Dear all international ECOGEN master's degree students, here is advance information on the courses that biology will arrange during the next academic year. I briefly visited my office this week but now I'll continue my vacation 9.5.-31.5.2019. So in every study matter please contact directly the teachers or send a message to study.science@oulu.fimailto:study.science@oulu.fi helpdesk.
Field of Biology Courses for ECOGEN international master's degree students 2019 - 2020
Course timetables will be published in Weboodi at the end of June. Registration for the autumn semester courses will start at August.
Autumn semester 2019 - Spring semester 2020
750678S Master of Science seminar 5 cr (compulsory to all). 8 research plan seminar participations, 8 results seminar participations, 1 opponent for the research plan seminar, 1 opponent for the results seminar, 1 research plan presentation and 1 results presentation. If there are not enough presentations in English you can combine Thursday seminar participations and PhD research plan participations to your course accomplishment.
750656S Final examination in biology 10 cr (compulsory to all)
750658S Pro gradu thesis in biology 40 cr (compulsory to all)
750632S Maturity exam 0 cr (compulsory to all: essay style, done at Examinarium)
If your major is Ecology you can do bioscience courses and get an optional minor under the name "Studies in bioscience" 15-24 cr to your degree. If the credits exceed 25 cr then it will be an official minor "Bioscience". This goes also to vice versa: major Genetics students can get a minor in Ecology: "Studies in ecology" 15-24 cr or "Ecology minor" 25 cr or more.
Autumn semester 2019
757314A Basics of bioinformatics 5 cr (compulsory to genetics major)
750318A Thursday seminar in biology 2 cr (optional to all)
755608S Bird Ecology and Conservation Bird Ecology and Conservation 2 cr (optional to all)
755325A Methods in ecology I (compulsory to ecology major)
755334A Identification of animals, vertebrates 4 cr (optional to all)
757620S Methods in genomics and genomics evolution 5 cr. (optional to all)
750629S Kaamos symposium 2 cr (optional to all)
756344A Plant ecology 5 cr (optional to all)
756355A Identification of plant species, brief 3 cr OR (optional to all) 756354A Identification of plant species, extensive 5 cr (optional to all)
750613S Research training 2-15 ECTS (autumn / spring) (optional to all)
757311A Molecular methods I (compulsory to both ecology major and genetics major)
755336A Population ecology. Autumn - spring total 10 cr. New course (756351A basics and 755626S advanced course are fused to be a new course). If you have already done course 756351A Basics in population ecology 5 cr in previous autumns you can get 5 cr for the spring part under the "old" code 755626S Advanced population ecology 5 cr.
755328A Wildlife management and game animal ecology 5 cr (optional to all)
750399A Optional examinations in environmental protection 2-6 cr (optional to all). 3 exam days
750349A Examinations on optional topics 2-10 cr (optional to all). Book exam at Examinarium
Spring semester 2020
750654S Special lecture in biology: Microbial ecology 3 cr (optional to all)
750318A Thursday seminar in biology 2 cr (optional to all)
756347A Conservation of biodiversity 5 cr (optional to all)
756355A Identification of plant species, brief 3 cr OR (optional to all) 756354A Identification of plant species, extensive 5 cr (optional to all) Independent herbarium studying
757618S DNA analysis in population genetics (compulsory to genetics major)
755329A Ecological methods II (compulsory to ecology major) For those who have done Ecological methods I during the autumn term
751366A Animal behaviour 5 cr (first time in English, optional to all)
755335A Identification of animals, invertebrates 4 cr (optional to all)
755324A Functional animal ecology 5 cr (optional to all)
756604S Plant ecophysiology in changing environments 5 cr (optional to all)
755336A Population ecology continues from autumn (only for students who have started the course in the autumn or have already done the autumn part and want to do the spring part 5 cr)
Only possible to do either course 757313A or 756650S because the lectures are common --- 757313A Basics in population genetic 5 cr (compulsory to genetics major) --- 756650S Introduction to molecular ecology 5 cr (compulsory to ecology major)
750377A Winter ecology 5 cr (optional to all) Oulu 10.2.2020 - 14.2.2020, Oulanka research station 17.2.2020 - 20.2.2020.
750613S Research training 2-15 ECTS (autumn / spring) (optional to all)
750399A Optional examinations in environmental protection 2-6 cr (optional to all). 3 exam days
750349A Examinations on optional topics 2-10 cr (optional to all). Book exam at Examinarium
ARRANGED BY LIBRARY
030008P Information skills for foreign degree students 1 cr (recommended to all)
Biology Field Courses Summer Semester 2020
755321A Aquatic ecology field course 5 cr (optional to all) Oulanka research station preliminary timetable 4.6.2020 - 10.6.2020
756343A Plant ecology field course 5 cr (optional to all) Oulu and Oulanka research station preliminary timetable 24.6.2020 - 4.7.2020
755322A Terrestrial animals field course 5 cr (optional to all) Oulanka research station preliminary timetable 4.8.2020 - 10.8.2020
terv. Minna