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BIO4301 - Marine benthic ecology

Course content

The course gives an introduction to marine bentic systems, with main focus on ecology. It includes important systems on both soft and hard bottom.

Learning outcomes

The main goal is to give students an overview of the different marine benthic systems, and learn their function and ecological role. The course also offers the students possibilities to learn some of the most common species of both algae and animals in some of the Norwegian systems during the field course. The course also gives the students training to extract and present information to an audience.

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.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Recommended prior knowledge

BIO1200-Biodiversity and MNLAB0020 - Introduction to laboratory and field safety

Overlap

10 credits against BIO4300 - Marine Biology.

Teaching

The course is based on lectures (2 hours per week), mandatory laboratorywork (varying from week to week), and student presentations.
The course includes a one-week excursion to Drøbak. Participation on the excursion is mandatory. The excursion has a fee on 150 NOK per day.
It is also mandatory to make and deliver one Power Point presentation based on the field course, and one on a given topic from the text book.

Exam information

To be able to take the final exam the students have to pass the laboratory reports from fieldwork, and pass the presentation on a topic from the curriculum.

Final written exam, 3 hours, counts 100%.

Exam resources

No special exam resources are allowed.

Assessment and grading

Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Read more about the grading system .

Explanations and appeals

Read more about how to complain on a grade here

Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals

Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes

This subject offer new examination in the beginning of the
subsequent term for candidates who where sick (this must be legitimated), withdraw during an ordinary
examination or failed an ordinary examination. For general information
about new examination, see reglement for utsatt og ny eksamen ved MN-fakultetet
and the english version of the examination rules.

Withdrawing from exams and limits on re-takes

A student can sit for this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do this in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.

Exam options for students with special needs

Read more about special facilities here

Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

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".

A periodic evaluation will be done during autumn 2009 and autumn 2010.

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