BSc Forensic Science Biological Science II Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the Academic Council of 17 May 2022, brought in one year at a time from 2022-23. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for it. The University examines only the third year of this degree centrally, under exam forms 1S00815 and 1S00816; the colleges examine the first four semesters.
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Syllabus for Biological Science II
Module I: Biology of Cell
- Ultrastructure of the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, Cell Theory Plasma membrane: chemical composition, fluid-mosaic model, functions of the plasma membrane, transport across the membrane.
- Composition of cytoplasm, Cell organelles: Nucleus, ER, Golgi apparatus, Ribosomes, Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Lysosomes, peroxisomes
- Cytoskeleton: Microfilaments, Intermediate filaments and Microtubules, Cell cycle – Overview
Module II: Microscopy
- Microscopy: Parts of the microscope, compound microscope, Numerical aperture, Resolving power.
- Principles and applications of Dark-field, Phase contrast, Fluorescence microscopy, Electron microscopy, polarisation microscope, stereo microscope.
- Simple and differential staining of Bacteria and Fungi.
Module III: Classification system
- Principles of taxonomy general scheme, Systematics- Linnean hierarchy, Binomial nomenclature.
- Plant diversity: salient features and morphological characteristics of algae (diatoms), fungi, gymnosperms and angiosperms up to class level, Hutchinson system, Bentham and Hooker system of classification,
- classification of animal kingdom up to class level. Carl Woese
- 16SrRNA classification.
Module IV: Morphology and anatomy
- Morphology and Anatomy of root stem leaf and flower in
- monocots and dicots.
- Plant tissues: Ground tissues: parenchyma, chlorenchyma,
- collenchyma, and sclerenchyma.
- Vascular tissues:xylem, phloem. Secretory tissues:
- lactiferous, glandular.
- Secondary growth in plants. Growth rings and their role in age
- estimation of plants. (dendrochronology),
- Palynology: structure of pollen grains, isolation, and identification. Pollination, Introduction to plant fibers (Cotton, Jute, and Hemp)
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Origin of species-Charles Darwin
- 2 Evolution: the modern synthesis-Julian Huxley
- 3 Biology: Raven, Johnson, Singer
- 4 Evolution: Donald Prothero
- 5 Biology: Taylor
- 6 Biochemistry: Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer
- 7 Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry: Nelson and Cox.
- 8 Molecular cell biology: Lodish, Berk, Zipursky, Matsudaira, Baltimore, Darnell.
- 9 Biochemistry: Voet and Voet
- 10 Instant Notes in Biochemistry: Hames, B. D.
- 11 Principles and techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology: Wilson and Walker.
- 12 Textbook of Biochemistry with clinical correlations: Thomas M. Devlin
- 13 Genetics: Principles and analysis: Hartl and Jones
- 14 Principles of genetics: Snustad and Simmons
- 15 Concepts of genetics: Klug and Cummins
- 16 Genetics: from genes to genomes: Hartwell, Hood, Goldberg, Reynolds, Silver
- 17 Genetics: a conceptual approach: Benjamin Pierce
- 18 Genetics: analysis and principles: Robert Brooker
- 19 Textbook of Plant taxonomy: Manoj Kumar Singh
- 20 A textbook of botany: Singh, Pande and Jain
- 21 An introduction to microscopy: Suzanne Bell and Keith Morris
- 22 Molecular biology of the cell: Alberts, Bray, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Watson
- 23 Cell biology: Gerald Carp
- 24 The cell: a molecular approach: Cooper
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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