Curricula lay-out for Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Bangladesh Agricultural University or BAU was established as the only university of its kind in Bangladesh in 1961. The scheme for BAU was finalised on 8 June 1961 and its ordinance was promulgated on 18 August 1961.

1. Credits required for Theory : 123
Credit required for Practical : 45
Total Credit required : 168
Faculty of Fisheries
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh
Duration of each Contact
hour: 60
Minutes
Curricula lay-out for B.Sc. Fisheries (Hons.) degree
Level-1
Semester-1 Credit
hour
Semester- 2 Credit
hour
Compulsory Compulsory
FBG 111 Fisheries Zoology 3.0 FBG 121 Ichthyology 3.0
FBG 112 Fisheries Zoology 1.5 FBG 122 Ichthyology 1.5
FM 111 Aquatic Ecology 3.0 AQ 121 Freshwater Aquaculture 3.0
FM 112 Aquatic Ecology 1.5 AQ 122 Freshwater Aquaculture 1.5
FT 111 Fishing Technology 3.0 FM 121 Limnology 3.0
FT 112 Fishing Technology 1.5 FM 122 Limnology 1.5
LAN 111 Communicative English 3.0 CSM 127 Computer Science 2.0
CSM 128 Computer Science 1.5
Elective (Any One) Elective (Any One)
AQ 111 Live Food Culture 2.0 FBG 123 Embryology of Aquatic Animals 2.0
FM 113 Fisheries Resources and Conservation 2.0 FT 121 Handling and Preservation of Fish & Shellfish 2.0
Total Credit 18.5 Total Credit 19.0
Level- 2
Semester-1 Credit
hour
Semester- 2 Credit
hour
Compulsory Compulsory
FBG 211 Fish Biodiversity and Systematics 3.0 FBG 221 Fish Physiology 3.0
FBG 212 Fish Biodiversity and Systematics 1.5 FBG 222 Fish Physiology 1.5
AQ 211 Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture 3.0 AQ 221 Fish Parasitology 3.0
AQ 212 Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture 1.5 AQ 222 Fish Parasitology 1.5
FM 211 Water Quality Management 3.0 Stat 223 Statistics 3.0
FM 212 Water Quality Management 1.5 Stat 224 Statistics 1.5
FT 211 Fisheries Microbiology 3.0 BMB 225 Biochemistry 3.0
FT 212 Fisheries Microbiology 1.5 BMB 226 Biochemistry 1.5
RS 211 Sociology of Fisheries 3.0
Elective (Any One) Elective (Any One)
FBG 213 Evolutionary Biology 2.0 FM 221 Aquatic Environment & Pollution 2.0
AQ 213 Environmental Management for Aquaculture 2.0 FT 221 Marine Food Chemistry 2.0
Total Credit 23.0 Total Credit 20.0
Level- 3
Semester-1 Credit
hour
Semester- 2 Credit
hour
Compulsory Compulsory
FBG 311 Fundamentals of Genetics 3.0 AQ 321 Fish Nutrition 3.0
FBG 312 Fundamentals of Genetics 1.5 AQ 322 Fish Nutrition 1.5

2. AQ 311 Fish Pathology 3.0 AQ 323 Aquafarm Design & Construction 3.0
AQ 312 Fish Pathology 1.5 AQ 324 Aquafarm Design & Construction 1.5
FM 311 Fish Population Dynamics 3.0 FM 321 Inland Fisheries Management 3.0
FM 312 Fish Population Dynamics 1.5 FM 322 Inland Fisheries Management 1.5
FT 311 Fish Processing 3.0 FT 321 Fishery Products Technology 3.0
FT 312 Fish Processing 1.5 FT 322 Fishery Products Technology 1.5
AE 317 Fisheries Economics 3.0 AM 325 Agribusiness & Marketing 3.0
Elective (Any One) Elective (Any One)
AQ 313 Shellfish Diseases 2.0 FBG 321 Biology of Farmed Fish & Shellfish 2.0
FM 313 Aquatic Soil Science 2.0 FT 323 Microbiology of Fishery Products 2.0
Total Credit 23.0 Total Credit 23.0
Level- 4
Semester-1 Credit
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Semester- 2 Credit
hour
Compulsory Compulsory
FBG 411 Genetics and Fish Breeding 3.0 FBG 421 Brood Stock & Hatchery Management 3.0
FBG 412 Genetics and Fish Breeding 1.5 FBG 422 Brood Stock & Hatchery Management 1.5
AQ 411 Fish Feed Technology 3.0 AQ 421 Aquatic Animal Health & Immunology 3.0
AQ 412 Fish Feed Technology 1.5 AQ 422 Aquatic Animal Health & Immunology 1.5
AQ 413 Integrated and Organic Aquafarming 3.0 FM 421 Marine Fisheries Management 3.0
FM 411 Oceanography & Marine Biology 3.0 FT 421 Quality Control of Fish and Fishery Products 3.0
FM 412 Oceanography & Marine Biology 1.5 FT 422 Quality Control of Fish and Fishery Products 1.5
AG.EX. 417 Agricultural Extension 3.0
AG.EX. 418 Agricultural Extension 1.5
Elective (Any One) Elective (Any One)
FM 413 Coastal Zone Management 2.0 FBG 423 Molecular Biology & Biotechnology 2.0
FT 411 Fish Inspection and Legislation 2.0 AQ 425 Geographical Information System
(GIS) in Fisheries
2.0
Total Credit 23.0 Total Credit 18.5
• Odd and Even numbers of the courses are Theory and Practical, respectively