any other marks specified shall be eligible for admissions to BS Botany..
- Admission will be on open merit basis based on marks obtained in the last degree.
- Age: A candidate must not be more than 23 years of age on October of the year of admission provided that the vice-chancellor may relax the age limit is a very exceptional case.
Academic Standing
Grade point average:
- Maximum grade point average 4.00
- Minimum grade point average for obtaining the degree 2.50
- To remain on the role of university a student shall be required to maintain the following minimum CGPA otherwise he/she shall be ceased on the university role.
- A student who maintain the minimum GPA/CGPA for promotion and merits the requirements will be promoted to the next semester.
- A student who does not meet the requirements made repeat the whole semester once only. The course creates that student earns in the repeated semester shall replace the previously earned course grades.
- During the specified minimum duration for completing the degree, a student may repeat those course of the previous semester in which he/she secured the grade “F” provided the course load does not exceed the maximum limit of credit hours in a semester. Repetition of lowest grades will be allowed after completing last semester if, the CGPA is less than the degree requirements.
- In the 8th semester if, a student fails to achieve the 2.5 CGPA, he/she have to repeat the course / courses with F & D Grades, so as to make CGPA of 2.5 within the maximum time period allowed for the degree.
Proposed Study Plan BS Botany
| Semester – I | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | SSH-301 | Pakistan Studies | 2(2-0) |
| 2 | ENG-301 | Functional English | 3(3-0) |
| 3 | MATH-301 | Mathematics | 3(3-0) |
| 4 | ZOOL-311 | Invertebrates Diversity | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | CHEM-301 | Physical Chemistry | 3(2-2) |
| 6 | BOT-301 | Diversity of Plants | 4(3-2) |
| Semester – II | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | SSH-303 | Professional Ethics | 3(3-0) |
| 2 | ENG-302 | Communication Skills | 3(3-0) |
| 3 | IS/ET-401 | Islamic Studies / Ethics | 2(2-0) |
| 4 | ZOOL-312 | Chordates Diversity | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | CHEM-302 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3(2-2) |
| 6 | BOT-302 | Plants Systematics, Anatomy and Development/Embryology | 3(3-0) |
| Semester – III | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ENG-401 | Technical writing & Presentation skills | 3(3-0) |
| 2 | CS-402 | Introduction to Computing | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | CHEM-401 | Organic Chemistry | 3(2-2) |
| 4 | RGS-303 | Advanced Accounting-I | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | BOT-401 | Introduction to Global Information System | 4(3-2) |
| Semester – IV | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ZOOL-411 | Animal Form and Function | 3(2-2) |
| 2 | FR-401 | Introduction to Forest & Range Management | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | BOT-402 | Plant Physiology and Ecology | 4(3-2) |
| 4 | BOT-403 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 4(3-2) |
| 5 | STAT-406 | Biostatistics | 3(2-2) |
| Semester – V | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | BOT-501 | Plant Ecology-I | 3(2-2) |
| 2 | BOT-502 | Bacteriology and Virology | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | BOT-503 | Plant Physiology-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 4 | BOT-504 | Plant Biochemistry-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 5 | BOT-505 | Genetics-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 6 | BOT-506 | Plant Systematics | 3 (2-2) |
| Semester – VI | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | BOT-507 | Plant Anatomy | 3 (2-2) |
| 2 | BOT-508 | Diversity of Vascular Plants | 3 (2-2) |
| 3 | BOT-509 | Plant Ecology-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 4 | BOT-510 | Plant Physiology-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 5 | BOT-511 | Plant Biochemistry-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 6 | BOT-512 | Genetics-II | 3 (2-2) |
| Semester – VII | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | BOT-601 | Environmental Biology | 3 (2-2) |
| 2 | BOT-602 | Mycology and Plant Pathology | 3 (2-2) |
| 3 | BOT-603 | Phycology and Bryology | 3 (2-2) |
| 4 | BOT-604 | Molecular Biology | 3 (2-2) |
| 5 | BOT-605 | Research Techniques & Instrumentation | 3 (2-2) |
| 6 | BOT | Optional course-l | 3 |
| Semester – VIII | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | BOT-606 | Principles of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry | 3 (2-2) |
| 2 | BOT-607 | Economic Botany | 3 (2-2) |
| 3 | BOT-608 | Research Project/ Internship/ Special Paper | 3 (0-6) |
| 4 | BOT-609 | Research Planning and Report Writing | 3 (1-4) |
| 5 | BOT-620 | Seminar | 1 (1-0) |
| 6 | BOT | Optional course-lI | 3 |
Scheme of Study For Bachelor of Science in Botany
| Compulsory Courses | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ENG-301 | English-I: Functional English | 3 (3-0) |
| 2 | SSH-301 | Pakistan Studies | 2 (2-0) |
| 3 | MATH-301 | Mathematics | 3 (3-0) |
| 4 | SSH-303 | Professional Ethics (in place of English IV) | 3 (3-0) |
| 5 | ENG-302 | English-II: Communication Skills | 3 (3-0) |
| 6 | IS/ET-401 | Islamic Studies/Ethics | 2 (2-0) |
| 7 | ENG-401 | English-III: Technical Writing and Presentation Skills | 3 (3-0) |
| 8 | CS-402 | Introduction to Computing | 3 (2-2) |
| 9 | STAT-406 | Biostatistics | 3 (2-2) |
| Foundation Courses | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hour |
| 10 | BOT-301 | Diversity of Plants | 4 (3-2) |
| 11 | BOT-302 | Plants Systematics, Anatomy and Development/Embryology | 4 (3-2) |
| 12 | BOT-401 | Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution | 4 (3-2) |
| 13 | BOT-402 | Plant Physiology and Ecology | 4 (3-2) |
| 14 | BOT-403 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 4 (3-2) |
| 15 | BOT-501 | Plant Ecology-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 16 | BOT-502 | Bacteriology and Virology | 3 (2-2) |
| 17 | BOT-507 | Plant Anatomy | 3 (2-2) |
| 18 | BOT-508 | Diversity of Vascular Plants | 3 (2-2) |
| Major Courses | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hour |
| 19 | BOT-503 | Plant Physiology-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 20 | BOT-504 | Plant Biochemistry-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 21 | BOT-505 | Genetics-I | 3 (2-2) |
| 22 | BOT-506 | Plant Systematics | 3 (2-2) |
| 23 | BOT-509 | Plant Ecology-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 24 | BOT-510 | Plant Physiology-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 25 | BOT-511 | Plant Biochemistry-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 26 | BOT-512 | Genetics-II | 3 (2-2) |
| 27 | BOT-601 | Environmental Biology | 3 (2-2) |
| 28 | BOT-602 | Mycology and Plant Pathology | 3 (2-2) |
| 29 | BOT-603 | Phycology and Bryology | 3 (2-2) |
| 30 | BOT-604 | Molecular Biology | 3 (2-2) |
| 31 | BOT-606 | Principles of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry | 3 (2-2) |
| 32 | BOT-607 | Economic Botany | 3 (2-2) |
| 33 | BOT-620 | Seminar | 1 (1-0) |
| 34 | BOT-605 | Research Planning and Report Writing | 3 (2-2) |
| 35 | BOT-608 | Research Project/ Internship/ Optional Paper | 3 (0-6) |
| General Courses | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hour |
| 36 | ZOOL-311 | Invertebrates Diversity | 3 (2-2) |
| 37 | CHEM-301 | Physical Chemistry | 3 (2-2) |
| 38 | ZOOL-312 | Chordates Diversity | 3 (2-2) |
| 39 | CHEM-302 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 (2-2) |
| 40 | CHEM-401 | Organic Chemistry | 3 (2-2) |
| 41 | ARGS-303 | introduction to Global Information System | 3 (2-2) |
| 42 | ZOOL-411 | Animal Form and Function | 3 (2-2) |
| 43 | FR-401 | Introduction to Forest and Range Management | 3 (2-2) |
| Optional Courses | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hour |
| 44 | BOT-610 | Aromatics, Poisonous and Medicinal Plants | 3(2-2) |
| 45 | BOT-611 | Stress Physiology | 3(2-2) |
| 46 | BOT-612 | Plant Nutrition | 3(2-2) |
| 47 | BOT-613 | Forensic Botany | 3(3-0) |
| 48 | BOT-614 | Nanobiotechnology | 3(2-2) |
| 49 | BOT-615 | Plant Microbe Interaction | 3(2-2) |
| 50 | BOT-616 | Cytology and Cytogenetics | 3(2-2) |
| 51 | BOT-617 | Biosafety and Bioethics | 3(3-0) |
| 52 | BOT-618 | Plant Biotechnology | 3(2-2) |
