BSc. Botany

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