Structure, function and cytogenetics of the animal cell; different animal tissues; general characteristics and taxonomy of the Animal Kingdom; general characteristics of Subkingdom Protozoa with selected representative examples; taxonomy and characteristics of the Animal Kingdom from Porifera to Chordata with selected representative examples; an introduction in animal physiology with special emphasis on nutrition, digestion and metabolism, blood composition and functions. 

This course encompasses the socio-cultural, environmental, spiritual, and religious influences on the person and the family. This course also introduces the student to the concept of family and provides an overview of the theories of human growth and development. Focus is on people development and relationships, physiologic concepts, psychological concepts, and nursing implications from conception to death. It assists students in providing effective, systematic and scientifically based nursing care.

This course was designed to acquaint the student with knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to practice basic infection control measures at different level of prevention in health care settings. This course is designed to help the students to acquire knowledge related to different micro-organisms either useful or harmful for living creatures, the chain of infection & the factors affecting susceptibility.

The purpose of this course is to study the basics of epidemiology that help students in applying these basics in      research conduction. Moreover, the course identifies the role of epidemiology in measuring the occurrence of health related states among population and in evaluating the effectiveness of preventive programs and health care services. The course also covers the basic concepts and methods of epidemiology, and demonstrates how these can be applied to improve population health and reduce health inequities.