Admission Elegibility
- A Person (Male/Female) holding Intermediate Certificate, (Pre-Medical with Biology and chemistry) or any equivalent certificate from any recognized Institute / College with at least 50% marks shall be eligible for admissions to BS Zoology.
- 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 Zoology
| Semester No. 1 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | ENG-301 | Functional English | 3(3-0) |
| 2 | SSH-301 | Pakistan Studies | 2(2-0) |
| 3 | MATH-303 | General Mathematics | 3(3-0) |
| 4 | BOT-311 | Plant Diversity | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | CHEM-301 | Physical Chemistry | 3(2-2) |
| 6 | Zool-301 | Animal Diversity-I (Invertebrates) | 4(3-2) |
| Semester No. 2 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | ENG-302 | Communication Skill | 3(3-0) |
| 2 | IS/ET-302 | Islamic Studies/Ethics | 2(2-0) |
| 3 | ZOOL-302 | Animal Diversity-II (Chordates) | 4(3-2) |
| 4 | BOT-312 | Plant Anatomy and Systematics | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | CHEM-302 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3(2-2) |
| 6 | ZOOL-303 | Principles of Cell Biology | 3(2-2) |
| Semester No. 3 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | ENG-401 | English-III: Technical Writing and Presentation Skill | 3(3-0) |
| 2 | CS-402 | Introduction to Computing | 3(1-4) |
| 3 | BOT-411 | Plants Ecology and Physiology | 3(2-2) |
| 4 | CHEM-401 | Organic Chemistry | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | SOC-301 | Introduction to Sociology | 2(2-0) |
| 6 | ZOOL-401 | Animal Form & Function-I | 4(3-2) |
| Semester No. 4 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | Zool-403 | Fundamentals of Microbiology and Immunology | 3(2-2) |
| 2 | Zool-404 | Animal Behavior | 3(3-0) |
| 3 | Zool-405 | Biological Techniques | 3(1-4) |
| 4 | Zool-406 | Biochemistry-I | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | Zool-402 | Animal Form & Function-II | 4(3-2) |
| 6 | ZOOL-407 | Geography | 2(2-0) |
| Semester No. 5 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | Zool-501 | Economic Zoology | 3(2-2) |
| 2 | Zool-502 | Biochemistry-II | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | Zool-503 | Animal Physiology | 4(3-2) |
| 4 | Zool-504 | Environmental Biology | 3(2-2) |
| 5 | Zool-505 | Evolutionary Biology | 3(2-2) |
| Semester No. 6 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | Zool-506 | Research Methodology | 2(2-0) |
| 2 | Zool-507 | Principal of Systematics | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | Zool-508 | Developmental Biology | 4(3-2) |
| 4 | Zool-509 | Principal of Genetics | 4(3-2) |
| 5 | Zool-510 | Introduction to Wildlife | 3(2-2) |
| Semester No. 7 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | STAT-623 | Biostatistical Analysis | 3(2-2) |
| 2 | Zool-601 | Molecular Biology | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | Optional course | ||
| 4 | Optional course | ||
| 5 | Optional course | ||
| Semester No. 8 | |||
| Sr. No | Course Category | Course Title | Cr. Hr |
| 1 | Zool-602 | Bioinformatics | 3(1-4) |
| 2 | MAJOR-XII | Research Project/ Internship/Optional Course | 3(0-6)/3(3-0)/3(2-2)/4(3-2) |
| 3 | Optional course | ||
| 4 | Optional course | ||
| 5 | Optional course | ||
| 6 | Zool-603 | Zoogeography & Paleontology | 3(2-2) |
