Department of Plant Sciences Course Lists 2026_26 March 2026.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1	Department of Plant Sciences
2	2025/2026 Academic year
3	Level 1
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5	Table 1 : Courses offered during semester 1 ONLY (Students need to register for the exams in the 1st Semester)
6	Course Code	Course Title	Coordinator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer details					Credits		MB			Bio
7			Name of Coordiator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer	Email (Only university emails are allowed)	(if the correspending person is the Coordinator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer, place a cross)			Practical	Lectures	Core	Elective	Compulsory	Core	Elective	Compulsory
8			Name of Coordiator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer	Email (Only university emails are allowed)	Coordinator	Lecturer	Visiting Lecturer	Practical	Lectures	Core	Elective	Compulsory	Core	Elective	Compulsory
9	BT 1015	Genes & Heredity	Dr. R. Mayakaduwa	ruwani.mayakaduwa@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x	x			1	x			x
10	BT 1016	Cell Biology	Dr. S. Ediriweera	surani@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x	x			1	x			x
11	BT 1009	Genetics and Cell Biology Practicals	Dr. S. Ediriweera	surani@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x	x		1		x			x
12			Dr. R. Mayakaduwa	ruwani.mayakaduwa@pts.cmb.ac.lk		x
13			Ms. Omali Ketakela	omali@pts.cmb.ac.lk		x
14	BT 1017	Plants and The Bioeconomy	Dr. I.A.J.K. Dissanayake	jkdissanayake@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x	x			1	x			x
15	BT 1018	Integrative Plant Anatomy	Dr. H.I.U. Caldera	iroja@cmb.ac.lk	x	x		0.33	0.67		x			x
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19	Table 2 : Courses offered during semester 2 ONLY (Students need to register for the exams in the 2st Semester)
20	Course Code	Course Title	Coordinator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer details					Credits		MB			Bio
21			Name of Coordiator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer	Email (Only university emails are allowed)	(if the correspending person is the Coordinator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer, place a cross)			Practical	Lectures	Core	Elective	Compulsory	Core	Elective	Compulsory
22			Name of Coordiator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer	Email (Only university emails are allowed)	Coordinator	Lecturer	Visiting Lecturer	Practical	Lectures	Core	Elective	Compulsory	Core	Elective	Compulsory
23	BT 1019	Variety of Plant and Microbial Life	Prof. H.S. Kathriarachchi	hashi@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x	x		0.67	1.33	x			x
24			Prof. C.M. Nanayakkara	chandi@pts.cmb.ac.lk		x
25			Mr. Supun Pawuluwage	supun@pts.cmb.ac.lk		x
26	BT 1020	Introductory Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA Technology	Dr. A.M. Wickramasuriya	anushka@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x	x		0.33	0.67	x			x
27	BT 1021	Mini-project in Biodiversity Conservation	Prof. S.M.W. Ranwala	ranwala@pts.cmb.ac.lk		x		1			x			x
28	BT 1021	Mini-project in Biodiversity Conservation	Dr. I.A.J.K. Dissanayake	jkdissanayake@pts.cmb.ac.lk	x
29	BT 1022	Phytonarratives	Dr. S.A.T.A. Perera	thilini@pts.cmb.ac.lk					1		x			x
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33	Table 3 : Courses offered throughout the both of semesters or one of the semester but students need to register for the exams in the 2nd Semester
34	Course Code	Course Title	Coordinator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer details					Credits		MB			Bio
35			Name of Coordiator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer	Email (Only university emails are allowed)	(if the correspending person is the Coordinator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer, place a cross)			Practical	Lectures	Core	Elective	Compulsory	Core	Elective	Compulsory
36			Name of Coordiator/Lecturer/Visiting Lecturer	Email (Only university emails are allowed)	Coordinator	Lecturer	Visiting Lecturer	Practical	Lectures	Core	Elective	Compulsory	Core	Elective	Compulsory
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40	Students (Bio, MB level 1) must regster for all BT core courses
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