DEPARTEMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Establishment: 1988-04-16
Intake Capacity: 55

Courses Offered

B.Sc in Zoology (Honours)

Total No. of Teaching Faculty: 4
Total No. of Classrooms with size in sq. meter: 4 No. of with 1600 sq. meter
Total No. of Laboratories with size in sq. meter: 2 Nos. of Laboratories with total 3400 sq. meter
No. of ICT Equipments Available: 2
No. of Books in College Library: 400
No. of Books in Departmental Library: 250
Teaching Plan for All Courses

INTRODUCTION

The Department was opened in 1988 when Science Stream was introduced in the college initially only for higher secondary classes. At that time it was a single-faculty Department. The
founder teacher was Binoy Kumar Basumatary who later join in another college. In 1996, it was upgraded to a full-fledged Department with the opening of the under graduate programme. At that time Dr. Sadananda Nath, Nandita Nath and Dr. Nabajit Das joined in the department. Later Ms. Nandita Nath left the college to take up other assignment. Besides, Ms. Bhushana Das and Tribeni Das also served for brief periods as a
teacher in the Department.
At Present Dr. Sadananda Nath, Dr. Nabajit Das, Dr. Suruchi Singh and Pranab Chandra Debnath are the permanent faculty members of the Department. The Department of Zoology is a full-fledged department with four permanent teaching staff. The Department of Zoology (UG) has a well – established academic track record of having produced more than 250 graduates. The faculty members are all well qualified and laboratory facilities are of high standard. The objective of the department is to impart quality education and to make the students successful in every sphere of life.

VISION

The vision of the department is to motivate the students to enrich their knowledge on biological secrets of life and to make students understand the diversity, habitat and functioning of animals in order to conserve the environment and promoting the new biology and its cutting - edge -technology.

MISSION

Mission of the department is to impart knowledge in animal sciences through innovative teaching and learning and also to make awareness about problems affecting animal and human health and world challenging environmental issues .To provide quality education thereby making entrepreneurs.

PROGRAMME OUTCOME

1. Acquire the knowledge of the scientific theorems, fundamental principles and basic concepts related to the science subjects and understand their relevance in their daily life.
2. Develop the skills in handling the scientific equipments and performing experiments for different types of studies and collection of various types of scientific data.
3. Learn to draw inferences, logical and scientific conclusions from the experimental data and develop the skills to compare theoretically.
4. Acquire the knowledge of observation, analysis, explaining the facts through novel methods of better understanding.
5. Learn to maintain ethical, moral and social values leading to highly cultured and civilized personality.
6. Students get plenty of opportunity to improve communication skills, learn life skills to establish good relationship with the society and to upgrade the standards of living.
7. Learn to realize pursuit of knowledge as life long activity and develop positive attitude towards every aspect of life thereby creating healthy environment, balanced mental and physical health which leads to successful and satisfactory life.
8. Learn social obligations and responsibilities, sustainable development and environmental protection, importance of biodiversity as well as ecological balance.
9. Learn to become a responsible and good citizen of our country, role model to the younger generations in every aspect of life.
10. Learn to stand against all forms of corruptions and social evils, and play active part in the protection of our national integration.

PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

1. Students gain knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of animal science and understand the complex interactions among various living organisms.
2. Students understand the nature and basic concept of ecology, cell biology, physiology, genetics, taxonomy and applied zoology.
3. Students acquire knowledge on interactions among various animals of different Phyla, their distributions, complex evolutionary process and relationship with the environment.
4. Students are exposed to the knowledge on fundamentals of biochemistry, physiological processes of animals and relationship of organ systems.
5. Students develop knowledge on various aspects of zoology such as comparative anatomy of vertebrates, molecular biology, biochemistry of metabolic processes, developmental biology, principles of genetics, endocrinology, biology of insects and wild life conservation and management practices.
6. Students learn the application of biological science in apiculture, aquaculture, sericulture and medicine.
7. Students gather knowledge on application of computer science in biology and various biostatistical methods.
8. Students develop the skills of analyzing through different laboratory and field based experiments.
9. Field studies, projects and visit to places of biological importance, broadens students out look to the subject and encourages students to explore new fields of biological sciences.
10. Students are acquainted with latest technologies in biological science and recent trends in zoological research.

COURSE SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

Course: B.Sc (Honours) in Zoology

Core Course I
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-1016 (Non-chordates I: Protists to Pseudocoelomates)
From this paper learners will be able to learn about various forms classification and structural anatomy of protozoa, cnidaria and worms. They will understand structural organization, nutrition and life cycle of Euglena, Amoeba, Paraecium as well as pathogenicity of Plasmodium vivax, canal system in porifera, polymorphism in cnidaria, metagenesis in obelia, evolutionary significance of ctenophora. They will also learn about the deferent phases in the life cycle of parasite like Fasciola hepatica, Taenia solium, Ascaris lumbricoides, Wucheria bancrofti and as well as Plasmodium vivax and Entamoeba histolytica

Core Course II
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-1026 (Principles of Ecology)
Learners will be able to know the fundamentals of ecology and impacts of ecological factors on living organisms from this course. After completion of this course the will learn auteclogy, synecology, laws of limiting factors, abiotic factors. They will also understand unitary and modular population, population density, natality, mortality, age and sex ratio, population growth form, population interaction, population dispersion, community, species diversity, ecotone ecological succession, ecosystem, different types of food chain, food web, energy flow, ecological pyramids, nutrient cycle as well as wildlife conservation.

Core Course III
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-2016 (Non-chordates II: Coelomates)
Learners will be able to learn various forms of coelomates, their classification and structural anatomy from this course. They will learn about metamerism and excretion in Annelida, respiration and vision in Arthopoda, social life in insects, evolutionary significance of Onychophora, torsion and detorsion in Mullusca, water vascular system in Ecinodermata, larval forms of Echinodermata, as well as affinities of Echinodemata with chordates from this course.

Core Course IV
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-2026 (Cell Biology)
This paper is about the structure and function of cell as the fundamental unit of life. Learners will learn about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell and their differences, as well as different organelles of eukaryotic cell like Nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, perioxisomes. They will understand the structure and transport across plasma membrane. Semi autonomous nature of Mitochondria, They will also get to know about different types of cell division, cell cycle and cell signaling.

Core Course -V
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-3016 (Diversity of Chordata)
This course is about various forms of chordates, their classification and structural anatomy. Learners will learn about characteristics of Hemichordata, Urochordata and Cephalochordata, larval forms of protochordates, retrogressive metamorphosis in Urochordata, origin of chordata, Agnatha, migration and parental care in pisces, parental care in Amphibia, affinities of spehnodon, poison apparatus and biting mechanism of snakes, flight mechanism in birds, affinities in Prototheria, adaptive radiation of mammals for locomotion. In this course one unit is on Zoogeography, from this unit learners will able learn about zoogeographical realms and distribution of vertebrates in those realms, plate tectonics as well as continental drift.

Core Course VI
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-3026 (Animal Physiology: Controlling And Coordinating Systems)
This paper is about tissue, muscle, bone, reproductive system, nervous system and endocrine system. Learners will be able to learn about different types of tissue and bones and cartilage, their location, structure and functions. They will also understand bone growth, resorption, structure of neuron, origin as well as propagation of action potential across nerve fibres, different types of synapses and synaptic transmission, structure of muscle and basis of muscle contraction. From this course learners will also learn about histology of testis as well as ovary, physiology of reproduction and methods of contraception. This course also includes functioning of endocrine glands as well as neuroendocrine glands of human body and their regulation.

Core Course VII
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-3036 (Fundamentals of Biochemistry)
This paper is about biomolecules of living organisms and their interactions for perpetuation of life. From this course learners will be able to learn structure, types, functions and importance of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and amino acids. They will also learn about immunoglobulins, nucleic acids, DNA & RNA as well as their types. This course also includes one unit on enzymes, from which they will understand about different classes of enzymes, mechanism of enzyme action, factors affecting enzyme catalyzed reactions, allosteric enzymes, enzyme regulation and inhibition, Michaelis -Menten equation as well as concept of Km and Vmax.

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSES-I
Paper Code: ZOO-SE-3024 (Apiculture)
Learners will be able to know about the different species Honey bee and their scientific culture. They will also know about modern methods of artificial bee rearing, modern methods of employing artificial Beehives for cross-pollination in horticultural gardens etc.

Core Course VIII
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-4016 (Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates)
The paper aims to understand the students among different animals by comparing their anatomical systems. After completion of the course learners will be able to understand the anatomical similarities, differences and advance anatomical characters of animals from different phylum of vertebrates. They will learn about systems like integumentary, skeletal, reproductive, circulatory, urinogenital, nervous system of vertebrates.

Core Course IX
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-4026 (Animal Physiology & Life Sustaining Systems)
After completion of this course, learners will be able to learn the functions of living organisms and their parts including physical & chemical process like Physiology of Digestion, Physiology of Respiration, Renal Physiology, Physiology of Heart and blood etc. It provides a thorough understanding of normal body functions, enabling more effective treatment of abnormal or disease state.

Core Course X
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-4036 (Biochemistry of Metabolic Processes)
The paper is about the biochemistry of metabolic processes of living organisms. After completion of this course, learners will understands catabolism, anabolism, role of ATP as an energy currency of cell, metabolism of biomolecules like carbohydrates, protein, and lipid. They will also learn about Biosynthesis of palmitic acid, oxidative phosphorylation processes like electron transport chain. In addition they will also learn and can differentiate about the Gluconeogenesis, Glycogenolysis and Glycogenesis.

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSES-II
Paper Code: ZOO-SE-4014 (Non Mulberry Sericulture)
This skill enhancement paper will give details about the various sericigenous insects in N-E India. Students will learn the biology of Non mulberry silkworm as well as its rearing technology. They will also be familiar with the different types of pest and diseases of silk worm. How sericulture can be a good employment opportunity that also will be skilled by this paper after knowing Entrepreneurship in Non-Mulberry Sericulture.


Core Course XI
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-5016 (Molecular Biology)
This paper is about the molecular biology of living organisms. After completion, learners will understands features of DNA &RNA, their types, differences, replication DNA, Transcription of RNA, translation, DNA repair mechanisms and gene regulation. They also able to learn Proteins involved in initiation, elongation and termination of polypeptide chain, Inhibitors of protein synthesis etc.

Core Course XII
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-5026 (Principles of Genetics)
The aim of this paper is to give knowledge of genetics in agriculture, biology and medicine. After completion of this course learners will able to understand inheritance, role of linkage and crossing over in genetics, gene mutation, extra-chromosomal inheritance as well as transposable genes or jumping genes, Polygenic Inheritance, Recombination in Bacteria and Viruses etc.

DISCIPLINE CENTRIC ELECTIVE COURSES-I
Paper Code: ZOO-HE-5016 (Computational Biology and Biostatics)
After completing this paper, Students will know about the goal, scope, importance and application of Computational Biology in the modern days of computer age. They will know about the Biological databases; Primary, secondary and composite databases; Nucleic acid databases; Protein databases; Metabolic pathway databases and Small molecule databases. Application of Biostatistics in life science will be another part of this paper. Students will know the calculation of standard deviation, standard error, Coefficient of Variance, Chi-square test, Z test, t-Test and its application in life science.


DISCIPLINE CENTRIC ELECTIVE COURSES-II
Paper Code: ZOO-HE-5036 (Endocrinology)
The aims of this paper tried to emphasize basic principles and have illustrated them with examples taken both from clinical endocrinology and from comparative endocrinology. After completion of this course learners will be able to learn about
classification, characteristics of Hormone, Neurohormones, regulation of hormone action, second messengers, disorders of endocrine glands, Hyphothalmo-hypophysial Axis, structure of the different endocrine hormone.

CORE COURSE XIII
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-6016 (Developmental Biology)
After completion of this course, learners will understand different phases of development, viz. early embryonic developmental stages, late embryonic development stages, post embryonic development, metamorphosis, ageing and implications of developmental biology. They are also able to know Teratogenic agents and their effects on embryonic
development; In vitro fertilization, Stem cell (ESC) and details about Amniocentesis.


CORE COURSE XIV
Paper Code: ZOO-HC-6026 (Evolutionary Biology)
This paper aims to know the different evolutionary concepts of organisms like Darwinism, Lamarckism, evidences of evolution, heritable variations, population genetics, natural selection, phylogenetic tree and its interpretation. Learner will also able to understand the species formation concept, Microevolutionary changes, Genetic Drift and all about species extinction of organisms.


DISCIPLINE CENTRIC ELECTIVE COURSES-III
Paper Code: ZOO-HE-6016 (Biology of Insecta)
After completing this course learners will understand the general features, distribution of insects, their morphology, reproductive , endocrine , nervous system ,their classification, physiology & body system of insects social organization & behaviour of insects, role of alleolochemicals, insect plant interation, phytophagus insects, disease causing insect vectors.


DISCIPLINE CENTRIC ELECTIVE COURSES-IV
Paper Code: ZOO-HE-6046 (Wild life Conservation and Management)
This paper aims to know wildlife Conservation ethics; the Importance of wildlife conservation and the present days demand to save the wildlife. Students will also know about the different methods of conservation practices including management of wild life. Ecology of wildlife conservation is the other aspect of this paper that will be learned by the students. Perspectives of Eco-tourism and its future scope in employment opportunity is one of the specific point to be learned by the students through this paper.

MECHANISM FOR CONTINUOUS INTERNAL EVALUATION(CIE)

The department conduct regular sessional examination, MCQ based tests, Home assignment for each paper , Group discussion, seminars and viva voce.