3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020247FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must be enrolled for the specialisation Ecology and Biodiversity
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Biology
Educational team
Ludwig Triest (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
13 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Practical excercises will be in the field of hydrobiology, river and lake ecology, terrestrial ecology or nature management.

Practicals  include excercises on identification skills, relevant data analysis on e.g. ecological water quality analysis or conservation genetics

Additional info

Relevant documentation, protocols and references to literature will be provided.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

This course explicitely contributes to the following competences of the Biology curriculum: General
II Evaluate the scientific relevance
III Report in various ways

Field specific
IV Problem solving as a thinking proces
VI Extrapolation between different scientific fields

After having successfully completed this course, you should master:
- practical skills in field work (experimental design)
- methodological approaches in the field and the lab
- presentation of results

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • examen report with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

An assignment (individual or as a group report, depending on the topic) will count for 100%

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: Human Ecology
Master of Biology: Ecology and Biodiversity
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)