Department of Biology

Ecology & Systematics

Concentration Courses

 Terrestrial Communities

 Physical, chemical & biological aspects of terrestrial habitats

Limnology

Physical, chemical & biological aspects of freshwater habitats.

 Marine Ecology

Physico-chemical and biological patterns in shallow water and deep sea marine communities; interactions at various levels of organization in the marine environment; and impacts of human activities on marine habitats.

Concentration Electives

BIOLOGY ELECTIVES

Vertebrate Zoology

General survey of the vertebrates.

Parasitology

Origin and degree of parasitism, structural peculiarities of parasites, life-cycles and host parasite relationship.

Selected Topics in Biology

ECOLOGY ELECTIVES

Field Biology

Plants & animals in their natural environment; their preparation for laboratory study

Fundamentals of Microbial Ecology

Ecology and evolution of microorganisms, microbial interrelationships and biogeochemical cycles.

Marine Ecology

Physico-chemical and biological patterns in shallow water and deep sea marine communities; interactions at various levels of organization in the marine environment; and impacts of human activities on marine habitats.

Selected Topics in Ecology

 Selected topics dealing with plant & animal associations

TAXONOMY ELECTIVES

Phycology

Taxonomy, morphology & phylogeny of algae.

Mycology

Taxonomy, morphology & ecology of the fungi & lichens.

Bryology

The biology of liverworts, mosses and hornworts.

Pteridology

Morpho-anatomy, reproduction and development, major evolutionary patterns, distribution and conservation, and techniques in the collection and identification of ferns and lycophytes.

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