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BIO-3504 Production and Growth in Polar Areas - 10 stp


The course is administrated by

Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi

Type of course


Master course for biology students - principally aimed at MSc-students specializing in "Marine Ecology and Resource Biology". The course is available as a singular course.

Course overlap

BIO-316 Marin populasjonsdynamikk og produktivitet 10 stp

Course contents

The subject deals with population dynamics and growth in pelagic and benthic organisms i boreal/polar areas and interactions between organism groups. The course covers methods and regulatory mechanisms for primary production in phytoplankton and ice algae, and secondary production at lower trophic levels, especially zooplankton and benthos. Another theme is population dynamics and models. In addition to lectures, the course consists of article seminars on current research themes, laboratory and computation exercises and, if possible, a cruise.

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester. Concerns only admission to singular courses. Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for the spring semester and 15 April for the autumn semester.
 

Admission requirements

Local admission, application code 9371 - - Master`s level singular course.
Admission requires a Bachelor`s degree (180 ECTS) in biology or equivalent qualification in biology.

Objective of the course

Students that have completed Bio-3504 Production and Growth in Polar Areas:

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

The course has multiple teaching approaches

Assessment

Portifolio assessment: One cruisereport, two written assignments and one oral presentation.

The exam will be assessed with a graded scale of five marks from A to E for pass and F for fail.


The final grade for the course is based upon a complete evaluation of the various components in the  portifolio assessment.


There will be a re-sit examination for students that did not pass the previous ordinary examination.

 


Recommended reading/syllabus

Syllabus and reading list will be announced prior to course start.