B.Sc. (Ag.) Degree Programme

Semester	Department / Title of the Course	Credit
I.	Principles of Genetics	3(2+1)
II.	Principles of Plant Breeding	3(2+1)
III.	Breeding of Field/Horticultural Crops	3(2+1)
IV.	Principles of Seed Technology	3(2+1)
V.	Principles of Plant Biotechnology	3(2+1)
	TOTAL	15(10+5)

Name of the Programme M.Sc (Ag) Genetics & Plant Breeding

	Course Title	Code	Credits
Semester I
Major Course	Principles of Genetics	GP 501	3 (2+1)
	Principles of Cytogenetics	GP 502	3 (2+1)
	Principles of Plant Breeding	GP 503	3 (2+1)
	Principles of Quantitative Genetics	GP 504	3 (2+1)
Minor Course	Introduction to networking & internet application	MCA 502	3 (2+1)
Supporting Course	Statistical methods for applied sciences	STAT 511	4 (3+1)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses	Library and information services	PGS 501	1 (0+1)
	Basic concept in library techniques	PGS 504	1 (0+1)
Semester II
Major Courses	Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance	GP 510	3 (2+1)
	Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics	GP 508	3 (2+1)
	Biotechnology for Crop Improvement	GP 509	3 (2+1)
	Seminar	GP 591	1 (0+1)
Minor Courses	Physiology of growth and yield modeling	PP 506	2 (1+1)
	Plant tissue culture and genetic transformation	MBB 504	3 (1+2)
	Seed health technology	PP 510	3 (2+1)
Supporting Courses	Experimental Design	STAT 512	3 (2+1)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses	Agril. Research ethics and rural development	PGS 505	1 (1+0)
	Disaster management	PGS 506	1 (1+0)
Semester III
	Written Comprehensive examination
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses	Technical writing & communication skill	PGS 502	1 (1+0)
	Intellectual property right and its management in Agril.	PGS 503	1 (1+0)
	Master’s Research	GP 599	10 (0+10)
Semester IV
	Master Research	GP 599	10 (0+10)

Name of the Programme Ph.D. Plant Breeding & Genetics

	Course Title	Code	Credit Hour
Semester I
Major Courses	Advances biometrical and quantitative genetics	GP 602	3 (2+1)
	Genomics in plant breeding	GP 603	3 (2+1)
	molecular and chromosomal manipulations for crop breeding	GP 604	2 (2+0)
	Doctoral Seminar I	GP 691	1 (0+1)
Minor Courses	Climate change and crop growth	PP 605	2 (2+0)
Supporting Courses	Applied regression analysis	STAT 521	3 (2+1)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses	Library and information services	PGS 501	1 (0+1)
	Basic concept in library techniques	PGS 504	1 (0+1)
Semester II
Major Courses	Advances in Plant Breeding Systems	GP 605	2 (2+0)
	Breeding Designer Crops	GP 607	3 (2+1)
	Advances in Breeding of Major Field Crops	GP 608	3 (3+0)
Minor Courses	Advances in weed management	AG 606	2 (2+0)
Minor Courses	Seed physiology	PP 608	3 (2+1)
Supporting Courses	Data analysis using Statistical package	AST 531	3 (2+1)
	Doctoral seminar II		1 (0+1)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses	(e-course) Agriculture Research Ethic and Rural Development Programme	PGS- 505	1 (1+0)
	e-course Disaster Management	PGS- 506	1 (1+0)
Semester III
	Written and Oral Comprehensive examination
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses	Technical Writing and Communication Skills	PGS- 502	1 (1+0)
	Intellectual Property and its management in Agriculture	PGS- 503	1 (1+0)
Semester IV
	Doctoral Research	GPS- 699	15 (0+15)
Semester V
	Doctoral Research	GPS- 699	15 (0+15)
Semester VI
	Doctoral Research	GPS- 699	15 (0+15)