JUPEB/DIPLOMA/FOUNDATION: BIOLOGY

JUPEB/DIPLOMA/FOUNDATION BIOLOGY is divided into:

1. BIO 001: GENERAL BIOLOGY
2. BIO 002: MICROBIOLOGY
3. BIO 003: BASIC BOTANY
4. BIO 004: FUNDAMENTAL OF ZOOLOGY

At the end of the series of courses, candidates should be able to:

1. describe the fundamental and levels of organization in living thing;
2. explain functional units of biological molecules and principles of interactions among organisms;
3. apply basic statistical concepts in biological studies;
4. describe cells as living organisms and their roles in nature;
5. explain the application of cell biology in medical, industrial and biotechnological sub-sectors of economy;
6. discuss diversity, characteristics, structures, functions and taxonomy of living organisms(micro-organisms, plants and animals);
7. enumerate economic importance of living organisms;
8. describe the morphological and biochemical characteristics of micro-organisms;
9. conduct laboratory and field practical in Biology, Botany, Microbiology and Zoology;
10. highlight and explain the basic concepts of ecology;
11. explain the roles of evolution in the hierarchical classification of living organisms via a vis the theories of evolution; and
12. define basic terminologies of Genetics and state Mendelian Laws of inheritance.