Admission Requirements
A student wishing to study Botany must satisfy the minimum University requirements and Faculty of Science regulations. A student must have passed Biology or Biological Sciences in the KCSE at a minimum grade of B-. In addition, a student must have passed any two subjects from the following alternatives at the grades shown:-
Alternative A
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Alternative B
Physical Science
Mathematics
Geography/Agriculture
Course Distribution
Year 1
University Units
- HRD 2102-Developmental studies
- HRD 2101-Communication skills
Faculty unit
- SMA 2190-Mathematics for Sciences
Core units
- SBT 2100-Survey of Plant Kingdom I*
- SBT2101-Survey of Plant kingdom II*
- SBT2103-Cellular Basis of life*
- SBT 2101- Plant function*
Year 2
Core units
- SBT2200-Plant Biochemistry and Physiology*
- SBT2202-Plant Morphology and Anatomy*
- SBT2201-Cell Biology and genetics*
Elective units
- SBT 2205-Environmental Science
- SMA 2250-Mathematics for biologists
- SBT 2209-Economic Botany
- SBT 2241-Introduction to programming
- ICS 2240-Introduction to computer & Data processing
Year 3
Core units
- SBT 2300 Plant Ecology
- SBT 2301 Principles of Genetics
- SBT 2302 Taxonomy of Higher Plants
- SBT 2303 General Microbiology
- SBT 2304 Biostatistics*
Elective Units
- SBT 2305 Mycology
- SBT 2306 Phycology
- SBT 2307 Ecophysiology
- SBT 2308 Advanced Genetics
- SBT 2309 Phytochemistry
- SBT 2310 Advanced Plant Ecology
Year 4
University Unit
- HRD 2401 Entrepreneurial Skills
BOTANY MAJORS/REGULARS
- SBT 2400 Plant Growth & Dev*
- SBT 2401 Research Project
- SBT 2406 Forest Ecology
- SBT 2401 Research Projects
- SBT 2407 Rangeland Ecology & Management
- SBT 2402 Morphogensis & Dev. Anat.
- SBT 2409 Applied Microbiology
- SBT 2405 Arid Land Ecology
- SBT 2410 Environmental Microbiology
- SBT 2408 Marine Botany
- SBT 2413 Secondary Metabolism
- SBT 2411 Medical Microbiology
- SBT 2416 Cytogenetics and Mol. Biology
- SBT 2412 Fermentation
- SBT 2417 Biotechnology
- SBT 2414 Principles of Plant Pathology
- SBT 2419 Virology
- SBT 2415 Microbial Genetics
- SBT 2421 Control of Plant Diseases
- SBT 2420 Diagnosis of Plant Diseases
- SBT 2418 Plant Breeding
- SBT 2423 Cell and Tissue culture