Introduction to Botany
The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:
- Nature Management, One-year Programme
- Nature Management, Bachelor's Programme
Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
- has basic knowledge of the life cycles of mosses, clubmosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms
- has basic knowledge of the anatomy of these six groups, including of the variation in angiosperm flowers
- has insight into how plants are adapted to their environment
Skills:
- identify up to 130 common plants from forest and meadow vegetation in lowland Norway
- apply their knowledge of floral morphology to identify platns in the field with the help of a flora
General competence:
- use different kinds of identification key and digital tool as aids in the identification of species
Compound assessment
- Compulsory participation - lab course and field days (at least 75%), approved/not approved
- Work requirements: Approved lab reports, approved/not approved
Both must be passed prior to the practical examination.
- Practical examination, 1 hours, comprises 70% of the grade, grading scale A-F.
- Written examination, 4 hours, comprises 30% of the grade, grading scale A-F.
Written examination: Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.
Practical examination: All written aids, for example a flora or your own notes, with the exception of a reference collection (i.e. of actual plants). No electronic aids, such as a mobile telephone, laptop or tablet.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
BIO2060 - Botany-Floristics and Fungistics - 7.5 credits
