Admission Elegibility
- A Person (Male/Female) holding Intermediate Certificate, (Pre-Medical with Biology and chemistry) or any equivalent certificate from any recognized Institute / College with at least 50% marks shall be eligible for admissions.
- Admission will be on open merit basis based on marks obtained in last degree.
- Age: a candidate must not be more than 23 years of age on its October of the year of admission provided that the vice chancellor may relax age limit is very exceptional case.
Academic Standing
Grade point average:
- Maximum grade point average 4.00
- Minimum grade point average for obtaining the degree 2.50
- To remain on the role of university a student shall be required to maintain the following minimum CGPA otherwise he/she shall be ceased on the university role.
- A student who maintain the minimum GPA/CGPA for promotion and merits the requirements will be promoted to the next semester.
- A student who does not meet the requirements made repeat the whole semester once only. The course creates that student earns in the repeated semester shall replace the previously earned course grades.
- During the specified minimum duration for completing the degree, a student may repeat those course of the previous semester in which he/she secured the grade “F” provided the course load does not exceed the maximum limit of credit hours in a semester. Repetition of lowest grades will be allowed after completing last semester if, the CGPA is less than the degree requirements.
- In the 8th semester if, a student fails to achieve the 2.5 CGPA, he/she have to repeat the course / courses with F & D Grades, so as to make CGPA of 2.5 within the maximum time period allowed for the degree.
Proposed Study Plan BS Zoology
| Semester – I | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ENG-301 | English-1: Functional English | 3 (3-0) |
| 2 | SSH-301 | Pakistan Studies | 2 (2-0) |
| 3 | MATH-303 | General Mathematics | 3 (3-0) |
| 4 | BOT-311 | Plant Diversity | 3 (2-1) |
| 5 | CHEM-301 | Organic Chemistry | 3 (2-1) |
| 6 | ZOOL-301 | Animal Diversity-1 (Invertebrates) | 4 (3-1) |
| Total | 18 | ||
| Semester – II | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ENG-302 | English-II: Communication Skills | 3 (3-0) |
| 2 | IS/ET-302 | Islamic Studies/Ethics | 2 (2-0) |
| 3 | ZOOL-302 | Animal Diversity-II (Chordates) | 4 (3-1) |
| 4 | BOT-312 | Plant Anatomy and Systematics | 3 (2-1) |
| 5 | CHEM-302 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 (2-1) |
| 6 | ZOOL-303 | Principles of Cell Biology | 3 (2-1) |
| Total | 18 | ||
| Semester – III | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ENG-401 | English-III: Technical writing and presentation skills | 3 (3-0) |
| 2 | CS-402 | Introduction to Computing | 3 (1-2) |
| 3 | BOT-411 | Plant Ecology and Physiology | 3 (2-1) |
| 4 | CHEM-401 | Physical Chemistry | 3 (2-1) |
| 5 | SOS-301 | Introduction to Sociology | 2 (2-0) |
| 6 | ZOOL-401 | Animal Form and Function-I | 4 (3-1) |
| Total | 18 | ||
| Semester – IV | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ZOOL-403 | Fundamentals of Microbiology and Immunology | 3 (2-1) |
| 2 | ZOOL-404 | Animal Behavior | 3 (3-0) |
| 3 | ZOOL-406 | Biochemistry-1 | 3 (2-1) |
| 4 | ZOOL-405 | Biological Techniques | 3 (1-2) |
| 5 | ZOOL-402 | Animal Form & Function-II | 4 (3-1) |
| 6 | ZOOL-407 | Geography | 2 (2-0) |
| Total | 18 | ||
| Semester – V | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ZOOL-501 | Economics Zoology | 3(2-1) |
| 2 | ZOOL-502 | Biochemistry-II | 3(2-1) |
| 3 | ZOOL-503 | Animal Physiology | 4(3-1) |
| 4 | ZOOL-504 | Environmental Biology | 3(2-1) |
| 5 | ZOOL-505 | Evolutionary Biology | 3(2-1) |
| Total | 16 | ||
| Semester – VI | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ZOOL-506 | Research Methodology | 2(2-0) |
| 2 | ZOOL-507 | Principles of Systematics | 3(2-1) |
| 3 | ZOOL-508 | Developmental Biology | 4(3-1) |
| 4 | ZOOL-509 | Principles of Genetics | 4(3-1) |
| 5 | ZOOL-510 | Introduction to Wildlife | 3(2-1) |
| Total | 16 | ||
| Semester – VII | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | (Univ. Option) | Special Paper AI/ Thesis | 3(2-1)/3(0-3) |
| 2 | ZOOL-601 | Statistics and Biometry | 3(2-2) |
| 3 | (Univ. Option) | Special Paper A2/Univ. opt | 3(2-1) |
| 4 | (Univ. Option) | Univ. opt | 3(2-1) |
| 5 | ZOOL-602 | Molecular Biology | 3(2-1) |
| Total | 15 | ||
| Semester – VIII | |||
| Sr. No | Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| 1 | ZOOL-603 | Bioinformatics | 3(1-2) |
| 2 | (Univ. Option) | Special Paper BI/Thesis | 3(2-1)/3(0-3) |
| 3 | (Univ. Option) | Special Paper B2 | 3(2-1) |
| 4 | (Univ. Option) | Univ. Opt | 3(2-1) |
| 5 | ZOOL-604 | Zoogeography & Paleontology | 3(2-1) |
| Total | 15 | ||