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MPhil. Sustainable Aquaculture and Biotechnology

Admission Requirement

Applicants with a good first degree (at least 2nd Class Lower Division) in Agricultural Sciences, Oceanography, Marine Sciences, Zoology, Biology, Aquaculture, Fisheries Science, Biological Sciences, Natural Resources and other related fields shall be admitted without interview. Candidates with third class and experience in relevant area may be admitted into the programme after passing an interview.

YEAR ONE

CodeCourse Title
AQUB 701Analytical Techniques and Application of Biotechnology in Aquaculture I (Theory)
AQUB 703Biostatistics and Computer Application in Aquaculture
AQUB 705Aquaculture Engineering and Biotechnology
AQUB 707Contemporary Issues in Aquaculture
AQUB 709Transcriptomics and Proteomics
AQUB 711Advanced Molecular Biology and Fish Genomics
AQUB 713Advanced Bioinformatics

SECOND SEMESTER (LEVEL 700)

CodeCourse Title
 Common/General Courses
AQUB 712Analytical Techniques and Application of Biotechnology in Aquaculture (Practical)
AQUB 714Advanced laboratory culture techniques
 Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology
AQUB 702Molecular Nutrition
AQUB 704Nutritional Bioenergetics and Biochemistry
AQUB 706Feed Processing Technology and Equipment
AQUB 708Nutrigenomics
 Fish Diseases and Health
AQUB 716Aquatic Animal Immunology
AQUB 718Pathogenic Biology of Aquatic Animals
AQUB 722Aquatic Animal Medicinal Development
AQUB 724Vaccine Development
 Fish Breeding and Reproduction
AQUB 726Molecular Marker Assisted Breeding
AQUB 728Aquatic Animal and Plant Breeding
AQUB 732Reproduction of Fish and Shellfish
AQUB 734Advanced Fish Breeding and Reproduction
 Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
AQUB 736Chemical Stress Ecology and Aquatic Risk Assessment
AQUB 738Practical Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Assessment
AQUB 742Advanced Aquaculture Ecology
AQUB 744Aquatic Biodiversity and Toxicology
Total Credit Hours