Hello there,

Under this course, there are a lot of subjects came. So below, I am listing an overview of syllabus of MSc Life Sciences.

Physics : Mechanics, gases, wave phenomena sound and light, and modern physics

Mathematics : Real number system, trigonometric functions, simple differential equations Partial derivatives and Taylors theorem, simple biological models and differential equations of first order, Matrices and Eigen value system of first order differential equation, Leslie.

Biology : Principles of taxonomy, animal classification and study, plant classification, evolution and origin of life

Chemistry : Organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry

Microbiology : Cell structure, viruses, fungi, algae, growth of microorganisms, metabolisms of the microorganisms, fermentation etc.

Biochemistry : Molecular components of cells- amino acids, proteins, mechanisms, carbohydrates and cell surfaces, lipids and membranes.

Cell Biology : Evolution of the cell, approaches to studying cells, cell nucleus, internal organization of the cell, intracellular traffics, cytoskeleton.

Genetics : Nature of genetic material, DNA, RNA, cell divisions, Mendalian laws, chromosomes, chromosomal aberrations, allelism, concept of gene.

Molecular biology : Introduction, structure of DNA and RNA and their physical, chemical and biological properties, Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes, Gene structure and sequence organization, Recombination of DNA, Methods used in recombinant DNA research.

Human genetics : Genes in Pedigrees, Organization of human genome and genes, Multigene families, Animal models for human diseases, Genetic testing and therapeutic approaches

Virology : The origin and discovery of viruses, nomenclature and classification of viruses, General structure of bacterial, animal and plant viruses. Replication and multiplication of coli phages.

Biostatistics : idea of Statistics in Biology, Compilation, classification, tabulation and diagrammatic presentation of statistical data, Measures of Central Location and dispersion, Probability

Photobiology : Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, photosynthesis, X-ray crystal structures of bacterial photosystem

This is just an overview of syllabus. To know the complete syllabus, please visit the official website of your college/institute.

Hope this helps.