1- Programme Title: Botany

2- Programme Type: Single ü Double Multiple

3- Department (s): Botany

4- Coordinator: DR. Abdel Samai Moustafa Shaheen

5- External Evaluator(s)

6- Last date of programme specifications approval

Professional Information

1- Programme Aims

The courses qualify the students to be a botanist who are gained and attained the following:

Study of plant biodiversity (higher plants, lower plants, microorganisms) in terms of systematic purposes and phytochemical studies using different tools such as morphology, anatomy, ecology, plant geaography, palynology, cytology, physiology, biochemistry, molcular biology. In addition they are able to measure the conservation status of the plant species and deal with the conservation areas to protect and propagate our natural resources.

2-Intended learning Outcomes (ILOs)

a-Knowledge and Understanding:

a1- Study of plant biodiversity; how to identify virus, bacteria, algae, fungi, bryophyta, ptridophyta, gymenospermae and flowering plants morphologically.

a2-.Assessment the identification of the flowering plants anatomically, paleonologically, ecologically, foristically, chemically, physiologically, cytogenetically.

a3- Economic importance of the natural resources and its management.

a4- Propagation of the medicinal plants and how to isolate the chemical substances.

a5- Study of the conservation status of the plants under risk.

a6- Isolation of microorganism colonies for analysis purposes.

b-Intellectual skils:

b1-How to deal with our natural resources systematically

b2- How to protect our natural resources for the up-following generations

b3- How to benefit from our natural resources.

c-Professional and Practical skills :

c1- Preparation of materials for herbarium and conservation purposes.

c2- Isolation of microrganisms for micro-analysis purposes.

c3- Isolation of chemical components for medical purposes.

d- General and Transferable Skills:

d1- Identification of plants for systematic purposes.

d2- Protection of plants for conservation purposes.

d3- How to deal with computer programmes.

4- Curriculum Structure and Contents

4.a- Programme duration…Four years……………………………………….

4.b- Programme structure

4.b.i- No. of hours per week: Lectures: 123 Lab./ Exercise: 106 total: 229

4.b.ii- No. of credit hours: Compulsory: 229 Elective -- Optional -

4.b.iii-No. of credit hours of basic sciences courses: No. 120 % 98.4

4.b.iv- No. of credit hours of courses of social sciences and humanities: No. 4 % 3.0

4.b.v- No. of credit hours of specialized courses: No. 82 % 30.9

4.b.vi- No. of credit hours of other courses: No. 183 % 69.1

4.b.vii Practical/Field Training: … ……Field Trip: Flora and Plant community……………

4.b.viii- Program Levels (in credit-hours system): Four (4) years/ eight (8) semesters

4b.iii- No. of credit hours of basic sciences courses: 120 hours ( 98.36%)

4b.iv - No. of cridet hours of courses of social sciences and humanities courses : one hours (0.12%).

4b.v- No. of credit hours of specialized courses: 68 hours (52.75%)

- other courses and: 54 hours (44.26%).

- practical/field training : field tripe for B.Sc 2-3 days.

4b.vi No. of credit hours of other courses

4b.vii Practical field training 3-4 dayes field trip.

4b.viii- Programme: For year - eight semesters.