Kursus ini merangkumi definisi dan pengelasan alga, morfologi, perkembangan fikologi, kepentingan dan kegunaan alga, kaedah pembiakan dan kitaran hidup, fisiologi dan ekologi alga.(This course covers the definition and classification of algae, morphology, development of phycology, importance and uses of algae, method of reproduction and life cycle, physiology and algal ecology.)