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M.Sc. Microbiology Curriculum

M.Sc. Microbiology is a full time credit based course comprising of two years (Four Semesters). Department offers instructions in wide areas of Microbiology such as Microbial metabolism, Physiology, Genetics, Molecular biology, Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology; which is effectively facilitated by well balanced credit based curriculum consisting of  different theory papers and practical courses.

For M.Sc. in Microbiology a student should take admission in the Microbiology Department and complete at least 75% credits identified in the syllabus structure of Microbiology. If students so desires, remaining 25% credits can be chosen from credits offered by other Departments in Pune University with credit structure.

 A full Master’s degree course in Microbiology is of 80 credits, where one credit course of theory is of one clock hour per week, running for 15 weeks and one credit for practical course consists of 15 clock hours of laboratory exercises.

 Broad based curriculum of department makes it possible to meet the requirement of various national / international research institutes and industries. Overall, our M.Sc. curriculum is one of the best in the country. The revised curriculum for M.Sc I & II credit system effective from 2018 is available on the following link.

Dissertation

The dissertation is a part of  fourth semester  in lieu of practical courses and is equivalent to 8 credits. The students are assigned to the Department faculty for  dissertation. The format for dissertations is similar to the thesis style incorporating introduction, materials & methods, results, discussion and bibliography. The dissertation is submitted in a type written and bound form and a copy of each dissertation is submitted to the Department for permanent record.

Evaluation

One credit, two credit and three credit courses are evaluated for 25, 50 and 75 marks respectively. A continuous internal evaluation is been carried out for all these three types of courses.

Results at the end of the semester are declared using a grade point system. The formula for GPA is based on weighted average. The final GPA is calculated after student passes courses equivalent to minimum 80 credit hours.

A seven point grade system (guided by the Government of Maharashtra Resolution No. UGC-1298/[4619]/UNI. 4 dt December 11, 1999 and the University regulations) is followed.


Academic Year

The academic year is divided into two semesters:
The first and third semesters commence in July first or second week and generally ends in third week of December.

Second and fourth semesters begin in first week of January and ends in third week of May. M.Sc. students are admitted only at the beginning of the first semester.

Fees

Tuition, Laboratory, and other fees will be as per the prevailing rules of the University of Pune. Fees are payable before commencement of the course.


 

 

 


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