DEPARTMENT AT A GLANCE
The Department of Zoology was
established in the year 1994.The Department initially offered only a non-major
under graduate programme under Dibrugarh University and H. S. Course under Assam
Higher Secondary Education Council, Guwahati, Assam. Dibrugarh University in
2008.The Department strives to promote all round development of the students
through various academic and Co-curriculum activities. The primary objective of
the Department is to impart quality education in the subject of Zoology.
The Department periodically organize Popular
talk, Departmental Seminar, Group Discussion etc. for the academic benefits of
students. Department also organized field trip, so that students get experiential
learning of the subject. The Department also maintain a wall magazine
"Evolution" and Hand Written magazine "Pranopanko" a
knowledge sharing platform where the students can express their own idea and
improve their creative writing skill.
The life lines of the department are
well equipped spacious laboratory with important equipment, Departmental Library
including 321 nos. books, qualified and good teacher and dedicated supporting
staffs.
M.Sc.,MPhil.
:M.Sc., M. Phil., Ph.D., B.Ed.
M.Sc.,MPhil.
M.Sc., B.Ed., Ph. D
VISION
To
promote the discovery and broad knowledge about the biology of animals,
evolution and their environments and holistic development of the students and
make them able to contribute effective of the welfare and society in this
dynamic era.
To be one of the premier educational
institution that help students to gain contemporary knowledge by innovating and
adapting resulting learning.
MISSION
The mission is to
offer high quality education dedicated to building minds with social and moral
responsibility. The Department is committed for educating the students beyond
the confines of a class room to make them responsible citizen.
Goals and objective:-
·
To enable the students to
pursue higher education in Life Sciences in future
·
To provide quality
oriented teaching to the students of the locality so as to bring out their
potentialities.
·
To undertake various welfare
and practical programmes for the students including extension activities for
their overall development.
·
Conducting educational
tour for giving exposure to the students by visiting National Park, Wildlife
Sanctuary, and Reserve Forest etc.
·
To motivate students to participate
in Seminar, Workshops on the topics included in the curriculum. It will help in
achieving academic excellence and exposure.
·
To provide a
comprehensive training in theoretical and practical Zoology, Environmental Science
for students.
·
To
sensitize students for conservation and protection of biodiversity and
sustainable development.
·
To sensitize student for
animal welfare, conservation and protection of biodiversity.
COURSES AND PROGRAMMES
· H.S.
Course
· Bachelor
of Science (B.Sc.) in Zoology (Honours)
· Add
on Course on Organic Farming and Production
of Organic Inputs for B. Sc, 2nd Semester students. (Jointly
with the Department of Botany)
COS AND POS:
Sl. No. |
COURSE NAME & CODE |
Course outcomes |
1. |
C – 1 (Non-Chordates I: Protista to Pseudocoelomates) |
The students are able to understand classification of non-chordates
diversity and some special features like process of reproduction, life cycle,
pathogenicity and evolutionary significance.
|
2. |
C – 2 (Principles of Ecology) |
Students will acquire the basic knowledge of
fundamentals of ecology, behavior, evolution, physiology and relationship
among these; biotic and abiotic factors that are related to individual,
population, community and ecosystem and relationship between; basic
environmental management strategies. Students will develop skill in the
observation and experimental study of different ecosystem using both
laboratory and field based approaches.
|
3. |
C – 3 (Non-Chordates II:
Coelomates) |
Students can learned about the coelomates groups of invertebrates,
Arthropoda, metamorphosis in insects, about Onychophoran species and Mollusca
and their evolutionary significance and also about Echinodermata phylum. |
4. |
C – 4 (Cell Biology) |
Students can learned about Cell Biology: cell
types, cell organelle, membrane transport, cell division, cell cycle and its
regulation. |
5. |
C – 5 (Diversity of Chordates) |
Students can learn about Diversity of
Chordates |
6. |
C – 6 (Physiology: Controlling and Coordinating Systems) |
Physiology: Controlling and
Coordinating Systems |
7. |
C – 7 (Fundamentals of Biochemistry) |
Fundamentals of Biochemistry |
8. |
C – 8 (Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates) |
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates |
9. |
C – 9 (Physiology: Life Sustaining Systems) |
Physiology: Life Sustaining Systems |
10. |
C – 10 (Biochemistry of Metabolic Processes) |
Biochemistry of Metabolic Processes |
11. |
GE – 2 (Animal Diversity) |
Students will acquire the knowledge about animal
diversity, both invertebrate and vertebrate |
12. |
GE – 8 (Insects Vector and Diseases) |
S Students can learned about insect vector and
diseases. |
13. |
GE – 7 (Human Physiology) |
Student can learn about Human Physiology |
14. |
GE – 4 (Environment and Public Health) |
Students will acquire Knowledge on Environment
and Public Health |
15. |
C – 11 (Molecular Biology) |
Genetics : Laws of Mendals, deviations, gene interactions, fine
structure of gene, linkages, crossing over, human genome project, Evidences
& theories of evolution |
16. |
C – 12 (Principles of Genetics) |
Chromosomal study, calculation based on Mendal’s law, study of
organisms / material of evolutionary significance |
17. |
DSE – 3 (Endocrinology) |
Students would be able to learn about the endocrine system as well as
function of hormone |
18. |
DSE – 4 (Biology of Insecta) |
Student would be able to learn about the structure and function of
various parts of insects and physiological processes of insects |
19. |
C – 13 (Developmental Biology) |
Student would be able to know about the embryological stages and
various causes responsible for teratogenic effects and progress of embryology
in implantation |
20. |
C – 14 (Evolutionary Biology) |
Student would be able to know about the evolution, causes and
extinction processes |
21. |
DSE – 8 (Immunology) |
Student would be able to know about the immune system, antigen,
immunoglobulin and immunity |
22. |
DSE – 11 (Wildlife Conservation and Management) |
Students would be able to learn about the wild life conservation and
its management |
PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOME (PSO) |
(1) Students will study
on Non-chordates I: Protista to Pseudo
coelomates; Principles of Ecology |
(2) Student will learn on Non-chordates II:
Coelomate; Cell Biology |
|
(3) Student will study on Diversity of chordates; Physiology: Controlling and Coordinating systems; Fundamentals of Biochemistry |
|
(4) Student will study on Comparative anatomy of vertebrates; Physiology: Life Sustaining Systems; Biochemistry of Metabolic Processes; |
|
(5) Genetics : Laws of Mendals, deviations, gene interactions, fine structure of gene, linkages; Chromosomal study, calculation based on Mendal’s law; Various
physiological processes of human
being, drug addiction & its impact on society; Determination of various
physiological processes, preparation of haemin crystal
osmosis; Ecosystem, biogeochemical cycle, pollution, conservation of wildlife, nonrenewable
resources & their conservation; Estimation of size of population, abundance & density
determination; Comparative anatomy of various endocrine glands,
hormone secreted by them; Histological preparation and dissection of endocrine gland, preparation |
|
(6) Various parasites, their vectors, as well as various modes
of animal behaviours; Identification of vectors of some diseases, protozoan parasites, habituation of mosquito larvae; Structure and function of nucleic acid, replication,
transcription, recombination; Scope and application of Biotechnology, its regulation,
ethics, IPR; Study of blood cell types , determination
of blood groups & Rh factor, study of lymphoid organ; Various pest of
paddy, tea & stored grain,
life cycle of silk
moth & culture techniques; Identification of silkworms, their various stages, submission of life cycle
of silkworm; |
Course Outcome Non-CBCS
5 |
Zoology |
101 |
Knowledge about
invertebrate world &
taxonomy |
201 |
Biochemistry: various
biochemical reactions, structure and forms of nucleic
acids, role of DNA as core
material |
||
301 |
Chordate diversity as well as comparative anatomy
of vertebrates. |
||
302 |
dissection, identification of vertebrate specimen, preparation of permanent slides, demonstration of digestive, circulatory, respiratory & urogenital system of reptiles, birds &
mammals. |
||
303 |
Bioinstrumentation &
biostatistics |
||
304 |
Knowledge of instruments, separation technique (chromatography ) &
statistical calculations ( central tendency, deviation, correlation,
regression, & t- test |
||
401 |
Cell biology : structure of cell, cellular organelles, cell cycle
& cell division, cell signaling, histological methods, animal tissues &
histological structure of various organs
of mammals |
||
402 |
Study of mitosis &
meiosis, histological localization of general lipid
& metachromatic substances by Sudan &
Toluidine blue method,
histological preparation of various organs |
||
403 |
Gametogenesis, organogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, induction, extra- embryonic membranes, placentation in mammals |
||
404 |
Various embryonic stages of frog
& chick embryo,
preparation of permanent slides of chick embryo |
||
501 |
Genetics : Laws of Mendals, deviations, gene interactions, fine structure of gene, linkages, crossing over,
human genome project, Evidences & theories of evolution |
||
502 |
Chromosomal study,
calculation based on Mendal’s law, study of organisms / material of evolutionary significance |
||
503 |
Various physiological processes of human
being, drug addiction & its impact on society. |
||
504 |
Determination
of various physiological processes, preparation of haemin crystal osmosis, muscle twitch, RBC/WBC
coveting, qualitative test for salivary amylase. |
||
505 |
Ecosystem, biogeochemical cycle, pollution, conservation of wildlife, non renewable resources & their conservation. |
||
506 |
Estimation of size of population, abundance & density determination, structural components of ecosystems, determination of CO2,
O2 & alkalinity in water samples & how to prepare
field visit |
||
507 |
Comparative anatomy
of various endocrine glands, hormone secreted
by them, mechanism of its actions, IVF, aminocentesis, pregnancy, parturition & lactation, neuroendocrine system of insects |
||
508 |
Histolgical preparation and dissection of endocrine gland,
preparation and submission of charts/
models of endocrine glands. |
||
601 |
Various parasites, their vectors, as well as various modes
of animal behaviours. |
||
602 |
Identification of vectors of some diseases, protozoan parasites, habituation of mosquito larvae,
tactic behavior of certain organisms. |
||
603 |
Structure
and function of nucleic acid, replication, transcription, recombination,
conjugation, regulation of gene expression, operon concept & detail knowledge of immunity & immunoglobulins, AIDS& immunodiagnostic techniques. |
||
|
|
604 |
Scope and application of Biotechnology, its
regulation,ethics,IPR, scope of Bio- informatics, sources,
www & web browsers, biological database ( NCBI,
SWISS –PROT) , database search and sequence alignment. |
|
|
605 |
Study of blood cell types , determination of blood groups & Rh factor, study of lymphoid organ, estimation of RNA, immuno---,database search
& similarity search in sequence ( BLAST/ FASTA), creation of database |
|
|
606 |
Various pest
of paddy, tea & stored
grain, life cycle
of silkmoth &
culture techniques,
honey bee, lac insects, aquaculture, piggery, poultry |
|
|
607 |
Identification of silkworms, their
various stages, submission of life cycle
of silkworm, epiculture techniques and extraction of honey, identification of weeds, analysis of nutrients, demonstration of induced breeding in fish, identification of pest of paddy.
Economically important fish, prawn. |
SYLLABUS
DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY
UNDER GRADUATE SYLLABUS
UNDER SEMESTER SYSTEM ZOOLOGY MAJOR PROGRAMME
(NON-CBCS)
Objective: The main objective of the course
is to provide in-depth knowledge about bio- diversity, their development and interaction
with environment. The study
of Physiology, Endocrinology, Cell Biology
and Molecular Biology
has been included
to provide in-depth
knowledge of the subject courses
on instrumentation and techniques including
Biostatistics, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
are included to provide the students with recent development in the field of biology.
EXAMINATION:
SEMESTER |
PAPER |
TITLE OF THE PAPER |
MARKS |
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IA |
End Sem |
TOTAL |
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I |
ZooMT- 101 |
Non-chordate diversity and Systematics |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 102 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 101 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
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|
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II |
ZooMT- 201 |
Biochemistry |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 202 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 201 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
|
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III |
ZooMT- 301 |
Chordate diversity and Comparative Anatomy |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 302 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 301 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
ZooMT- 303 |
Bioinstrumentation & Biostatistics |
12 |
48 |
60 |
||||
ZooMP- 304 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 303 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
|
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IV |
ZooMT- 401 |
Cell Biology, Histology and Histochemistry |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 402 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 401 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
ZooMT- 403 |
Developmental Biology |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 404 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 403 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
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|
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V |
ZooMT- 501 |
Genetics and Evolution |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 502 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 501 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
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ZooMT- 503 |
Animal Physiology |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 504 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 503 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
ZooMT- 505 |
Environmental Biology and Wildlife |
12 |
48 |
60 |
||||
ZooMP- 506 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 505 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
ZooMT- 507 |
Endocrinology |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 508 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 507 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
||||
VI |
ZooMT- 601 |
Parasitology and Ethology |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 602 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 601 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
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ZooMT- 603 |
Molecular Biology and Immunology |
12 |
48 |
60 |
||||
ZooMT- 604 |
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 605 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 603 and 604 |
13 |
52 |
65 |
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Project work |
0 |
15 |
15 |
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ZooMT- 606 |
Economic Zoology |
12 |
48 |
60 |
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ZooMP- 607 |
Practical based on ZooMT- 606 |
08 |
32 |
40 |
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Course Total marks = 1400 |
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