Bachelor’s Degree Programs
020400.62 Biology
Specialization: Vertebrate Zoology
Study Period: 4 years
Language of Instruction: Russian
| Course Title | Hours | First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| B1 Humanitarian, Social and Economic Cycle | | | | | | | | | |
| B1.B Basic Part | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Philosophy | 108 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2. History | 108 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 3. Foreign Language | 288 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | | | | |
| 4. Psychology and Pedagogy | 72 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 5. Economics | 72 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 6. Law, Legal Basis for Environmental Protection and Nature Management | 72 | | | | | 2 | | | |
| B1.V Variable Part | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Basis of Biological Nomenclature | 72 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2. Russian Language and Speech Culture | 72 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3. Baikal Studies | 144 | | | 4 | | | | | |
| 4. Cultural Studies in System of Biological Knowledge (optional) 5. History of Biology (optional) | 72 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6. Man and His Health (optional) 7. Socially Dangerous Toxicants (optional) | 72 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 8. Museology (optional) 9. Regional Ecological Policy (optional) | 72 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 10. Reserve Business (optional) 11. Social Diseases and their Biological Reasons (optional) | 72 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 12. Biosociology (optional) 13. GMO: Ethical and Ecological Problems | 72 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 14. Principles of Management in Natural Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity (optional) 15. Use of Microorganisms in Human Activity and Public Health | 72 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| B2 Mathematics and Natural Science Cycle | | | | | | | | | |
| B2.B Basic Part | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Mathematics | 144 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 2. Mathematical Methods in Biology | 36 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 3. Physics | 216 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4. General and Inorganic Chemistry | 108 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 5. Organic Chemistry | 108 | | | 3 | | | | | |
| 6. Informatics | 72 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7. General Biology | 144 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 8. Earth Science | 108 | | 3 | | | | | | |
| B2.V Variable Part | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Analytic, Physical and Colloid Chemistry | 108 | | 3 | | | | | | |
| 2. Biogeography | 72 | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 3. Physical and Chemical Methods in Biology | 108 | | | | 3 | | | | |
| 4. Information Technology | 72 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 5. Nanobiotechnology | 108 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 6. Bioethics | 108 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 7. Intercellular Interactions (optional) 8. Morpho-Functional Adaptation of Organisms (optional) | 72 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 9. Bioresources and Food Security (optional) 10. Evolution of Energetic Processes of Prokaryotes (optional) | 36 | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 11. Bioremediation(optional) 12. Biodamage (optional) | 36 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 13. Genomics and Proteomics (optional) 14. Phytopatology (optional) | 36 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 15. Modern Man and Nature Interaction (optional) 16. Synergetics (optional) | 72 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 17. Mechanisms of Morphogenesis (optional) 18. Biological Control of Environment (optional) | 72 | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 19. Chemistry and Environmental Monitoring (optional) 20. Environmental Protection (optional) | 36 | | | 1 | | | | | |
| B3 Professional Cycle | | | | | | | | | |
| B3.B Basic Part | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Invertebrate Zoology | 144 | | | 4 | | | | | |
| 2. Vertebrate Zoology | 144 | | | | 4 | | | | |
| 3. Botany | 180 | 2.5 | 2.5 | | | | | | |
| 4. Microbiology and Virology | 144 | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 5. Physiology of Plants | 108 | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 6. Human and Animal Physiology | 108 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 7. Immunology | 72 | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 8. Cytology and Histology | 108 | | | | 3 | | | | |
| 9. Biophysics | 108 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 10. Biochemistry | 144 | | | | 4 | | | | |
| 11. Genetics | 108 | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 12. Evolutionary Theory | 72 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 13. Biology of Reproduction and Development | 72 | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 14. Ecology and Environmental Management | 72 | | | 2 | | | | | |
| 15. Human Biology | 108 | | 3 | | | | | | |
| 16. Introduction to Biotechnology | 72 | | | | | | | 2 | |
| 17. Life Safety | 72 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 18. Molecular Biology | 72 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| B3.V Variable Part | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Methods of Zoological Research | 144 | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 2. Principles of Ichthyology | 144 | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 3. Herpetology | 144 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 4. Big Workshop | 252 | | | | | | 2 | 5 | |
| 5. Ornithology | 144 | | | | | | | 4 | |
| 6. Theriology | 144 | | | | | | | 4 | |
| 7. Principles of Ethology | 144 | | | | | | | 4 | |
| 8. Zoogeography | 108 | | | | | | | 3 | |
| 9. Ecology of Animals | 144 | | | | | | | 4 | |
| 10.Fish Taxonomy | 72 | | | | | | | 2 | |
| 11. Comparative Physiology of Aquatic Organisms (optional) 12. Analysis and Computer Methods of Zoological Research (optional) | 72 | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 13. Principles of Aquarist Studies (optional) 14. Harvesting and Primary Processing of Animal Raw (optional) | 72 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 15. Structure of Water and Land Ecosystems of Baikal Natural Territory (optional) 16. Principles of Farming (optional) | 72 | | | | | | | 2 | |
| 17. Principles of Aquatic Culture (optional) 18. Principles of Hunting (optional) | 180 | | | | | | | | 5 |
| B4 Physical Education | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| B5 Training, Research Work | | | 9 | | 9 | | 9 | | 9 |
| B6 Final State Certification | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| | Total | 240 | |||||||