Course description for 2025/26
Ecology
BIO1017
Course description for 2025/26
Ecology
BIO1017
The course gives the students an introduction to ecology. Main topics covered are: The Biosphere, Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystems, Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology, Climate change.
Students must meet current admission requirements for the associated study programme.
On successful completion of the course:
Knowledge The student should have knowledge and understanding of:
- key ecological processes
- the interactions between organisms and their environment
- key environmental and ecological issues facing society
Skills The student should be able to:
- demonstrate competence in a range of basic methods used for ecological research (field work and data analysis)
- Give a short oral presentation about ecological topics
General Competence The student should:
- have developed an appreciation of the modern scope of scientific inquiry in the field of ecology
- be able to convey key subject matter such as theories, issues and challenges regarding the field of ecology - both in writing and orally
- demonstrate awareness of human interactions with natural populations and eco-systems, including habitat modification, pollution, exploitation and conservation
In addition to the semester fee and curriculum literature, it is assumed that the student has a laptop computer at his/her disposal.
Compulsory: BSc in Biology
Lectures, lab (compulsory) and field-work (compulsory).
The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the university's quality assurance system.
Compound evaluation, grading scale Letter grades.
- Oral exam, comprises 25/100 of the grade, grading scale Letter grades.
- Written exam, 2 hours, comprises 75/100 of the grade, grading scale Letter grades.
Pen, ruler, up to 2 bilingual dictionaries and calculator
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating
No prior knowledge is required beyond the admission requirement.
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:
BI123F - Ecology - 7.5 credits