Concentration in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology major students

Dear Students

Here are suggestions for possible concentrations for the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology major students (combinations of subjects leading to particular fields). These are beneficial for grabbing admission in a particular field for higher studies in Pakistan and abroad.

Agriculture (Agriculture Biotechnology, Applied Botany, Commercialisation of Biotechnology Products, Genomics and Tools of Bioinformatics, Research Design and Biostatistics, Mycology, Integrated Pest Management, Applied Entomology)

Health (Neurobiology, Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Human Physiology, Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology, Molecular Immunology, Cancer Biology, Medical Biotechnology, Research Design and Biostatistics, Genomics and Tools of Bioinformatics, Applied Zoology)

Microbiology (Commercialisation of Biotechnology Products, Industrial Microbiology, Food and Dairy Technology, Microbial Biochemistry, Genomics and Tools of Bioinformatics, Research Design and Biostatistics, Mycology, Industrial Microbiology, Fundamentals of Virology)

Common Issues in Degree Audit

Discontinued Major Elective Course

For Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Major students at FCC: If a major elective course is discontinued by the department; Students who already have studied it, will get its credits as major elective. If they study its replacement course in addition to the discontinued one, the first one will be considered as major elective and the second one as a free elective.

For Biological Sciences Major Students (17 and previous Series)

For Biological Sciences Major students at FCC: BIOL 202 and 204 (both 4 credits) were discontinued in 2013. Hence, students following catalogs (2013 or previous) who have not studied BIOL 202 and 204 (core courses for them) can take BIOL 102 (Introductory Plant Biology, credits: 4) in lieu of BIOL 202 and BIOL 105 (General Zoology, credits: 4) in lieu of BIOL 204.


What is a Free Elective?

A free elective course may be any course from the university. Free electives are required to cover up credits remains after finishing credits required as general education, core and major electives. You have to complete 130 credits to obtain the BS degree.


Requirement of 12 Upper Level Courses

A total of 12 upper level courses (300/400) are required to earn the BS degree. All courses including general education, core, major electives and free electives may count towards this requirements.