Syllabus for
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry, Botany, Zoology)
Academic Year  (2023)

Course Description

This course is taught in the second year for students from different streams, namely BA, BSc

and BCom. If the first year syllabus is an attempt by the Department of English, Christ

University to recognize and bring together the polyphonic Indian voices in English and Indian

regional literatures in translation for the Additional English students of the first year, the

second year syllabus intends to take that project a little further and open up the engagement

of the students to texts from across the world. The syllabus - selection of texts will

concentrate on readings from South Asian, Latin American, Australian, Canadian, and Afro-

American. It will voice subaltern concerns of identity, gender, race, ethnicity and problems of

belongingness experienced by humanity all over the globe.

The syllabus will extend the concerns of nation and nationality and marginalization,

discussed within the Indian context to a more inclusive and wider global platform. We have

consciously kept out ‘mainstream’ writers and concentrated on the voices of the subalterns

from across the world. There is an implicit recognition in this project that though the aspects

of marginalization and the problems facing subalterns are present across cultures and

nations, the experiences, expressions and reflections are specific to each race and culture.

The course will address these nuances and specificities and enable our students to become

more aware and sensitive to life and reality around them. This will equip the students, who

are global citizens, to understand not just the Indian scenario, but also situate themselves

within the wider global contexts and understand the spaces they will move into and negotiate

in their future.

There is a prescribed text book Blends: Voices from Margins for the second year students,

compiled by the Department of English, Christ University and intended for private circulation.

Course Objectives

The course objectives are

 to enable students to look at different cultures through Literature

 to help students develop an understanding of subaltern realities and identity politics

 to inculcate literary sensibility/taste among students across disciplines

 to improve language skills –speaking, reading, writing and listening

 to equip the students with tools for developing lateral thinking

 to equip students with critical reading and thinking habits

 to reiterate the study skills and communication skills they developed in the previous

year and extend it.

TetsukoKuroyanagi: Tottochan: The Little Girl at the Window12

Liliana Heker : “The Stolen Party

 Higuchi Ichiyo: “Separate Ways”

 Harukki Murakami "Birthday Girl"

 Luisa Valenzuela: “I’m your Horse in the Night”

Children's Literature -  Kimberley Reynolds (CUP)

CIA 1: A written test for 20 marks. It can be an Open Book test, a classroom assignment, an

objective or descriptive test pertaining to the texts and ideas discussed in class.

CIA2: Mid-semester written exam for 50 works

CIA 3: This is to be a creative test/ project in small groups by students. They may do

Collages, tableaus, skits, talk shows, documentaries, Quizzes, presentations, debates,

charts or any other creative test for 20 marks. This test should allow the students to explore

their creativity and engage with the real world around them and marks can be allotted to

students depending on how much they are able to link the ideas and discussions in the texts

to the world around them.

Question Paper Pattern

Mid Semester Exam: 2 hrs

Section A: 4x5= 20

Section B: 2x15=30

Total 50

End Semester Exam: 3 hrs

Section A: 4 x 5 = 20

Section B: 2 x 15= 30

Total 50

This course describes theory, methods and practice of the taxonomy, classification and economic importance of flowering plants using vegetative and floral structures of 20+ families growing in Karnataka, India. The course describes the various classification systems and identification methods for angiosperm identification. In addition course describes the economic significance of various important commercial crops.

Identification, Classification, Nomenclature

Functions of Herbarium, important herbaria and botanical gardens of the world and India; Documentation: Flora, Keys: single access and multi-access

2. B. P Pandey, A textbook of botany: Angiosperms taxonomy, anatomy, embryology (including tissue culture) and economic botany, New Delhi: S Chand, 2009.

 CIAI – Assignments/test/presentation/etc – 10%

 CIAII – Midsemester exam – 25%

 CIAIII - Assignments/test/presentation/etc – 10%

 Attendance – 5%

 End Semester Theory Exam – 50%

1) To acquaint with the aims, objectives and significance of taxonomy.

2) To identify the common species of plants growing in Karnataka and their systematic position.

3) To develop inductive and deductive reasoning ability.

4) To acquaint with the basic technique in the preparation of herbarium.

5) To familiarize with the plants having immense economic importance.

6) To enable the students to identify the plants especially medicinal and ornamental plants.

1.      Identify the following inflorescence and fruits:-

a.       Inflorescence - Simple raceme, Spike, Corymb, Head, Dichasial cyme and       Cyathium.

b. Fruits - Simple: - Nut, Legume, Berry and Drupe;   Multiple and Aggregate

2.      Study of vegetative and floral characters of the following families (Description, V.S. flower, section of ovary, floral diagram/s, floral formula/e and systematic position according to Bentham & Hooker’s system of classification):

Anonaceae, Brassicaceae, Malvaceae, Rutaceae, Leguminosae (Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Fabaceae), Myrtaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Apiaceae, Rubiaceae, Compositae (Asteraceae), Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Solanaceae, Convolvulaceae, Acanthaceae, Verbenaceae, Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Liliaceae, Orchidaceae, Musaceae, Cannaceae, Graminae (Poaceae)

3.      Identify the plants belonging to any 4 families mentioned in the syllabus upto genus by using the Flora.

4.      Students must describe the floral parts, draw the L.S., floral diagram and write the floral formula of at least one flower from each family.

5.      Study the finished products of plants mentioned in the syllabus of economic botany with special reference to the morphology, botanical name and family.

6.      Prepare herbarium of 10 plants with field notes.

7.   Workout nomenclatural problems regarding priority and author citations.

8.      Conduct field work under the guidance of a teacher

9.      Mounting of a properly dried and pressed specimen of any 10 wild plants with herbarium label (to be submitted during exam).

2. B. P Pandey, A textbook of botany: Angiosperms taxonomy, anatomy, embryology (including tissue culture) and economic botany, New Delhi: S Chand, 2009.

CIA-I – Performance – 20 Marks

CIA-II- Mid Semester Practical Examination – 20 Marks

CIA-III – Record – 10 Marks

 ESE - 50 Marks

This course deals with the concepts of organic and analytical chemistry and builds the foundation for more advanced topics in the subsequent courses.

 Prelearning topics: Classification and nomenclature of amines, Preparation of nitroalkanes and aromatic nitro compounds.

Amines (aliphatic and aromatic):  Preparation: From alkyl halides, Reduction of nitro compounds and nitriles, Reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones, Gabriel’s phthalimide synthesis, Hofmann bromamide reaction (with mechanism). Reactions: Hofmann (with mechanism) vs. Saytzeff elimination, Carbylamine test, Hinsberg test, with HNO₂. Separation of a mixture of  1°, 2° and 3° amines using Hinsberg reagent. Structural features affecting basicity of aliphatic and aromatic amines. Comparative study of basicity of aliphatic and aromatic amines. Schotten – Baumann Reaction (with mechanism). Electrophilic substitution reactions of aniline: Halogenation, nitration and sulphonation.

Diazonium salts:  Preparation by diazotization.  Reactions: Conversion to benzene, phenol, iodo, fluoro and nitro benzene. Azo coupling.  Sandmeyer and Gatterman reactions.

Classification and nomenclature. Structure and aromaticity of 5-numbered and 6-membered rings containing one heteroatom. Synthesis and reactions of: Furan, Thiophene, Pyrrole, Pyridine, Indole, Quinoline  and Isoquinoline.

[2] B. Mehta, M. Mehta, Organic Chemistry, PHI Learning Private Limited, 2017.

[3] D.A. Skoog, D.M. West, F.J. Holler and S.R. Crouch, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 8th Edition, Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning, Inc., USA, 2004

 [2]    R. T Morrison and R. N. Boyd. Organic Chemistry. 7^thed. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India (P) Ltd., 2010.

 [3]    S.M. Mukherji, S. P. Singh, and R. P. Kapoor. Organic Chemistry. 3^rd, 12th Reprint, New Delhi: New Age International (P) Ltd. Publishers, 2009.

 [4]    I. L Finar, Organic Chemistry Vol. II, 5^th ed. New Delhi: ELBS and Longman Ltd., reprint 2008.

 [5]    Vogels Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 6^th Edn., Pearson Education Ltd. 2009.

This course is intended to provide basic skills in qualitative analysis at the semi micro scale. Identification of cations and anions present in inorganic compounds has to be performed. Separation of sugar and amino acid mixtures can be achieved through chromatography.

 Semi-micro qualitative analysis (using H₂S or other methods) of mixtures - not more than four ionic species (two anions and two cations, excluding insoluble salts) out of the following:

    Cations : NH⁴⁺, Pb²⁺, Bi³⁺, Cu²⁺, Cd²⁺, Fe³⁺, Al³⁺ , Co²⁺ , Ni²⁺, Mn²+, Zn²+, Ba²⁺ , Sr²⁺ , Ca²⁺, K⁺

   Anions : CO₃^2– , S^2–, SO₂^–, S₂O₃^2–, NO₂^– , CH₃COO^–, Cl^–, Br^–, I^–, NO₃^– , SO₄^2-, PO₄³-, BO₃^3-

   (Spot tests should be carried out wherever feasible)

[2] Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry, 4^th edition, Orient-Longman, 1979.

Course Description

English is offered as a course for all the students in BA, BSc, BCom, and BBA F&A classes in the third and fourth semesters. The aim is to strengthen the communication skills, and particularly study skills of the learners further, through adequate practice and exposure to good examples of writing, thought, ideas and human values. In addition, they will be trained in study skills through tasks in academic genres such as message, letter, essay, data interpretation etc. It aims to not only equip learners with skills but also sensitize them towards issues that concern human life in today’s globalised context. The course content is selected to meet the requirements of the departmental goal of “empowering the individual to read oneself, the social context and the imagined”; institutional goal of ensuring “holistic development”; and the national goal of creating competent and valuable citizens. The primary objective of this course is to help learners develop appropriate employability skills and demonstrate suitable conduct with regards to communication skills. The units are organised in order to help the learners understand the academic and workplace demands and learn by practice.

Course Objectives     

·       To enable learners to develop reading comprehension for various purposes

·       To enable learners to develop writing skills for academic and professional needs

·       To enable learners to develop the ability to think critically and express logically

·       To enable learner to communicate in a socially and ethically acceptable manner

·       To enable learners, to read, write and speak with clarity, precision and accuracy

Subject verb agreement

Tenses

Preposition

Voices

Clauses

Skimming and scanning

Strategies of reading

Reading and understanding reports

Reading content/ texts of various kinds

Inferencing skills

Academic vocab

Academic phrases

Professional expression

Study skills- library and referencing skills (organising reading, making notes, managing time, prioritising)

Evaluation Pattern

CIA 1: Classroom assignment/test/ written or oral tasks for 20 marks keeping in tune with the course objectives and learning outcomes.

CIA 2: Mid-semester exam for 50 marks.

CIA 3: Collage, tableaus, skits, talk shows, documentaries, Quizzes or any creative assignments.

 End- semester 50 marks 

End Semester Exam: 2 hrs

French as second language for the Arts, Science and Commerce UG program

To perform a tribute: artist, work, you are going to…..

Towards a working life

2.      Gonnet, Georges. Molière- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme .Paris : Hachette, 1971

2.      French websites like Bonjour de France, FluentU French, Learn French Lab, Point du FLE etc.

Course Description:

The detailed text book “Shambook” is a Khanda Kavya written by Jagdeesh Gupta. To improve the creative writing skills, Nibandh, Kahani and Kavitha lekhan are included.Bharathiya chitrakala is also a part of the syllabus to improve the knowledge aboutIndian paintings.

Course Objectives:

Students are exposed to different forms of poetry especially, Khanda Kavya. It will help them to understand the contemporary socio-political issues.By learning about the tradition of Indian painting and legendary painters of India , students get to know about the richness and culture  of the Indian paintings. Creative writing sharpens their thinking, analytical  and writing skills 

Khanda Kavya “Shambook” [Poetry] By:Jagdeesh Gupta. Pub: Raj Pal & Sons

Level of knowledge:Analitical    

Nibandh lekhan, Katha lekhan, Kavitha lekhan.

Level of knowledge:Conceptual

1. Khanda Kavya”Shambook[Poetry] ByJagdeesh Gupta.Pub: Raj Pal & Sons

2. Essentials of Screen writing: The art, craft and business of film and television writing

By: Walter Richard.

3. Writing and Script: A very short introduction

By: Robinson, Andrew.

4 .Creative writing By John Singleton

5. Adhunik  Hindi Nibandh By Bhuvaneshwarichandran Saksena.

CIA-2(Mid sem examination)

CIA-3(wikipedia article creation)

End semester examination

Course Description: Language Kannada is offered to students of third Semester BA/B.Sc as Second language for fifty marks. Students of this semester will study an anthology of Modern Kannada Poetry and an Autobiography of Laxman Gaikwad. This course prepares the students to understand the new era. At the dawn of the twentieth century, B.M. Srikantiah, regarded as the “Father of modern Kannada Literature”, called for a new era of writing original works in modern Kannada while moving away from archaic Kannada forms. Students will study modern Kannada poetry from B.M.Sri to Dalit poet Dr. Siddalingiah. An anthology of modern poetry is selected to understand the beauty of modern Kannada poets through their writings. Uchalya is an autobiographical novel that carries the memories of Laxman Gaikwad right from his childhood till he became an adult. Laxman Gaikwad took birth in a criminal tribe of India belonging to Orissa/ Maharastra. The original text is translated to Kannada by Chandrakantha Pokale.

Course Objectives:

Understand and appreciate poetry as a literary art form.

Analyse the various elements of Poetry, such as diction, tone, form, genre, imagery, symbolism, theme, etc.

Appreciates to  learn the elements of autobiography.

1. Kariheggadeya Magalu- B.M.Sri

2. Hunnime Ratri- Kuvempu

3. Anna Yagna-Bendre

4.Mankuthimmana Kagga-D.V.G

5.Ikkala- K.S. Narasimha Swamy

6. Kannad padgol- G.P.Rajarathnam

7.Hanathe hachchuttene- G.S.S

8.Adugemane Hudugi-Vaidehi

9. Nehru Nivruttaraguvudilla- Adgaru

10. Nanna Janagalu.-Siddalingaiah

Text: Uchalya

Author:Lakshman Gayekwad

Translation: Chandrakantha Pokle

2. Kannada Sahitya Charithre- Volumes 1-4, Editor: G. S. Shivarudrappa, Prasaranga, Bangalore Univeristy.

3. Hosagannada Kavitheya Mele English Kavyada Prabhava- S. Ananthanarayana

4. Hosagannadada Arunodaya- Srinivasa  Havanuru

2. Kannada Sahitya Sameekshe- G. S. Shivarudrappa

3. Bhavageethe- Dr. S. Prabhushankara

4. My Experiments with Truth- M.K. Gandhi

5. Ouru Keri- Siddalingaiah

Sundara Kanda is the only chapter of the Ramayana in which the hero is not Rama, but rather Hanuman. The work depicts the adventures of Hanuman and his selflessness, strength, and devotion to Rama are emphasized in the text. Bhoja only wrote 5 kāṇdas (up to the Sundarakāṇda), and there is a story about this: that he was inspired to write this work the night before a battle, that as he finished the Sundarakāṇda it was time to go, and that he announced that the Yuddhakāṇda would be enacted in the battlefield against the invader, but sadly he never returned. Others have composed a Yuddhakāṇda to complete the work.

The main objective of the students is to understand the champu Kavyas based on the sam.  

The Origin and development of the Champu.

Origin and developmetn of Champu kavyas

Five Important Champus

Level of knowledge: Basic/conceptual/ Analytical

Shlokas 1 -60 Hnumantha¨s voyage to Lanka and searching for Seetha Description of city Lanka , Characters of Champu Kavya 

Prayogas and Krudantha

Sundarakanda from Bhaja´s Champu Ramayana 

Chitrakalayaa: ugagamam vikaasam ca

origin and development of painting through Vedas and Puranas

Reference Books:-

1)      Sundarakanda from “Champuramayana of Bhoja  

2)      Sanskrit Grammar by M.R. Kale.

3)       History of Sanskrit literature by Dr.M.S. Shivakumaraswamy.

4)       History of Sanskrit literature by Krishnamachari.

CIA 2 mid semester examination

CIA 3 Wikipedia assignment

Araillakiyam, bakthi illakiyam, ikala illakiyamn the major allakiyams.The influence myths and puranas are delineated through the good deeds for a better lifestyle.The  Cultural Studies part will have an overview of Indian painting both traditional and modern with special reference to mythology and literature

India 2020- Abdul Kalam

1. Thirukural

2. Avvai kural

1. Thiru vasagam

2. Kambar andhadhi

Thirukkural-Bhoombugar pathipagam- puliyur kesigan urai, Chennai- 08

Kammbarin Ainthu noolgal- Vanathi pathupagam- Dr. R. Rajagopalachariyar,  Chennai- 18

Nathu pura illakiyam- Ki Va jaganathan- malai aruvi- Monarch achagam- chennai

India 2020- APJ Abdul kalam- puthaiyuram aandugaluku aga oru thoali nooku,  New century book house, chennai

Thirukkural-Bhoombugar pathipagam- puliyur kesigan urai, Chennai- 08

Kammbarin Ainthu noolgal- Vanathi pathupagam- Dr. R. Rajagopalachariyar,  Chennai- 18

Nathu pura illakiyam- Ki Va jaganathan- malai aruvi- Monarch achagam- chennai

India 2020- APJ Abdul kalam- puthaiyuram aandugaluku aga oru thoali nooku,  New century book house, chennai

Tamizhar nattup padagal - N Vanamamalai, New century book house, Chennai

EXAMINATION AND ASSIGNMENTS: There is a continuous evaluation both at the formal and informal levels. The language skills and the ability to evaluate a text will be assessed

This paper will have a total of 50 marks shared equally by End Semester Exam (ESE) and Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) While the ESE is based on theory the CIA will assess the students' critical thinking, leadership qualities, language skills and creativity

This course aims to understand the functioning of various organs in the human body and their inter

relationship and the various metabolic processes such as absorption and energy production. Also to facilitate

students about applications physiology and biochemistry in medicine, drugs and research.

Functional anatomy of the digestive system, Physiology of digestion in the alimentary canal; Absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, minerals and vitamins; Role of gastrointestinal hormones on the secretion and control of enzymes of Gastrointestinal tract; Gastric ulcers

Structure of Heart, Coronary circulation Origin and conduction of the cardiac impulse, Cardiac cycle, Composition of the blood, Hemostasis, blood group and Rh factor.

2. Widmaier, E.P., Raff, H. and Strang, K.T. (2008) Vander’s Human Physiology, XI Edition., McGraw Hill

2. Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. and Stryer, L. (2006). Biochemistry. VI Edition. W.H Freeman and Co.

3. Nelson, D. L., Cox, M. M. and Lehninger, A.L. (2009). Principles of Biochemistry. IV Edition. W.H. Freeman and Co

4. Murray, R.K., Granner, D.K., Mayes, P.A. and Rodwell, V.W. (2009). Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry. XXVIII Edition. Lange Medical Books/Mc Graw3HillRL Kotpal A text book of Animal diversity, Rastogi publications

External Assessment: End Semester Examination - 100 marks

Both the assessments will be scaled down to 50

To provide the physiology and biochemistry of various vital activities such as metabolic activities, blood circulation, respiration, metabolic waste excretion, impulse conduction, and endocrine mechanisms of reproduction in vertebrates, particularly humans.

1. Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation demonstration

2. Oxygen consumption by fish

3. Measurement of blood pressure using Mercury Sphygmomanometer

4. Histology of mammalian organs – Liver, Pancreas, Kidney, Intestine,

5. Scientific drawing of microscopic specimens using a prism type Camera Lucida

6. Micrometry of cell types

2. Widmaier, E.P., Raff, H. and Strang, K.T. (2008) Vander’s Human Physiology, XI Edition., McGraw Hill.

2. Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. and Stryer, L. (2006). Biochemistry. VI Edition. W.H Freeman and Co Recommended References

3. Nelson, D. L., Cox, M. M. and Lehninger, A.L. (2009). Principles of Biochemistry. IV Edition. W.H. Freeman and Co

4. Murray, R.K., Granner, D.K., Mayes, P.A. and Rodwell, V.W. (2009). Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry. XXVIII Edition. Lange Medical Books/Mc Graw3HillRL Kotpal A text book of Animal diversity, Rastogi publications

External Assessment: End Semester Examination - 50 marks

Both the assessments will be scaled down to 25

This course is taught in the second year for students from different streams, namely BA, BSc and B Com. If the first year syllabus is an attempt by the Department of English, Christ University to recognize and bring together the polyphonic Indian voices in English and Indian regional literatures in translation for the Additional English students of the first year, the second year syllabus intends to take that project a little further and open up the engagement of the students to texts from across the world. The syllabus - selection of texts will concentrate on readings from South Asian, Latin American, Australian, Canadian, and Afro-American. It will voice subaltern concerns of identity, gender, race, ethnicity and problems of belongingness experienced by humanity all over the globe.

The syllabus will extend the concerns of nation and nationality and marginalization, discussed within the Indian context to a more inclusive and wider global platform. We have consciously kept out ‘mainstream’ writers and concentrated on the voices of the subalterns from across the world. There is an implicit recognition in this project that though the aspects of marginalization and the problems facing subalterns are present across cultures and nations, the experiences, expressions and reflections are specific to each race and culture. The course will address these nuances and specificities and enable our students to become more aware and sensitive to life and reality around them. This will equip the students, who are global citizens, to understand not just the Indian scenario, but also situate themselves within the wider global contexts and understand the spaces they will move into and negotiate in their future.

There is a prescribed text book Blends: Voices from Margins for the second year students, compiled by the Department of English, Christ University and intended for private circulation. 

The course objectives are

·         to introduce the students to look at different cultures through Literature

·         to help students develop an understanding of subaltern realities and identity politics

·         to inculcate literary sensibility/taste among students across disciplines

·         to improve language skills –speaking, reading, writing and listening

·         to equip the students with tools for developing lateral thinking

·         to equip students with critical reading and thinking habits

·         to enable them to grasp and appreciate the variety and abundance of subaltern writing, of which this compilation is just a glimpse 

·         to actively engage with the world as a cultural and social space (to be facilitated through proactive CIAs which help students to interact and engage with the realities they face everyday and have come across in these texts)

·         to learn and appreciate India and its place in the world through association of ideas in the texts and the external contexts

·         to reiterate the study skills and communication skills they developed in the previous year and extend it.  

Unit 1: Novella

·         Viktor Frankl: “Man’s Search for Meaning”(Excerpts)                                       

Short Story                                                                                                    

·         Anton Chekov: “The Avenger”

·         Chinua Achebe: “Marriage is a Private Affair”

·         Nadine Gordimer: “Train from Rhodesia”

·         Wakako Yamuchai: “And the Soul Shall Dance”

Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning"

Diary of Anne Frank

Famous Nobel Lectures

CIA2: Mid-semester written exam for 50 works

CIA 3: This is to be a creative test/ project in small groups by students. They may do Collages, tableaus, skits, talk shows, documentaries, Quizzes, presentations, debates, charts or any other creative test for 20 marks. This test should allow the students to explore their creativity and engage with the real world around them and marks can be allotted to students depending on how much they are able to link the ideas and discussions in the texts to the world around them.

The course describes the mechanism and physiology of life processes in plants. It focus on the plant nutrient uptake and translocation, photosynthesis, respiration and nitrogen metabolism. It helps to familiarize with the basic skills and techniques related to plant physiology and the recent trends in the field of plant physiology. It also helps to understand the role, structure and importance of the bio molecules associated with plant life.

Importance of water, Physical aspects of absorption: Diffusion, imbibition, osmosis, OP, DPD, TP, WP, Concept of Water potential and its components, matrix potential, pressure potential. Absorption of water- active & passive, Ascent of sap: cohesion adhesion theory

Transpiration: types, structure and mechanism of stomatal movements, theories: (starch-sugar, proton- K+ion exchange), Factors affecting transpiration; Root pressure and guttation. Antitranspirants.

2 Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. Plant Physiology (3rd Edition). New Delhi: Panima Publishing Corporation, 2003

Bharucha, Erach, The Biodiversity of India. New Delhi: Mapin Publishing Co., 2003.

De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis, E.M.F. Jr., Cell and Molecular Biology, USA: Lipponcott Williams and Wilkins. 2002.

Jain J.L. Sanjay Jain &Nitin Jain. Fundamentals of Biochemistry. New Delhi: S. Chand &

Company Ltd., 2005.

Jain,V. K.. Fundamentals of Plant Physiology, Delhi: S Chand and Company, 1996

Kumar D., Ecology for Humanity Eco Tourism. Bhopal: Intellectual Book Bureau, 2006

Kumar, U. and M. Asija, Biodiversity: Principles and conservation. India: Agrobios, 2006.

 CIAI – Assignments/test/presentation/etc – 10%

 CIAII – Midsemester exam – 25%

 CIAIII - Assignments/test/presentation/etc – 10%

 Attendance – 5%

 End Semester Theory Exam – 50%

The course describes the mechanism and physiology of life processes in plants. It focus on the plant nutrient uptake and translocation, photosynthesis, respiration and nitrogen metabolism. It helps to familiarize with the basic skills and techniques related to plant physiology and the recent trends in the field of plant physiology. It also helps to understand the role, structure and importance of the bio molecules associated with plant life.

1. Determination of osmotic potential of plant cell sap by plasmolytic method. 

2. To study the effect of two environmental factors (light and wind) on transpiration by excised twig. 

3. Calculation of stomatal index and stomatal frequency of a mesophyte and a xerophyte.

4. Demonstration of Hill reaction. 

5. Demonstrate the activity of catalase and study the effect of pH and enzyme concentration. 

6. To study the effect of light intensity and bicarbonate concentration on O2 evolution in photosynthesis.

7. Comparison of the rate of respiration in any two parts of a plant.

8. Separation of amino acids by paper chromatography.

9. Estimation of plant pigments by colorimeter: A comparative study of chlorophyll pigments in variegated and green leaves of plants

10. Estimation of Phenol: Comparative Study of phenol content in stress pants and normal plants 

11. Extraction and Estimation of Enzymes – amylase, lipase 

12. Extraction and estimation of leghaemoglobin from root nodules. 

13. Demonstration of GA effect in germinating cereal seeds. 

14. Estimation of Ascorbic acid (vitamin c) from plant tissues through volumetric as well as colorimetric method.

15. Estimation of stomatal conductance by Porometer and interpretation of the result.

16. Conduct a research project to study the effect of plant hormones or abiotic stress on the growth and development of plants. Submit the report for the examination and viva to be conducted during the end semester examination

Demonstration experiments (any four)

1. Bolting.

2. Effect of auxins on rooting.

3. Suction due to transpiration.

4. R.Q.

5. Respiration in roots.

2 Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. Plant Physiology (3rd Edition). New Delhi: Panima Publishing Corporation, 2003.

2 Bharucha, Erach, The Biodiversity of India. New Delhi: Mapin Publishing Co., 2003.

3 De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis, E.M.F. Jr., Cell and Molecular Biology, USA: Lipponcott Williams and Wilkins. 2002.

CIA-I – Performance – 20 Marks

CIA-II- Mid Semester Practical Examination – 20 Marks

CIA-III – Record – 10 Marks

 ESE - 50 Marks

This course deals with the chemistry of transition elements and the fundamentals of coordination chemistry. In this course also covers studies on gaseous state, liquid state and crystallography.