BIO-2201 Bachelor's Thesis in Biology - 10 stp

This course is reserved for Bachelor students at the study program Biology.

The course is also available to exchange students at a biology study program.

The Bachelor Thesis intend to bring students into contact with issues and research within a certain discipline. It is very important that you as a students choose a topic that you are truly interested in. Writing a bachleor´s thesis requires a certain amount of independent effort. The thesis may consist of a literature review on previous research and/or practical/experimental work. It assumes knowledge from basic courses in biology, as well as knowledge in courses that are relevant to the field of study.

When writing a bachelor's thesis, you are entitled to a supervisor who is employed at the Department of Arctic and Marine Biology. It is the student's responsibility to find a supervisor, but the study administration can assist in getting in touch with subject staff within the discipline you want to write about.

The purpose of the thesis is that the student should learn how to:

• apply the knowledge gained from the study
• define a research topic
• examine literature and scientific information research within a certain biological discipline
• collect and examine relevant information
• choose analysis method
• create a readable presentation.

The structure of the thesis is practically the same as an article in a scientific journal, which is; Table of contents, Abstract, Introduction, (Methods), Results, Discussion, Conclusions, (Appendices) and References.

Individual studies and supervision.

Expected workload for writing a 10 ECTS bachelor thesis varies between 250 to 300 hours.

The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.