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BIO2110 - Experimental ecology

Course content

BIO2110 is given in Autumn 2008 for the last time. A new subject is under construction and will be given a new name.

The course gives knowledge through practical research experiments and literature studies about advanced ecological topics and research methods

Learning outcomes

The objective is to train the students in planning and executing biological experiments in a vide range of ecological and laboratory settings. The students will learn ecological methods, and the backgrounds for the methods. During the course students will gain experience in presenting and test hypotheses, identify background conditions, and to do quantitative observations. In groups the student will carry out a research project in cooperation with teachers from the institute.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisites

In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:

One of these:

• Mathematics R1
• Mathematics (S1+S2)

And and in addition one of these:

• Mathematics (R1+R2)
• Physics (1+2)
• Chemistry (1+2)
• Biology (1+2)
• Information technology (1+2)
• Geosciences (1+2)
• Technology and theories of research (1+2)

The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about special admission requirements.

Recommended prior knowledge

BIO1000 - Elementary Biology, BIO1200 - Biodiversity, BIO2100 - General Ecology, STK1000 - Introduction to applied statistics og KJM1001 - Introduction to chemistry.

Overlap

3 credit points with BIO210B.

Teaching

The course will be given as obligatory research projects, writing an obligatory essay. The course comprises obligatory lectures, obligatory tutorials and laboratory- exercises. The written reports from the laboratory exercises and participation in the seminars have to be approved.

There will be classes during mid-termweek.

Exam information

The students have to deliver obligatory written assignments that will be graded. The assignments has to be passed for the whole course to be passed. One of the assignments have to be presented orally in a seminar. You also have to be present at the lectures to pass the course. The course is graded with pass/not pass.

Mer informasjon om eksamen ved MN-fakultetet: http://www.matnat.uio.no/studier/eksamen/index.html

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Assessment and grading

Students are awarded either a passing or a failing grade. Read more about the grading system .

Gunnar Austrheim is the external auditor for this course in the period autumn term 2004 to spring term 2007.

An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.

Evaluation of this course

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. As a student at the University of Oslo you will therefore be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses, facilities and services. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of this course, a so called "periodic evaluation".

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