1. Program Aims
The Botany program is an academic program produced by Botany Department. It aims at introducing knowledge, experience and practices in applied Botany to the students. The following are the aimed graduate attributes:
a) Understand the life's basic processes in relation to plants and ecosystems.
b) Design and conduct experimental work, critically evaluate the outcomes, review and report on practice in botany.
c) Understanding the external and internal structure of the different plant organs as well as modification and adaptation of each plant with the habit condition. General information about water relationships, enzymes respiration, photosynthesis and growths’ as well as introduction to plant ecology,viruses , fungi, bacteria and algae. The comparative botany of the Bryophyta and Pteriodophyta where both sporangia and gametangia always multicellular including habit and habitat, external and internal structure of the plant body, reproduction and reproductive organs, alternation of generation, classification and relationships. It finally covers the types of habitats and conditions based on soil structure, physical and chemical properties of the soil as well as water contents of the soil.
d)Be acquainted with the modern subjects in botany bio-techniques.
e)Develop the skills and attitude necessary for independent learning and participate effectively in research activities or different areas of work.
f)Participate effectively in quality control processes.
g) Understand the interaction between plants and their habitats. Types of vegetation as well as units of succession and life forms of plants. Studying vegetation including ana-lytical and synthetic characters as well as quantitative methods of vegetation analysis. Components of the ecosystem (water, solid earth and atmosphere, time).