Annexure A H.P. University, Summerhill, Shimla Structure and Syllabus of ZOOLOGY for B.Sc. Undergraduate Programme Based on: U.G.C. Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) Annual Pattern UG Courses Model Curriculum (Effective from Academic Session July, 2018 onwards) 1 Details of Courses for B.Sc. (Pass Course) Zoology Undergraduate Program Annual Pattern Course *Credits ========================================================== Theory+ Practical Theory+Tutorials I. Discipline Specific Courses 12X4= 48 12X5=60 (12 Papers) 04 Courses from each of the 03 disciplines of choice Discipline Specific Courses Practical / 12X2=24 12X1=12 Tutorial* (12 Practical/ Tutorials*) 04 Courses from each of the 03 Disciplines of choice II. Discipline Specific Elective Course 6x4=24 6X5=30 (6 Papers) Two papers from each discipline of choice including paper of interdisciplinary nature. Discipline Specific Elective Course Practical / Tutorials* 6 X 2=12 6X1=6 (6 Practical / Tutorials*) Two Papers from each discipline of choice including paper of interdisciplinary nature 2 III. Ability Enhancement Courses 1. Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses 2 X 4=8 2X4=8 (2 Papers of 4 credits each) i. Environmental Sciences ii. English/Hindi/SKT 2. Skill Enhancement Course 4 X 4=16 4 X 4=16 (Skill Based) (4 Papers of 4 credits each) __________________ _________________ Total credit= 132 Total credit= 132 Institute should evolve a system/policy about ECA/ General Interest/ Hobby/ Sports/ NCC/ NSS/ related courses on its own. *wherever there is practical there will be no tutorials and vice -versa 3 Proposed scheme for choice based credit system in B.Sc. with Zoology (Annual Pattern) Bsc. Ist year DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC Ability enhancement Skill enhancement Discipline specific COURSES (DSC) Credits compulsory course courses elective (AECC) (SEC) Credits DSE Credits Credits DSC IA i Environmental Sciences Animal Diversity ENVS1AECC02 4 ZOOL 101 TH 4 ii English ZOOL 101 PR 2 ENGL03/Hindi/SKT 4 DSC IB Comparative Anatomy and Developmental Biology of Vertebrates ZOOL 102 TH 4 ZOOL 102 PR 2 IInd year DSC IC SEC-I Physiology and Biochemistry Medical Diagnostics ZOOL 201 TH 4 ZOOL 203 TH 4 ZOOL 201 PR 2 DSC ID SEC-II Genetics and Evolutionary Apiculture Biology ZOOL 204 TH 4 ZOOL 202 TH 4 ZOOL 202 PR 2 IIIrd Year SEC-III DSE IA Sericulture Applied Zoology ZOOL 303 TH 4 ZOOL 301 (A) TH 4 SEC- IV ZOOL 301 (A) PR 2 Aquarium Fish Keeping OR ZOOL 304 (A) (TH) 4 Animal Biotechnology OR ZOOL 302 (B) TH 4 Research Methodology ZOOL 302 (B) PR 2 ZOOL 304 (B) TH 4 OR Aquatic Biology ZOOL 303 (C) TH 4 ZOOL 303 (C)PR 2 4 DSE IB Insect, Vector and Diseases ZOOL 302 (A) TH 4 ZOOL 302 (A) PR 2 OR Immunology ZOOL 302 (B) TH 4 ZOOL 302 (B) PR 2 OR Reproductive Biology ZOOL 302 (C) TH 4 ZOOL 302 (C) PR 2 5 Detail of Courses DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC COURSES (DSC) B.Sc. Ist Year 1. DSC IA :Animal Diversity ZOOL 101 TH; ZOOL 101 PR 2. DSC IB : Comparative Anatomy and Development Biology of Vertebrates ZOOL 102 TH; ZOOL 102 PR B.Sc. IInd year 3. DSC IC: Physiology and Biochemistry ZOOL 201 TH; ZOOL 201 PR 4. DSC ID: Genetics and Evolutionary Biology ZOOL 202 TH; ZOOL 202 PR Discipline specific elective (DSE) B.Sc. IIIrd year DSE IA 1. Applied Zoology ZOOL 301 (A)TH; ZOOL 301 (A)PR OR OR 2. Animal Biotechnology ZOOL 301 (B)TH; ZOOL 301 (B) PR OR OR 3. Aquatic Biology ZOOL 301 (C) TH; ZOOL 301 (C)PR DSE IB 4. Insect, Vector and Diseases ZOOL 302(A) TH; ZOOL 302 (A) PR OR OR 5. Immunology ZOOL 302(B) TH; ZOOL 302 (B) PR OR OR 6. Reproductive Biology ZOOL 302 (C) TH; ZOOL 302 (C)PR Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses B.Sc Ist Year 1. Environmental Sciences 2. English/Hindi/SKT Skill Enhancement Courses in Zoology B.Sc IInd Year 1. Medical Diagnosis ZOOL 203 TH 2. Apiculture ZOOL 204 TH B.Sc. IIIrd year 3. Sericulture ZOOL 303 TH 4. Aquarium Fish Keeping ZOOL 304 (A) TH OR OR Research Methodology ZOOL 304 (B) TH 6 B.Sc. I year DSC IA ANIMAL DIVERSITY Code: ZOOL 101 TH THEORY (CREDITS 4) Section A Unit 1: Kingdom Protista 4 General characters and classification up to classes; Locomotory Organelles and locomotion in Protozoa Unit 2: Phylum Porifera 3 General characters and classification up to classes; Canal System in Sycon Unit 3: Phylum Cnidaria 3 General characters and classification up to classes; Polymorphism in Hydrozoa Unit 4: Phylum Platyhelminthes 3 General characters and classification up to classes; Life history of Taenia solium Unit 5: Phylum Nemathelminthes 5 General characters and classification up to classes; Life history of Ascaris lumbricoides and its parasitic adaptations Section B Unit 6: Phylum Annelida 3 General characters and classification up to classes; Metamerism in Annelida Unit 7: Phylum Arthropoda 5 General characters and classification up to classes; Vision in Arthropoda, Metamorphosis in Insects Unit 8: Phylum Mollusca 4 General characters and classification up to classes; Torsion in gastropods Unit 9: Phylum Echinodermata 4 General characters and classification up to classes; Water-vascular system in Asteroidea Section C Unit 10: Protochordates 2 General features and Phylogeny of Protochordata Unit 11: Agnatha 2 7 General features of Agnatha and classification of cyclostomes up to classes Unit 12: Pisces 4 General features and Classification up to orders; Osmoregulation in Fishes Unit 13: Amphibia 4 General features and Classification up to orders; Parental care Section D Unit 14: Reptiles 4 General features and Classification up to orders; Poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, Biting mechanism in snakes Unit 15: Aves 5 General features and Classification up to orders; Flight adaptations in birds Unit 17: Mammals 5 Classification up to orders; Origin of mammals 8 ANIMAL DIVERSITY Code: ZOOL 101 PR PRACTICAL (CREDITS 2) 1. Study of the following specimens: Amoeba, Euglena, Plasmodium, Paramecium, Sycon, Hyalonema, and Euplectella, Obelia, Physalia, Aurelia, Tubipora, Metridium, Taenia solium, Male and female Ascaris lumbricoides, Aphrodite, Nereis, Pheretima, Hirudinaria, Palaemon, Cancer, Limulus, Palamnaeus, Scolopendra, Julus, Periplaneta, Apis, Chiton, Dentalium, Pila, Unio, Loligo, Sepia, Octopus, Pentaceros, Ophiura, Echinus, Cucumaria and Antedon, Balanoglossus, Herdmania, Branchiostoma, Petromyzon, Sphyrna, Pristis, Torpedo, Labeo, Exocoetus, Anguilla, Ichthyophis/Ureotyphlus, Salamandra, Bufo, Hyla, Chelone, Hemidactylus, Chamaeleon, Draco, Vipera, Naja, Crocodylus, Gavialis, Any six common birds from different orders, Sorex, Bat, Funambulus, Loris 2. Study of the following permanent slides: T.S. and L.S. of Sycon, Study of life history stages of Taenia, T.S. of Male and female Ascaris 3. Key for Identification of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes 4. Project on any topic from theory. SUGGESTED READINGS • Ruppert and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, VIII Edition. Holt Saunders International Edition. • Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P., Olive, P.J.W., Golding, D.W. and Spicer, J.I. (2002). The Invertebrates: A New Synthesis, III Edition, Blackwell Science • Young, J. Z. (2004). The Life of Vertebrates. III Edition. Oxford university press. • Pough H. Vertebrate life, VIII Edition, Pearson International. • Hall B.K. and Hallgrimsson B. (2008). Strickberger’s Evolution. IV Edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc. 9 DSC IB COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF VERTEBRATES Code: ZOOL 102 TH THEORY Section A (CREDITS 4) Unit 1: Integumentary System 4 Derivatives of integument w.r.t. glands and digital tips Unit 2: Skeletal System 3 Evolution of visceral arches Unit 3: Digestive System 4 Brief account of alimentary canal and digestive glands Unit 4: Respiratory System 5 Brief account of Gills, lungs, air sacs and swim bladder Section B Unit 5: Circulatory System 4 Evolution of heart and aortic arches Unit 6: Urinogenital System 4 Succession of kidney, Evolution of urinogenital ducts Unit 7: Nervous System 3 Comparative account of brain Unit 8: Sense Organs 3 Types of receptors Section C Unit 9: Early Embryonic Development 14 Gametogenesis: Spermatogenesis and oogenesis w.r.t. mammals, vitellogenesis in birds; Fertilization: external (amphibians), internal (mammals), blocks to polyspermy; Early development of frog and humans (structure of mature egg and its membranes, patterns of cleavage, fate map, up to formation of gastrula);types of morphogenetic movements; Fate of germ layers; Section D Unit 10: Late Embryonic Development 12 10 Implantation of embryo in humans, Formation of human placenta and functions, other types of placenta on the basis of histology; Metamorphic events in frog life cycle and its hormonal regulation. Unit 11: Control of Development 4 Intercellular communication, cell movements and cell death. 11 COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF VERTEBRATES Code: ZOOL 102 PR PRACTICAL (CREDITS 2) 1 . Osteology: a) Disarticulated skeleton of frog and rabbit b) Carapace and plastron of Frog /tortoise 2. Frog - Study of developmental stages - whole mounts and sections through permanent slides – cleavage stages, blastula, gastrula, neurula, tail bud stage, tadpole external and internal gill stages. 3. Study of the different types of placenta- histological sections through permanent slides or photomicrographs. 4 . Study of placental development in humans by ultrasound scans as project. 5. Examination of gametes - frog/rat - sperm and ova through permanent slides or photomicrographs. SUGGESTED READINGS • Kardong, K.V. (2005) Vertebrates’ Comparative Anatomy, Function and Evolution. IV Edition. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. • Kent, G.C. and Carr R.K. (2000). Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. IX Edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies. • Hilderbrand, M and Gaslow G.E. Analysis of Vertebrate Structure, John Wiley and Sons. • Walter, H.E. and Sayles, L.P; Biology of Vertebrates, Khosla Publishing House. • Gilbert, S. F. (2006). Developmental Biology, VIII Edition, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA. • Balinsky, B.I. (2008). An introduction to Embryology, International Thomson Computer Press. • Carlson, Bruce M (1996).