MSc Botany is a two‑year (four‑semester) postgraduate programme that provides advanced theoretical and practical training in plant science, usually with about 80 credits distributed across core courses, electives, a project, and a comprehensive viva‑voce. The curriculum deepens concepts learned at the BSc level and typically includes papers on phycology, mycology, plant pathology, bryology, pteridology, gymnosperms and paleobotany, angiosperm anatomy and reproductive biology, taxonomy and systematics, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology, plant physiology, biochemistry, ecology, environmental biology, evolution and sometimes special papers like plant biotechnology, genetic engineering, conservation biology, or applied plant sciences depending on the university’s scheme. Each theory course is supported by intensive practicals involving microscopy, culture techniques, field collection and identification, experimental physiology and biochemistry, cytology, molecular techniques, and quantitative ecological methods, culminating in a research project or dissertation in the final semester, where the student works on a specific problem under faculty supervision and defends it in a viva. Programmes in Kerala generally follow a credit‑semester or CBCSS‑type pattern, use English as the medium of instruction and assessment, and emphasize seminars, assignments, and internal assessment along with end‑semester university examinations. The stated outcomes are to develop strong subject expertise in plant science, research aptitude, critical analysis of scientific literature, field and laboratory competence, and readiness for careers in teaching, higher research (PhD), biotechnology, agriculture, environmental management, conservation, and related industries.