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APPENDIX – 17 [R]
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
M.Sc. DEGREE COURSES
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
(w.e.f. 2008-2009)
SECOND YEAR
(i.e. III & IV SEMESTERS)
COURSE OF STUDY AND SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS
NAME OF THE COURSES
1) M.Sc. APPLIED ELECTRONICS
2) M.Sc. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
3) M.Sc. BIOCHEMISTRY
4) M.Sc. BIOINFORMATICS
5) M.Sc. BIOTECHNOLOGY
6) M.Sc BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
7) M.Sc. BOTANY
8) M.Sc. CHEMISTRY
9) M.Sc. COMPUTER SCIENCE
10) M.Sc. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (5 YEAR INTEGRATED)*
11) M.Sc. ELECTRONIC MEDIA
12) M.Sc. FOODS SCIENCE NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
13) M.Sc. FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND DIETETICS
14) M.Sc. GENERAL GENETICS
15) M.Sc. HOTEL AND CATERING MANAGEMENT
16) M.Sc. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
17) M.Sc. MATHEMATICS
18) M.Sc. MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
19) M.Sc. PHYSICS
20) M.Sc. VISUAL COMMUNICATION
21) M.Sc. ZOOLOGY
The scheme of examinations for different semesters shall be as follows:
Vide APPENDIX-B
APPENDIX - B
SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS FOR III AND IV SEMESTERS
1. M.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN APPLIED ELECTRONICS
Second Year
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Components / Subjects / Inst. Hrs / Credits / Exam Hours / Max. MarksInt.
marks / Ext. Marks / Total
Core Courses / Paper – IX
Data Communication and Computer Networking / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper – X
Digital Signal Processing / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper – XI
Practical – III Embedded and DSP Laboratory / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper – XII
Basic VLSI Design / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Elective Subject - III / Paper – III
Embedded Systems / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
(Extra disciplinary) / Offered by M.Sc computer Science / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Soft Skill – III / 4 / 3 / 3 / 40 / 60 / 100
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
Course Components / Subjects / Inst. Hrs / Credits / Exam Hours / Max. MarksInt.
marks / Ext.
Marks / Total
Part –I
Core Courses / Paper – XIII
Industrial Process Control / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper – XIV
Semiconductor Device Technology / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper – XV
Project & Viva voce / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Elective / Paper – IV
Power Electronics / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper - V
Elements of Nanotechnology in Electronics / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Soft Skill – IV / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
FOURTH SEMESTER
2. M.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
THIRD SEMESTER
Course components / Subjects / Inst. Hrs. / Credits / Exam Hours / Max. MarksInt.
marks / Ext.
marks / Total
Core Courses / Paper-IX
Microbial Genetics / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper-X
Genetic Engineering / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper-XI
Molecular Biology / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper-XII
Microbial Genetics, Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering - Practical III / 5 / 4 / 6 / 40 / 60 / 100
Elective Subject-III / Research Methodology / 5 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Elective Subject-IV / Industrial & Pharmaceutical Microbiology / 5 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Extra disciplinary / Environmental Biotechnology / 6 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Soft Skill-I / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60 / 100
UNIVERSITY PRACTICAL EXAMINATION WILL BE CONDUCTED IN EVEN SEMESTER ONLY.
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks
should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
Int.
marks / Ext.
marks / Total
Core Courses / Paper-XIII
Food, Dairy and Environmental Microbiology / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper-XIV
Soil, Agricultural, Food and Environmental Microbiology - Practical IV / 6 / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
Paper-XV
Project / 12 / 4 / 3 / 20 / 80 / 100
Elective Subject-V / Soil and Agricultural Microbiology / 6 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Soft Skill-I / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60 / 100
UNIVERSITY PRACTICAL EXAMINATION WILL BE CONDUCTED IN EVEN SEMESTER ONLY.
3. M.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY
THIRD SEMESTER
Coursecomponents / Name of Course / Inst. Hours / Credits / Exam. Hours / Max. Marks
CIA / External
Core - 8 / Cell and Molecular Biology / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core - 9 / Hormonal Chemistry / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core - 10 / Clinical Biochemistry / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core - 11 / Practical III / 6 / 4 / 6 / 40 / 60
Elective - 4
/ Biostatistics / 5 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Elective - 5
/ Immunology / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Extra-disciplinary
/ Clinical basis of Diseases / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75SOFT SKILL – III / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks
should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the
Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course components / Name of Course / Inst. Hours / Credits / Exam Hours / Max. MarksCIA / External
Core - 12 / Principles of Biotechnology / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core - 13 / Concepts of
Bio-informatics / 5 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Elective - 6 / Microbial Biochemistry / 5 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core - 14 / Project and Viva voce / 8 / 20 / 60 project
20 viva voce
SOFT SKILL – IV / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
4. M.Sc. Degree Course in Bioinformatics
THIRD SEMESTER
CourseComponents / Name of Course / Inst.
hours / Credits / Exam
(Hours) / Maxmarks
CIA Ext
Paper 12
Core / Genomics & Proteomics / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper 13
Core / Algorithms for Computational Biology / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper 14
Core / Structural Bioinformatics / 6 / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75
Paper 15
Core / Tools and their Applications in Bioinformatics (Practicals) / 6 / 4 / 3 / 40 / 60
Paper 16
Elective / Systems Biology / 6 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper 17
Elective (Other Departments) / Potentia;l Applications and commercial aspects of Bioinformatics / 6 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Soft Skill / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
CourseComponents / Name of Course / Inst.
hours / Credits / Exam
(Hours) / Maxmarks
CIA Ext
Paper 18
Core / Databases in Molecular Biology / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper 19
Elective / Advanced Topics in Bioinformatics / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper 20
Elective / Bioinformatics & Drug design / 6 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper 21
Core / Project & viva-voce / 12 / 8 / - / 20 / 80
Soft Skill / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
5. M.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Components / Name of Course / Semester / Inst.Hours / Credits / Exam
HRS / Max. Marks
CIA / Ext
Paper-13 Core / Enzyme Technology / III / 4 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-14
Core / Genomics and Proteomics / III / 4 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-15
Core / Bioprocess Technology and Downstream Processing / III / 4 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-16
Core Practical / Practical III–
(A) Enzyme Technology
(B) Genomics and
Proteomics
(C) Bioprocess Technology and
Downstream Processing / III / 10 / 4 / 6 / 40 / 60
Paper-17 Elective / Tissue Engineering / III / 3 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-18 Elective / Stem Cell Biology / III / 3 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Soft skill - III / III / 2 / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
**Internship / III / 2
* Elective offered to other Dept. / Principles of Gene
Manipulation Technology / III / 2 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Components / Name of Course / Semester / Inst.Hours / Credits / Exam
HRS / Max. Marks
CIA / External
Paper-19
Core / Environmental Biotechnology and Nano Biotechnology / IV / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-20
Elective / Animal Biotechnology / IV / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-21
Elective / Bioethics, Human
rights and
Social Issues / IV / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-22 Core / Dissertation / IV / 15 / 8 / 20 / 80
(60-Disse rtation + 20- Viva)
Soft skill - IV / IV / 2 / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
Examination:
(* Practical examination shall be conducted independently at the end of even semesters.)
6. M.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Components / Name of Course / Inst. Hours / Credits / Exam. HRS / Max.MarksCIA / External
Paper-13 Core / Enzyme Technology / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-14 Core / Operations Management / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-15 Core / Genomics and Proteomics / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper-16 Core / Practical III–
(A) Enzyme Technology
(B) Genomics and
Proteomics / 6 / 4 / 6 / 40 / 60
Paper - 17
Elective / Entrepreneurial Development Project Management / 3 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper - 18
Elective / Principles of Gene
Manipulation Technology / 3 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Soft skill – III / 2 / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
Internship / 2 / 2
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Components / Name of Course / Inst. Hours / Credits / Exam.HRS / Max.Marks
CIA / External
Paper-19 Core / Strategic Management / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper - 20
Elective / Animal Biotechnology / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper - 21
Elective / Bioethics, Biosafety, IPR,
Human rights and Social
Issues / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75
Paper – 22
Core / Dissertation / 15 / 8 / - / 20 / 80
(60-Dissertation) + 20 (Viva)
Soft skill – IV / 2 / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60
Overall Credit: 95
7. M. Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN BOTANY
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Component / SubjectTitle of the paper / Inst. Hrs / Credit / Exam
Hrs / Marks
CIA / Ext / Total
CORE / Paper-IX. Cell Biology, Genetics, Biostatics and Plant Breeding / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
CORE / Paper-X
Plant Molecular Biology / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
CORE / Paper- XI
Plant Biotechnology / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
CORE / Paper XII
Practicals- IV- Covering theory papers IX, X & XI / 5 / 4 / 4 / 25 / 75 / 100
Elective
III / Bioinformatics / 4 / 3 / 4 / 40 / 60 / 100
Extra disciplinary- I / Herbal Drug Biotechnology / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Soft Skill- III / 2 / 2 / 3 / 40 / 60 / 100
** Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Component / SubjectTitle of the paper / Inst. Hrs / Credit / Exam
Hrs / Marks
CIA / Ext / Total
CORE / Paper-XIII. Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
CORE / Paper-XIV- Plant Physiology / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
CORE / Paper- XV
Applied Plant cell and Tissue Culture / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
CORE / Paper- XVI
Practicals- V- Covering theory papers XIII, XIV & XV / 6 / 4 / 4 / 40 / 60 / 100
Elective- IV / Algal Biotechnology / 4 / 3 / 3 / 25 / 75 / 100
Soft Skill
IV / 2 / 3 / 3 / 40 / 60 / 100
8. M.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN CHEMISTRY
THIRD SEMESTER
Course Components / Subjects / Inst. Hours / Credits / Hrs. / Max. MarksCIA / External
Core IX / Organic Chemistry-III / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core X / Inorganic Chemistry-III / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core XI / Physical Chemistry-III / 6 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core XII / Physical Chemistry Practical* / 8 / 4 / 6 / 40 / 60
Elective III / Theory Elective / 4 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Soft Skill / 2 / 40 / 60
Theory Electives Offered:
1. Material Science
2. Elementary Bio Chemistry
3. Research methodology
Electives offered in the II & III Semester can also be taken by other branch students.(ED)
* Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year and marks should be sent to the University by the College and the same will be included in the Third Semester Marks Statement.
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course Components / Subjects / Inst. Hours / Credits / Hrs. / Max. MarksCIA / External
Core XIII / Organic Chemistry-IV / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core XIV / Inorganic Chemistry-IV / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Core XV / Physical Chemistry-IV / 5 / 4 / 3 / 25 / 75
Elective IV / Analytical Chemistry Practical* / 8 / 4 / 6 / 40 / 60
Elective V / Group Project /Review / 7 / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75
Soft Skill / 2 / 40 / 60
* Practical examinations to be conducted at the end of the academic year.