Taunggyi University

Department of Botany

Historical Background

The Department is located in the West of the main building. The Departmental office, the library, the practical rooms, are all situated in the Department and the botany research laboratory is in the Y-centre of Taunggyi University. 

 

Dr. Aye Aye Win Kyi
Professor & Head

Field of study

  1. Microbiology
  2. Horticulture
  3. Tissue Culture
  4. Pharmacognosy
  5. Environmental Science
  6. Biotechnology

Curriculum

Bachelor Degree (BSc)

First Year BSc

First Year BSc (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
မ ၁၀၀၁ မြန်မာစာ 3 2 2
Eng 1001 English 3 2 2
Bot 1101 Plant Biology 4 3 2
Elective (1) * 3 2 2
Elective (2) * 3 2 2
AM 1001 Aspects of Myanmar 3 2 2
  Total 19 13 12

Total Credits – 19: Total hours –25

Foundation Courses

မ ၁၀၀၁         မြန်မာစာ
Eng 1001       English

Core Course

Bot 1101        Plant Biology

Elective Courses

Zool 1001      Organization and Variety of Life
Chem 1001   General Chemistry I
Geol 1001     General Geology I
Geog 1001    Elements of Physical Geography
AM 1001       Aspects of Myanmar

*A student can choose any two electives including those offered by the Department of Zoology, Chemistry , Geology and Geography to fulfill total of 19 credit points.

Elective Courses for Other Specialization

Bot 1001      Varieties of Plants and their Relatives

First Year BSc (Semester II)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
မ ၁၀၀၂ မြန်မာစာ 3 2 2
Eng 1002 English 3 2 2
Bot 1102 Basic Concepts of Applied Botany 4 3 2
Elective (1) * 3 2 2
Elective (2) * 3 2 2
AM 1002 Aspects of Myanmar 3 2 2
  Total 19 13 12

Total Credits – 19: Total hours – 25

Foundation Courses

မ ၁၀၀၂         မြန်မာစာ
Eng 1002       English

Core Course

Bot 1102        Basic Concepts of Applied Botany

Elective Courses

Zool 1002     Life Processes and Fossils
Chem 1002   General Chemistry II
Geol 1003     General Geology II
Geog 1002    Elements of Climotology
AM 1002       Aspects of Myanmar

*A student can choose any two electives including those offered by the Department of Zoology, Chemistry , Geology and Geography to fulfill total of 19 credit points.

Elective Courses for Other Specialization

Bot 1002      Importance of Plants

Second Year BSc

Second Year BSc (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Eng 2001 English 3 2 2
Bot 2101 Survey of Plant Kingdom I 4 3 2
Bot 2102 Angiosperms I 4 3 2
Bot 2103 Genetics 4 3 2
Elective (1) * 3 2 2
Elective (2) * 3 2 2
  Total 21 15 12

Total Credits – 21: Total hours – 27

Foundation Courses

Eng 2001       English

Core Course

Bot 2101       Survey of Plant Kingdom I
Bot 2102       Angiosperms I
Bot 2103       Genetics

Elective Courses

Bot 2104            Ecology
Bot 2105            Introduction to Evolution   
Zool 2001          Invertebrate Zoology
Chem 2001       Organic Chemistry I

*A student can choose any two electives including those offered by the Department of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry to fulfill total of 21 credit points.

Elective Courses for Other Specialization

Bot 2001      Plant Taxonomy I

Second Year BSc (Semester II)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Eng 2002 English 3 2 2
Bot 2106 Survey of Plant Kingdom II 4 3 2
Bot 2107 Angiosperms II 4 3 2
Bot 2108 Cytogenetics 4 3 2
Elective (1) * 3 2 2
Elective (2) * 3 2 2
  Total 21 15 12

Total Credits – 21: Total hours – 27

Foundation Courses

Eng 2002       English

Core Course

Bot 2106       Survey of Plant Kingdom II
Bot 2107       Angiosperms II
Bot 2108       Cytogenetics

Elective Courses

Bot 2109           Horticulture
Bot 2110            Plant Pathology 
Zool 2002         Vertebrate Zoology
Chem 2002       Organic Chemistry II

*A student can choose any two electives including those offered by the Department of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry to fulfill total of 21 credit points.

Elective Courses for Other Specialization

Bot 2002      Plant Taxonomy II

Third Year BSc / First Year BSc Honours

Third Year BSc / First Year BSc Honours (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Eng 3001 English 3 2 2
Bot 3101/3201 Medicinal Plants 4 3 2
Bot 3102/3202 Plants Cytology and Anatomy 4 3 2
Bot 3103/3203 Plants Physiology I 4 3 2
Bot 3104/3204 Environmental Biology 4 3 2
Elective * 3 2 2
  Total 22 16 12

Total Credits – 22: Total hours – 28

Foundation Courses

Eng 3001       English

Core Course

Bot 3101/3201     Medicinal Plants
Bot 3102/3202    Plants Cytology and Anatomy
Bot 3103/3203    Plants Physiology I
Bot 3104/3204    Environmental Biology

Elective Courses

Bot 3105/3205            Floristics and Herbarium Techniques
Bot 3106/3206            Weed Science
Zool 3001                      Insects of Agricultural Importance
Chem 3001                   Organic Chemistry III

*A student can choose any two electives including those offered by the Department of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry to fulfill total of 22 credit points.

Elective Courses for Other Specialization

Bot 3001      Plant Ecology

Third Year BSc / First Year BSc Honours(Semester II)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Eng 3002 English 3 2 2
Bot 3107/3207 Cell Biology 4 3 2
Bot 3108/3208 Advanced Genetics 4 3 2
Bot 3109/3209 Plants Physiology II 4 3 2
Bot 3110/3210 Applied Ecology 4 3 2
Elective * 3 2 2
  Total 22 16 12

Total Credits – 22: Total hours – 28

Foundation Courses

Eng 3002       English

Core Course

Bot 3107/3207     Medicinal Plants
Bot 3108/3208    Plants Cytology and Anatomy
Bot 3109/3209    Plants Physiology I
Bot 3110/3210     Applied Ecology

Elective Courses

Bot 3111/3211       Biochemistry I
Bot 3112/3212      Plant Geology
Zool 3001              Insects Texicology
Chem 3001            Organic Chemistry IV

*A student can choose any two electives including those offered by the Department of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry to fulfill total of 22 credit points.

Elective Courses for Other Specialization

Bot 3002      Plant Pathology

Fourth Year BSc / Second Year BSc Honours

Fourth Year BSc / Second Year BSc Honours (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Eng 4001 English 3 2 2
Bot 4101/4201 Plant Systematics 4 3 2
Bot 4102/4202 Pharmacognosy 4 3 2
Bot 4103/4203 Microbiology 4 3 2
Bot 4104/4204 Plant Tissue Culture 4 3 2
Elective * 3 2 2
  Total 22 16 12

Total Credits – 22: Total hours – 28

Foundation Courses

Eng 4001       English

Core Course

Bot 4101/4201     Plant Systematics
Bot 4102/4202    Pharmacognosy
Bot 4103/4203    Microbiology
Bot 4104/4204    Plant Tissue Culture

Elective Courses

Bot 4105/4205            Research Methodology
Bot 4106/4206            Mineral Nutrition of Plants

*A student can choose any one elective course offered by the the Department of Botany to fulfill a total of 22 credits.

Fourth Year BSc / Second Year BSc Honours (Semester II)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Eng 4002 English 3 2 2
Bot 4107/4207 Biochemistry II 4 3 2
Bot 4108/4208 Plant Biotechnology 4 3 2
Bot 4109/4209 Applied Microbiology 4 3 2
Bot 4110/4210 Biodiversity and Conservation 4 3 2
Elective * 3 2 2
  Total 22 16 12

Total Credits – 23: Total hours – 29

Foundation Courses

Eng 4002       English

Core Course

Bot 4107/4207     Biochemistry II
Bot 4108/4208    Plant Biotechnology
Bot 4109/4209    Applied Microbiology
Bot 4110/4210     Biodiversity and Conservation

Elective Courses

Bot 4111/4211            Molecular Biology
Bot 4112/4212           Biostatistics I

*A student can choose any one elective course offered by the the Department of Botany to fulfill a total of 22 credits.

Note :  Project paper must be submitted by each group not more than 10 students in Fourth Year Semester.Group paper presentation must be included.

MSc Qualifying / Third Year BSc Honours

MSc Qualifying (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Bot 5201 Industrial Microbiology 4 3 2
Bot 5202 Advanced Plant Physiology I 4 3 2
Bot 5203 Advanced Pharmacognosy 4 3 2
Bot 5204 Molecular Genetics 4 3 2
Bot 5205 Ethnobotany 4 3 2
Bot 5206 Evolution 4 3 2
  Total 24 18 12

Total Credits – 24: Total hours – 30

MSc Qualifying (Semester II)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Bot 5206 Electronics 4 3 2
Bot 5206 Nuclear Physics 4 3 2
Bot 5206 Quabtum Mechanics 4 3 2
Bot 5206 Material Science 4 3 2
Bot 5206 Electromagnetic Wave Theory 4 3 2
Bot 5206 Mathematical Physics 4 3 2
  Total 24 18 12

Total Credits – 22: Total hours – 28

Note :  Project paper must be submitted by each group not more than 10 students in Third Year Honours Second Semester.Group paper presentation must be included.

Master Degree (MSc)

First Year MSc

MSc First Year (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Bot 611 Evolutionary Survey 4 4 2
Bot 612 Embryology and Morphogenesis 4 4 2
Bot 613 Principle of Taxonomy 4 4 2
Bot 614 Applied Pharmacognosy 4 4 2
  Total 16 16 8

MSc First Year (Semester II)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Bot 621 Advanced Microbiology 4 4 2
Bot 622 Environmental Science 4 4 2
Bot 623 Plant Biochemistry and Physiology 4 4 2
Bot 624 Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 4 4 2
  Total 16 16 8

Second Year MSc

MSc Second Year (Semester I)

Module No. Module Name Credit Point Hours/ Week
Lecture Practical/ Tutorial
Bot 631 Research Outline Presentation (First Seminar) 4 4 2
Bot 632 Seminar for Research Outcome(Second Seminar) 4 4 2
Bot 633 Research and Progress Report 4 4 2
Bot 634 Research Outline and their Presentation 4 4 2
  Total 16 16 8