BIOS5316 – Harmful Algae and Algal Culturing

After following the course you should:

• Have solid knowledge on the significance of harmful algal blooms in marine and freshwater environments
• Know the major harmful algal species causing problems in Europe, their ecology, toxins and effects
• Be able to identify these algal species under the light or electron microscope
• Have experience with isolation of microalgae from natural water samples, algal culturing, and determine growth rate in cultures
• Have knowledge on methods for identification, detection and quantification of harmful algae using molecular biological methods and microscopy
• Be able to perform simple toxicity assays and toxin analyses

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

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

Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:

1. Master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum. Master's students at the Department of Biosciences are given priority.

2. Students with admission to single courses on master’s level and exchange students.

Applicants are ranked by credits in each group; all applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc. If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally.

• Lectures
• Laboratory work
• Computing exercises
• Colloquia

Attendance is mandatory for the first lecture. This also applies for those on the waiting list. You will lose your seat on the course if notice is not given to the student administration studieinfo@ibv.uio.no prior to the first lecture.

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Approved mandatory course work is valid for 5 years.

Access to teaching: A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Final written exam which counts 100% towards the final grade.

Mandatory activities must be approved before the student can attend the exam.

Exam attempts

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for the following courses: BIOS9316 – Harmful Algae and Algal Culturing (discontinued), BIO4381 – Harmful Algae and Algal Culturing (continued) and BIO9381 – Harmful Algae and Algal Culturing (continued).

This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination