UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (CONAS)

Biology Courses

Year 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Code

Course Title

Status

Semester

 

Credits

BL 111

Introductory Cell Biology      and Genetics

Core

1

 

12

ZL 121

Invertebrate Zoology

Core

1

 

8

CH 113

Chemistry for Life Sciences  Students

Core

2

 

12

ZL 122

Chordate Zoology

Core

2

 

8

 

 

Year 2:

 

Course Code

Course Title

Status

Semester

 

Credits

BT I30

Evolutionary Botany

Core

1

 

12

ZL 210

Vertebrate Anatomy and        Physiology I

Core

1

 

8

ZL 220

Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology II

Core

2

 

12

BT 1I3

Introduction to Plant Physiology

Core

2

 

8

BL 113

Ecology I

Core

2

 

8

ZL 124

Developmental Biology

Optional

2

 

8

BT 218 

Plant Physiology and Growth

Optional

2

 

8

 

 

Year 3

 

Course Code

Course Title

Status

Semester

 

Credits

BT 225

Taxonomy of Higher plants

Core

1

 

12

ZL 236

Introductory Entomology and Parasitology

Core

1

 

12

ZL 302

Evolution

Core

2

 

8

BT 327

Anatomy of Angiosperms

Core

2

 

8

BL 215

Ecology II

Optional

1

 

12

BT 211

Fundamentals of soil science

Optional

1

 

8

BL 331

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Optional

1

 

12