Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme biologie
AANBEVELINGSBRIEF / LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION 1
AANBEVELINGSBRIEF / LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION 2
MOTIVATIEBRIEF / LETTER OF MOTIVATION
PUNTENLIJST / TRANSCRIPTS (NIET VOOR VLAAMSE DIPLOMA'S)

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Biology.

Overview of the study plan

Compulsory: 72 ECTS-credits.
Electives: 48 ECTS-credits to choose from the lists of elective courses theme 'Risk and Conservation Management' and/or 'In Practice'.
'Professional Internship' can only be chosen once during the 2-year master programme, either as 6 or as 9 ECTS-credits.


Compulsory

These courses are envisioned to be part of year 1 and 2 of the model trajectory.
The course 'Nature-based solutions for development' is offered every two years. If you start in an odd academic year, it is part of your first master year. If you start in an even academic year, it is part of your second master year.

To complete this module, students must obtain 69 ECTS credits.

Compulsory part 1

These courses are envisioned to be part of year 1 of the model trajectory.

5ECTS credits - River & Lake Ecology
6ECTS credits - Sustainability: an Interdisciplinary Approach
3ECTS credits - Global Change Biology
4ECTS credits - Impact Assessment
3ECTS credits - Social-Ecological Systems
3ECTS credits - International Environmental Policy and Law
6ECTS credits - Analysis of Biological Data
3ECTS credits - Nature-Based Solutions for Development

Compulsory part 2

These courses are envisioned to be part of year 2 of the model trajectory.

3ECTS credits - Nature-Based Solutions for Development
3ECTS credits - Scientific Presentation Skills and Career Planning
3ECTS credits - Bioethics
30ECTS credits - Master Thesis Biology

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Electives

Minimum 48 ECTS-credits to choose from the lists of elective courses. "Professional Internship" can only be chosen during the 2nd year of the master program, either as 6 or as 9 ECTS-credits.

To complete this module, students must obtain 51 ECTS credits.

Elective courses 'Risk and Conservation Management'

Electives theme 'Risk and Conservation Management'
These courses are envisioned to be part of year 1 and 2 of the model trajectory.

6ECTS credits - Risk Assessment
6ECTS credits - Social Demography
3ECTS credits - Land Use Planning and Growth Management
3ECTS credits - Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology
3ECTS credits - UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as Model Systems
3ECTS credits - Conservation Genetics
3ECTS credits - Integrated Coastal Zone Management
3ECTS credits - Natural Hazards
3ECTS credits - Management of Aquatic Resources: Fisheries
3ECTS credits - Natural Risk Management
3ECTS credits - Genetic Toxicology and Health
6ECTS credits - Social and Cultural Transition Strategies for Sustainability and Development

Elective courses 'In Practice'

Electives theme 'In Practice'
These courses are envisioned to be part of year 1 and 2 of the model trajectory.

6ECTS credits - Guided Self-Study
6ECTS credits - Professional Internship
9ECTS credits - Professional Internship
3ECTS credits - Integrated Practica on Ecosystems
6ECTS credits - Functional and Experimental Plant Ecology
3ECTS credits - Introduction to GIS
6ECTS credits - Field Sampling and Analysis
6ECTS credits - Decision Support Systems for Sustainability

Electives from the new master

Electives from the new master's programme

3ECTS credits - Origin of Life and Paleontological Evolution
3ECTS credits - Chemical Risk Assesment
6ECTS credits - Systematics, Phylogeny and Natural History of Reptiles
3ECTS credits - Toxins in Amphibians and Reptiles
3ECTS credits - Advanced Developmental Biology
3ECTS credits - Functional Ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles
6ECTS credits - Systematics, Phylogeny and Natural History of Amphibians
3ECTS credits - Biogeochemistry
6ECTS credits - Field Sampling and Analysis
3ECTS credits - Molecular Microbiology
3ECTS credits - Management of Aquatic Resources: Fisheries
5ECTS credits - Marine Biology
5ECTS credits - River & Lake Ecology
5ECTS credits - Biology of Animal Societies
3ECTS credits - Biogeography
6ECTS credits - Fieldtrip Ecology
6ECTS credits - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Electives subject to approval

Electives subject to approval by the chairman of the educational board.

5ECTS credits - Plant-soil Interactions
3ECTS credits - Governance and Policy in Development and Cooperation - Part II
3ECTS credits - Environmental Law
3ECTS credits - Vegetation Science
3ECTS credits - Toxins in Amphibians and Reptiles
5ECTS credits - External course (5 credits)
3ECTS credits - Genetic Toxicology and Health
3ECTS credits - Nature Management
3ECTS credits - Integrated Practica on Ecosystems
4ECTS credits - External course (4 credits)
3ECTS credits - Biogeography
4ECTS credits - Development Cooperation
5ECTS credits - Marine Biology
5ECTS credits - External course (5 credits) Version 2
3ECTS credits - Chemical Risk Assesment
6ECTS credits - Policy Analysis
3ECTS credits - Animal Behaviour
3ECTS credits - Origin of Life and Paleontological Evolution
6ECTS credits - Fieldtrip Ecology
3ECTS credits - Biogeochemistry
6ECTS credits - External course (6 credits)
6ECTS credits - External course (6 credits) Version 2
5ECTS credits - Water Resources Management 2: EU and international framework
5ECTS credits - Social and Economical Aspects of Biotechnology

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