Biotechnology - BIT2601
Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BCH2601
Purpose: This module will provide students with information on the fundamentals of biotechnology. The knowledge gained from this module will enable
students to identify and apply practices, processes and principles of biotechnology to solve problems in health and diseases, including maintenance of the environment that is suitable for growing crops, and farming with animals.
Genetic Engineering - BIT2602
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BMI2604
Purpose: This module will provide students with aspects of genetic engineering. This module incorporates fundamental knowledge of DNA and protein
structure and function so that the individual learner acquires the basic knowledge to construct and use cloning and expression vectors containing recombinant DNA in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems.
Advanced Biotechnology (Offered from 2017) - BIT3701
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BIT2601 Purpose: This module will provide students with current aspects of advanced biotechnology.
Molecular Cell Biology (Offered from 2017) - BIT3702
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BMI2604
Purpose: This module will provide students with information on the structures and properties of molecules found within a cell and understanding the
interactions between the various systems of a cell. The knowledge gained from this module will enable students to understand how DNA, RNA and protein biosynthesis regulated
Molecular Cell Signalling (Offered from 2017) - BIT3703
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BMI2604 Purpose: This module will provide students with aspects of molecular cell signalling and signal transduction.
Bioprocess Technology and Engineering (Offered from 2017) - BIT3704
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BMI2604; BIT2602 Purpose: This module will provide students with aspects of bioprocess technology and engineering
Industrial Biotechnology (Offered from 2017) - BIT3705
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BIT2601 Purpose: This module will provide students with aspects and application of microbiology in industrial biotechnology.
Environmental Biotechnology and Bioremediation (Offered from 2017) - BIT3706
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BIT2601 Purpose: This module will provide students with aspects and application of environmental remediation using microorganisms.
BOTANY
Students that take Botany as a major subject must include CHE1501, 1502, 1503, an essential component of Biological sciences, in their curriculum and pass it together with all the other requirements set for the degree before he/she can qualify for the completion of the BSc degree. The degree will not be conferred before the abovementioned Chemistry requirements are met.
Botany Major Combination
NQF Level: 5: BOT1501, BOT1502, BOT1603, CHE1501, CHE1502, CHE1503, EUP1501, STA1510 NQF Level: 6: BOT2601, BOT2602, BOT2603, BOT2604
NQF Level: 7: BOT3701, BOT3702, BOT3703, BOT3704
Plant Structure: Cytology, Morphology and Anatomy - BOT1501
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Purpose: To enable students to gain insight into Botany as a science; basic laboratory procedures, processes and techniques; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells;
primary and secondary cells and tissues; tissues in normal and modified plant organs, life cycles of plants; role of plants in sustaining life on earth.
Plant Biodiversity and Environmental Botany - BOT1502
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Purpose: To enable students to gain insights into the study of the evolution of plants, basic classification, prokaryotes, algae, bryophytes, seedless vascular
plants, gymnosperms, ecology and the biosphere, ecosystem dynamics, conservation biology and environmental problems.
Botany I (Practical) - BOT1603
Bachelor degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BOT1501 (or XOT1501) or BOT1502 (or
XOT1502)
Purpose: To enable students to understand the principles of botany investigations and to have practical experience of selected laboratory techniques.
Plant Anatomy , Structure and Function - BOT2601
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BOT1501 (or XOT1501) Purpose: To enable students to gain insight into the anatomy of vascular plants.
Systematics of Vascular Plants - BOT2602
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BOT1502 (or XOT1502)
Purpose: To enable students to acquire knowledge and competencies underpinning plant biodiversity and plant systematics. In addition a basic knowledge of
Plant Physiology, Water Relations and Plant Nutrition - BOT2603
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: BOT1501 (or XOT1501) Purpose: To enable students to gain insight into plantwater relations, mineral nutrition and phloem transport.
Botany II (Practical) - BOT2604
Bachelor degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: BOT1603 & (CHE1501 (or XHE1501) or CHE1502 (or XHE1502) Co-requisite: Any two of the following: BOT2601, BOT2602,
BOT2603
Purpose: To enable students to understand the principles of botany investigations and to have practical experience of selected laboratory techniques.
Introduction to Medicinal Plants - BOT2605
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: Co-requisite: CHE1501 (or XHE1501) & CHE1502 (or
XHE1502)
Purpose: Students registering for this module will be introduced to the history of herbal medicines, the economic viability of, and issues impacting on the
use of herbal medicines.
Plant Physiology - BOT3701
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: BOT2603 Co-requisite:
Purpose: To enable students to gain insight into enzymology, photochemical processes, carbon metabolism, environmental implications, respiratory
metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, hormones and growth regulators.
Aquatic Ecology - BOT3702
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Purpose: To enable students to gain insight into the ecology of aquatic plants; aquatic ecosystems; environmental variables and monitoring techniques; data
processing; sustainable use.
Terrestrial Ecology - BOT3703
Bachelor degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Purpose: To enable students to gain insight into the ecology of terrestrial plants, terrestrial ecosystems, vegetation dynamics, survey techniques, data
processing, sustainable use, biomes and vegetation types.
Botany III (Practical) - BOT3704
Bachelor degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English and Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: BOT2604 Co-requisite: Any two of the following: BOT3701, BOT3702,
BOT3703
Purpose: To enable students to understand the principles of botany investigations and to have practical experience of selected laboratory techniques.
Medicinal Plant Use - BOT4801
Honours degree NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: To identify common South African medicinal plants; analyse the different parts of plants used in traditional medicine; medicinal uses; major
chemical constituents and rationale for their uses; explain the importance of conservation of medicinal plants. Analyse the storage of plant parts; apply chromatographic techniques to identify main chemical compounds found in medicinal plants.
Advanced Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature - BOT4802
Honours degree NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: To perform a critical review of the different methods and approaches of plant classification and their principles, interpret and apply the rules of plant
nomenclature and typification, as delineated in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, evaluate the various sources of taxonomic evidence used in plant classification, to develop the competence required to correctly identify and classify both known and unknown plant species, indigenous and exotic plant species and their families.
Research Project (Botany) - BOT4803
Honours degree NQF level: 8 Credits: 36
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The fundamentals of research, with the final outcome being the completion of a research project. Thus, within a selected research topic, students
conduct a research project, use appropriate basic methodologies, complete the research and prepare and submit a research portfolio.