This
is a 3 year B.Sc. Degree program which is divided
into 6 semesters. This program prepares graduates
for careers in Life Science in the fields of Microbiology,
Biochemistry and Genetics.
Apart from these subjects, a student gets an opportunity
to learn compulsory subjects like Computer
Fundamentals, Indian Constitution and
Environmental Science which is
an added advantage.
About
the course :
Microbiology :
Microbiology covers a diversity of discipline,
which includes medical microbiology, molecular
biology, microbial genetics, microbial physiology,
immunology and study of single cells. In academics
or research there is tremendous scope for microbiology.
It is a base of biotechnology, cell biology, genetic
engineering, molecular biology and bioinformatics.
Graduation in microbiology opens all these fields.
The advent of new technologies and growing
recognition of the enormous degree of microbial
diversity has revolutionized our understanding
of microbiology as a discipline. Microbiology
is moving into a new era that focuses less on
specific organisms and more on the processes
and mechanisms that link them. Applying knowledge
gained from new techniques in microbiology is
leading to many improvements in the quality
of human lives. In this way microbiology is
making an important contribution to biotechnology,
an era of science that applies industrial techniques
to biological research.
Biochemistry :
Biochemistry is the study of the chemical
basis of life, aiming to describe the structure
and activities of living organisms in chemical
terms. Biochemistry provides knowledge about
how intimate molecules co-operate to give rise
to the extraordinary phenomenon of life. It
attempts to unravel the mechanisms behind the
organized and controlled manner in which the
cells carry out their metabolic reactions. Biochemistry
is truly interdisciplinary science, drawing
from and contributing to agriculture, biology,
genetics, microbiology, fermentation technology,
medicine, physiology, immunology, pharmacology,
nutrition, biophysics, molecular biology, biotechnology
and other fields.
Genetics :
One of the most important
subdivisions of the science of biology is genetics,
the study of heredity. Genetics deals with the
way in which characteristics are transmitted
from one generation to the next, but also with
the actions of the units of heredity as they
bring about the characteristics which they control.
The application of our knowledge
of genetics to the field of medicine has revealed
the great importance of heredity in the case
of many of the diseases of mankind. Genetics
also has its value in preventive medicine. There
are even legal applications of the principles
of heredity. Court cases involving questions
of disputed parentage may often be solved by
an analysis of blood types or other inherited
characters.
The science of genetics
also includes a branch of study which is sometimes
called “Eugenics”. This is the application
of the principles of heredity to the improvement
of mankind. Through rigid applications of our
knowledge of inheritance have been able to produce
domestic animals with superior qualities. Thus
we see that the study of genetics promises to
be not only very interesting but intensely practical
& well worth while.
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Microbiology :