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Admission Open 2024-25 | M.Sc. Agriculture Microbiology
About the M.Sc. Agriculture-Microbiology
M.Sc. Microbiology is a more focused programme that emphasizes both the applied and fundamental parts of microbiology. The program’s curriculums give students with a comprehensive development that prepares them to tackle the industry, hospitals, and real-world issues through life skills and communication courses. This curriculum at UMU is unique in that it instils students with considerable practical expertise, allowing them to begin their careers in research or industry. Every semester, the diverse knowledge and techniques taught to students in theoretical and practical lectures are applied to a mini research project, which makes the candidate to be successful professional to face and accept the worldly challenges that come in his/her way.
Programme Overview
- PEO1 Graduates will be practitioners and leaders in their chosen field
- PEO2 Graduates will operate in their profession with social awareness andresponsibility
- PEO3 Graduates will interact with their peers in other disciplines, in their workplace and society and contribute to the economic growth of the country
- PEO4 Graduates will be successful in pursuing higher studies in their chosen field
- PEO5 Graduates will pursue career paths in teaching or research
On completion of M.Sc., (Microbiology) programme, graduates will be able to
- PSO1: Acquire the expertise in the applications of microbial functioning at theadvanced level.
- PSO2: Equip students to make use of tools, technologies, and methods ofmicrobiology and to apply the scientific methods
- PSO3: Ability to independently carry out research and development work to solve the practical problems
The scope in MSc. Microbiology is immense, due to the involvement of microbiology in various fields like medicine, pharmaceuticals, dairy unit, clinical analysis, agriculture, and nanotechnology. After completion of this programme students gets placed as.
- Academic Researcher
- Research Scientist in R&D
- Quality assurance and Quality control technologists
- Clinical research associate
- Clinical data analyst
- Clinical Laboratory Scientists
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- Scientific laboratory technician
- Medical technologists
- Cosmetic Scientists and Technologists
- Marketing/business executive
- Scientific Writers
- Technical Support Specialists
Eligibility: B.Sc. Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, B.Sc. IT, BCA, life science, agriculture with minimum 55%
Duration: 2 years
Course contents
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| Semester I | ||
| MICRO411 | GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2 |
| MICRO412 | ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLGY | 2 |
| MICRO413 | ANALYTICALTECHNIQUES | 2 |
| MICRO414 | MICROBIALPHYSIOLOGYAND METABOLISM | 3 |
| MICRO415 | MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 2 |
| MICRO416 | PRACTICALS IN GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | 1.5 |
| MICRO417 | PRACTICALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLGY | 1.5 |
| MICRO418 | PRACTICALS IN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES | 1.5 |
| Total Credits | 15.5 | |
| Semester II | ||
| MICRO421 | RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY | 2 |
| MICRO422 | IMMUNOLOGYANDIMMUNOTECHNOLOGY | 3 |
| MICRO423 | FOOD MICROBIOLOGY | 2 |
| MICRO424 | SOIL& AGRICULTURE MICROBIOLOGY | 3 |
| MICRO425 | BIOSTATISTICS | 3 |
| MICRO426 | PRACTICALS IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY | 1.5 |
| MICRO427, 428, 429 | PROGRAM ELECTIVES | 2 |
| Total Credits | 16.5 | |
| Semester III | ||
| MICRO511 | RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY | 2 |
| MICRO512 |
BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY |
2 |
| MICRO513 | INDUSTRIALMICROBIOLOGY | 3 |
| MICRO514 | BIOINFORMATICS | 2 |
| MICRO515 | PRACTICALS IN RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY | 1.5 |
| MICRO516 |
PRACTICALS IN BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY |
1.5 |
| MICRO517 | PRACTICALS IN BIOINFORMATICS | 1.5 |
| MICRO518 | MINI PROJECT | 1.5 |
| MICRO519 | BIOETHICS AND IPR | 2 |
| Total Credits | 17 | |
| Semester IV | ||
| MICRO521 | Master’sThesis | 20 |
| Total Credits | 20 | |
| OVERALL CREDITS | 69 | |