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Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria

Undergraduate Program


Below is the course outline for the four years B. Sc. Biology Degree program:

100 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO 1301 General Biology I (Cell and Organizational Biology) 3
2 BIO 1303 General Biology II (PLANT AND ANIMAL DIVERSITY) 3
Total 6
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO 1302 BIOLOGY PRACTICAL 3
2 BIO 1304 Introduction to Genetics and Heredity 3
Total 6

200 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO2301 Genetics I 3
2 BIO 2303 Cell Biology and Physiology 3
3 BOT 2301 Lower Plants 3
4 ZOO 2301 Lower Invertebrates 3
5 ZOO 2303 Vertebrates 3
Total 15
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO 2302 Biostatistics. 3
2 BOT 2302 Higher plants. 3
3 ZOO 2302 Higher invertebrates 3
4 BIO 2304 Introduction to Environment and World Ecosystems 3
Total 12

300 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO 3301 Field Course 3
2 BIO 3303 Biochemistry 3
3 BIO 3305 Introductory Microbiology 3
4 BIO 3307 Principles of Ecology 3
5 BIO 3311 Genetic II 3
6 BOT 3301 Plant Systematics 3
7 ZOO 3301 Protozoology 3
8 BOT 3303 Comparative Plant Anatomy (ELECTIVE) 3
9 ZOO 3305 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. 3
10 ZOO 3303 Basic Entomology 3
11 BIO 3313 Introductory Nematology 3
12 BOT 3307 Cryptogamic Botany 3
Total 36
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
Total

400 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO 4205 Conservation and Development of Natural Resources 2
2 BIO 4303 Hydrobiology 3
3 BIO 4307 Applied microbiology 3
4 ZOO 4303 Parasitology I 3
5 ZOO 4305 Immunology 3
6 BOT 4301 Economic Botany (ELECTIVE) 3
7 BOT 4303 Weed Biology (ELECTIVE) 3
8 ZOO 4307 Embryology (ELECTIVE) 3
Total 23
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 BIO 4308 Field Course 3
2 ZOO 4310 Human biology 3
3 ZOO 4312 Introductory Aquaculture and Fisheries 3
4 BIO 4304 Environmental Pollution 3
5 ZOO 4304 Parasitology II 3
6 BOT 4202 Soil Plant interactions 2
7 BOT 4308 Plant Tissue Culture 3
8 BOT 4306 Plant Breeding 3
9 ZOO 4302 Pest Management and Biology (ELECTIVE) 3
Total 26