BIOS9214 – Biogeography and Biodiversity

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

The courses BIOS5214 and BIOS9214 have joint admission. There is a total of 30 seats at these subjects. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:

1. PhD students and master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum. PhD students and master students at the Department of Biosciences are given priority.

2. Other PhD students and visiting PhD students.

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

4. 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. Classes are compulsory.

The course is given by the Natural History Museum and includes lecturers from several research groups who will contribute in the fields of their special expertise. The venue for the lectures is the auditorium in the Botanical Museum building (Botanisk Museum), known as Lids hus, which is located in the Botanical Garden at Tøyen.

The first lecture is mandatory. If you can not attend the first lecture, please send a note to studieinfo@ibv.uio.no, before the first lecture.

The course is only given if 3 or more students meet on the first lecture.

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

PhD candidates get an extra exam question (compared to Master students). This question is based on an additional literature material.

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt. It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: BIO4230 – Biogeography and Biodiversity (continued), BIO9230 – Biogeography and Biodiversity (continued), BIOS5214 – Biogeography and Biodiversity.

Written exam: No examination support material is allowed.

Project report: All examination support material is allowed.

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

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