Courses

This course will provide a comprehensive overview of soils as unique habitats for microorganisms. Students will be introduced to the following topics: influence of physicochemical properties of soils on microbial activities. They will be taught methods of...

This course is designed to give the students the understanding of the basic characteristics and ecology of fungi. It will enable the students to differentiate between sexual and asexual reproduction using these diagnostic characters to classify them....

This course deals with basic virology concepts, structure and composition of plant and animal viruses and viroids. Emphasis will be on their classification, nomenclature, cultivation, isolation and assay of viruses and bacteriophage. Students will be taken...

The main objective of this course is to enable students to understand microbial metabolism: biosynthesis, polymerization, assembly of biopolymers, formation and characteristics of bacterial endospores and the importance of endospores. Students are expected to...

This course will take students through the principles of microbial ecology, the micro and macro-environment; taxonomic groups (bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, nematodes and other eukaryotic organisms in soil) and the biochemical and biogeochemical cycling (...

This course will focus on the unique characteristics of the tropical environment and its impacts on plant and animal life. The topics to be dealt with include the climate and its causes, geology, drainage and soils, the vegetation types and their distribution...

Most scientific materials are written in French. These materials are sometimes vital for the research and academic needs of the science student. These materials would have to be translated into French for the benefit of students from Anglophone background who...

This course aims at the study of the principles of plant and animal genetics. Students will study chromosome morphology and the behavior of chromosomes during cell division. Chromosomal abnormalities will also be treated in this course. Extra-chromosomal...

The course explores the theoretical basis of plant biotechnology. It provides general training in plant-cell and tissue culture and development, with particular focus on principles and practices of micropropagation, production of virus-free plants through...

The course provides students with an understanding of the principles and methods of plant systematics. This course will also introduce students to the habits, life cycles, economic uses, interrelationships, and classification of both native and introduced...