Study Programmes
- B.Sc. (General) Degree in Applied Sciences
- B.Sc. (Honors) in Applied Sciences
- B.Sc. joint Major in Biology and Physics
- B.Sc. (Honors) in Biodiversity Conservation
- B.Sc. (Honors) in Fisheries and Aquaculture Management
- B.Sc. (Honors) in Applied Biology in Microbiology
Courses offered by the Department of Biology
| Academic Year/ Semester | Course Code | Course Title | Compulsory/ Optional |
| 1-1 | BOTANY | ||
| BOT 1202 | Plant Diversity | Compulsory | |
| BOT 1202 | Functional Plant Anatomy and Basic Wood Science* (optional for students who enroll for the subject BIOLOGY) | Compulsory | |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| ZOO 1201 | Invertebrate Diversity | Compulsory | |
| BIOLOGY | |||
| BIO 1201 | Cell Biology & Biochemistry | Compulsory | |
| FOUNDATION COURSES | |||
| FDN 1202 | General English | Compulsory | |
| FDN 1203 | General Biology * (For Physical sciences & ICT students) | Compulsory | |
| 1-2 | BIOLOGY | ||
| BIO 1202 | Statistical Methods in Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 1203 | General Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| ZOO 1302 | Vertebrate Diversity | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 1203 | General Entomology | Optional | |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE | |||
| IDC 1201 | Philosophy of Science | Compulsory | |
| 2-1 | BOTANY | ||
| BOT 2201 | Plant Physiology | Compulsory | |
| BOT 2204 | Plant Pathology (optional for students who enroll for the subject BIOLOGY) | Compulsory | |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| ZOO 2201 | Animal Histology & Physiology | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 2203 | Animal Behavior (optional for students who enroll for the subject BIOLOGY) | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 2204 | Fish Biology | Optional | |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE | |||
| IDC 2201 | English for professional Purpose | Optional | |
| 2-2 | BOTANY | ||
| BOT 2202 | Economic Botany (optional for students who enroll for the subject BIOLOGY) | Compulsory | |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| ZOO 2205 | Embryology and Developmental Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIOLOGY | |||
| BIO 2201 | Systematic Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 2302 | Principles of Ecology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 2203 | Genetics & Evolution | Compulsory | |
| 3-1 | BOTANY | ||
| BOT 3202 | Principles and Practices of Horticulture and Landscaping | Optional | |
| BOT 3203 | Postharvest Technology of Plant Products | Optional | |
| MIB 3204 | Food Microbiology | Optional | |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| ZOO 3201 | Medical Entomology | Optional | |
| FAM 3201 | Fisheries & Aquaculture | Optional | |
| ZOO 3104 | Laboratory Techniques in Zoology | Optional | |
| BIOLOGY | |||
| BIO 3201 | Molecular Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3203 | Environmental Pollution | Optional | |
| BIO 3206 | Experimental Design and Nonparametric Methods in Statistics | Compulsory | |
| BDC 3301 | Concepts of Biodiversity Conservation | Optional | |
| HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMS | |||
| BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION | |||
| BDC 3301 | Concepts of Biodiversity Conservation | Compulsory | |
| BDC 3203 | Introduction to Geographical Information Systems | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3201 | Molecular Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3203 | Environmental Pollution | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3206 | Experimental Design and Nonparametric Methods in Statistics | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 3104 | Laboratory Techniques in Zoology | Compulsory | |
| FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT | |||
| FAM 3201 | Fisheries & Aquaculture | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 3104 | Laboratory Techniques in Zoology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3201 | Molecular Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3203 | Environmental Pollution | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3206 | Experimental Design and Nonparametric Methods in Statistics | Compulsory | |
| BDC 3203 | Introduction to Geographical Information Systems | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3204 | Food Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| MICROBIOLOGY | |||
| MIB 3202 | Soil Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3203 | Virology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3204 | Food Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| BOT 3203 | Postharvest Technology of Plant Products | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3201 | Molecular Biology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3203 | Environmental Pollution | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3206 | Experimental Design and Nonparametric Methods in Statistics | Compulsory | |
| 3-2 | BOTANY | ||
| BOT 3201 | Plant Tissue Culture | Optional | |
| BOT 3204 | Flora of Sri Lanka | Optional | |
| MIB 3201 | Industrial Microbiology | Optional | |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| ZOO 3202 | Applied Parasitology | Optional | |
| ZOO 3203 | Economic Entomology | Optional | |
| FAM 3202 | Breeding Techniques in Aquaculture | Optional | |
| BIOLOGY | |||
| BIO 3102 | Ecotourism | Optional | |
| BIO 3207 | Field Project | Optional | |
| BDC 3202 | Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment | Optional | |
| BDC 3204 | Wildlife Management & Conservation | Optional | |
| HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMS | |||
| APPLIED SCIENCES | |||
| FAM 3303 | Ornamental Fish Industry | Optional | |
| BIOLOGY & PHYSICS | |||
| FAM 3303 | Ornamental Fish Industry | Optional | |
| BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION | |||
| BDC 3202 | Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment | Compulsory | |
| BDC 3204 | Wildlife Management & Conservation | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3102 | Ecotourism | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3204 | Bioinformatics | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3205 | Ecotoxicology | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 3203 | Economic Entomology | Compulsory | |
| BOT 3201 | Plant Tissue Culture | Compulsory | |
| FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT | |||
| FAM 3202 | Breeding Techniques in Aquaculture | Compulsory | |
| FAM 3303 | Ornamental Fish Industry | Compulsory | |
| ZOO 3202 | Applied Parasitology | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3205 | Ecotoxicology | Compulsory | |
| BDC 3202 | Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment | Compulsory | |
| BOT 3201 | Plant Tissue Culture | Compulsory | |
| MICROBIOLOGY | |||
| BIO 3204 | Bioinformatics | Compulsory | |
| BIO 3205 | Ecotoxicology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3201 | Industrial Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3205 | Plant-Microbe Interaction | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3206 | Analytical Techniques in Molecular Biology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3207 | Immunology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 3208 | Environmental Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| 4-1 | HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMS | ||
| APPLIED SCIENCES | |||
| BIO 4204 | Scientific Communication | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4201 | Environmental Policies and Management | Optional | |
| BDC 4202 | Wetland Conservation & Management | Optional | |
| BDC 4206 | Limnology & Conservation of Aquatic Resources | Optional | |
| MIB 4202 | Medical Microbiology | Optional | |
| MIB 4204 | Microbial Taxonomy | Optional | |
| MIB 4205 | Techniques & Strategies in Molecular Biology | Optional | |
| FAM 4203 | Aqua farming of Macrophytes | Optional | |
| FAM 4205 | Fish Health Management | Optional | |
| BIOLOGY & PHYSICS | |||
| BIO 4204 | Scientific Communication | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4201 | Environmental Policies and Management | Optional | |
| BDC 4202 | Wetland Conservation & Management | Optional | |
| BDC 4206 | Limnology & Conservation of Aquatic Resources | Optional | |
| MIB 4202 | Medical Microbiology | Optional | |
| MIB 4204 | Microbial Taxonomy | Optional | |
| MIB 4205 | Techniques & Strategies in Molecular Biology | Optional | |
| FAM 4203 | Aqua farming of Macrophytes | Optional | |
| FAM 4205 | Fish Health Management | Optional | |
| BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION | |||
| BDC 4201 | Environmental Policies and Management | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4202 | Wetland Conservation & Management | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4203 | Forest Conservation | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4204 | Advanced Geographical Information Systems | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4205 | Economics of Biodiversity | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4206 | Limnology & Conservation of Aquatic Resources | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4207 | Coastal & Marine Biodiversity Conservation | Compulsory | |
| BIO 4204 | Scientific Communication | Compulsory | |
| FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT | |||
| FAM 4201 | Fishery Recourse Management | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4202 | Aquaculture Engineering | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4203 | Aqua farming of Macrophytes | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4204 | Fish Nutrition & Growth | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4205 | Fish Health Management | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4206 | Postharvet Techniques in Fisheries | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4207 | Fishery Socioeconomics | Compulsory | |
| BIO 4204 | Scientific Communication | Compulsory | |
| MICROBIOLOGY | |||
| MIB 4103 | Molecular Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4201 | Applied Mycology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4202 | Medical Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4204 | Microbial Taxonomy | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4205 | Techniques & Strategies in Molecular Biology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4206 | Molecular Biotechnology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4207 | Microbial Genetics | Compulsory | |
| BIO 4204 | Scientific Communication | Compulsory | |
| 4-2 | HONURS DEGREE PROGRAMS | ||
| APPLIED SCIENCES | |||
| BIO 4603 | Research Project | Compulsory | |
| BIO 4320 | Industrial Training | Compulsory | |
| BIOLOGY & PHYSICS | |||
| BIO 4603 | Research Project | Compulsory | |
| BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION | |||
| BDC 4308 | Current Topics in Biodiversity & Conservation | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4209 | In plant Training | Compulsory | |
| BDC 4810 | Research Project | Compulsory | |
| FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT | |||
| FAM 4208 | Current Topics in Fisheries & Aquaculture Management | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4209 | In plant Training | Compulsory | |
| FAM 4810 | Research Project | Compulsory | |
| MICROBIOLOGY | |||
| MIB 4308 | Current Topics in Microbiology | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4209 | In plant Training | Compulsory | |
| MIB 4810 | Research Project | Compulsory |
Download the Curriculum Document here.
