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Department of Fisheries
   
   
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Bachelor of Science Fisheries is a four year degree programme.

Courses Offered Under the Programme

Level One

Semester I      Semester II       
  • General Biology I
  • General Chemistry I
  • Mathematics I
  • Physics I
  • Introduction to Communication
  • Introduction to Fisheries
  • General Biology II
  • General Chemistry  II
  • Mathematics II
  • Physics II
  • Communication Studies
  • Fresh Water Ecology

Level Two

Semester III      Semester IV       
  • Plant Form and Function
  • General Chemistry III
  • Mathematics III
  • Survival Communication Skills
  • Limnology
  • Fish Biology
  • Animal Form and Function 
  • Fisheries Environmental Chemistry
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Introduction to Genetics

Level Three

Semester V       Semester VI       
  • Biochemistry
  • Fisheries Economics
  • Fisheries Statistics
  • Fisheries Management
  • Introduction to Aquaculture I
  • Biostatistics and Research Methods
  • Fish Processing and Marketing
  • Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment
  • Introduction to Microbiology
  • Tropical Ichthyology

Level Four

Semester VII     

Semester VIII     
  •  Aquatic Microbiology
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Fisheries Management II
  • Fish Breeding and Hatchery Management
  • Student Field Attachment and Project 
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Fish Diseases and Parasites
  • Fisheries Extension and Development
  • Fish Nutrition and Feeding
  • Students Research Project 
 

 
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