PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Summary of Courses under the Programme and their Notional Hours Distribution

YEAR 1

SEMESTER  1

Core courses and their units/credit hours

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
VM 621	Research Methods	40	20	10	10	20	10.0
VM 622	Statistics and Data Management	35	15	10	20	20	10.0
MBB 601	Advanced Molecular Biology	30	10	30	10	10	9.0
MBB 602	Biosafety and Ethics in Biotechnology	20	10	10	5	5	5.0
MBB 603	Immunobiology	30	10	10	5	5	6.0
MBB 606	Molecular Epidemiology	40	20	20	10	10	10.0
	Sub total	195	85	90	60	70	50

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

General elective courses and their units/credit hours

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
MAM 602	Advanced Bacteriology and Mycology	40	10	20	10	20	10.0
MAM 604	Advanced Virology	40	10	10	10	20	10.0
MTP 604	Applied Parasitology	30	20	40	20	10	12.0
MBB 604	Techniques in Molecular and Cellular Biology	40	10	20	10	20	10.0
MBB 605	Contemporary Issues in Biotechnology	20	10	5	15	10	6.0
	Sub total	170	60	95	65	80	48
	TOTAL	365	145	185	125	150	98

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
VM 700	Research proposal  Development	0	20	0	0	130	15.0
	TOTAL	0	20	0	0	130	15.0

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

SEMESTER 2
Core courses and their course units/credit hours

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
IPM 600	Research Innovations Management and Commercialization	40	0	20	20	20	10.0
MBB 607	Genomics and Bioinformatics	40	10	40	15	15	12.0
	TOTAL	80	10	60	35	35	22.0

 

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

Specialty Core Courses in Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
MBB 608	Animal Biotechnology	30	10	40	10	10	10.0
MBB 609	Microbial Biotechnology	30	10	40	10	10	10.0
	TOTAL	60	20	80	20	20	20.0

 

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

Specialty Core Courses in One Health Molecular Biology

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
MBB 610	One Health	30	10	40	10	10	10.0
MBB 611	Pathogen Evolution and Emerging Infectious Diseases	45	20	10	15	10	10.0
	TOTAL	75	30	50	25	20	20.0

 

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

General elective courses and their units/credit hours

Ante	Course Title	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
MBB 612	Globalization and Health	30	7.5	15	7.5	15	7.5
MBB 613	Socio-Economic Aspects of Biotechnology	45	20	10	15	10	10.0
MBB 614	Immunology of Infectious diseases	45	20	10	15	10	10.0
	Sub total	120	47.5	35	37.5	35	27.5
	TOTAL	270	97.5	185	82.5	80	72.5

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;    IS= Independent Study

YEAR 2
DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT

ANTE	COURSE TITLE	L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
VM 700	DISSERTATION	0	0	300	0	150	45.0
	TOTAL	0	0	300	0	150	45.0

*L= Lectures ; T= Tutorial ; P= Practical ; AS= Assignement ;  IS= Independent Study

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES AND ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

There shall be two exit points. Successful completion of all CORE and all ELECTIVES but without engaging in the research part of the programme will qualify a candidate for award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Successful completion of all CORE and all ELECTIVE courses and research part of the programme will qualify candidates for award of Master of Science in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, with an indication of one of the two specialisations, i.e;  MSc Mol. Biol. and Biotech – Anim and Microb Biotech OR MSc Mol Biol and Biotech – One Health Mol Biol.