BIOS2100 – General Ecology
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course provides insight in living organisms’ relationship to their surroundings, processes that control species distribution and abundance, community composition, ecosystems and biomes, the effect of human impact on the environment and the connection between ecology and evolution.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you can explain
- adaptations between organisms and environment
- factors that determine the geographical distribution of a species
- life history strategies and population dynamics
- interactions between species - mutualism, competition, predation, herbivory and parasitism
- biodiversity, community structure and succession
- production, food web and flow of matter through ecosystems
- main effects of human impact on ecosystems
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
Priority will be given to students in the bachelor program in Biosciences
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
- Mathematics R1 (or Mathematics S1 and S2)
And in addition one of these:
- Mathematics R2
- Physics (1+2)
- Chemistry (1+2)
- Biology (1+2)
- Information technology (1+2)
- Geosciences (1+2)
- Technology and theories of research (1+2)
Mathematics R2 was a requirement up until and including the study year 2021/2022, as part of a trial arrangement. From and including the study year 2022/2023, Mathematics R2 is no longer a requirement.
The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies (in Norwegian).
Recommended previous knowledge
BIOS1150 – Biodiversity, BIOS1100 – Introduction to computational models for Biosciences, STK1000 – Introduction to Applied Statistics.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIO2100 – General Ecology (continued).
Teaching
Lectures
Tutorials
Mandatory computer exercises
Attendance to the first lecture is mandatory. If you are unable to attend the first lecture you will lose your seat on the course if you do not inform the student administration?studieinfo@ibv.uio.no?prior to the first lecture. Approved mandatory course work?are valid for 3 years.
Access to teaching: A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
Final written exam, which counts 100 % towards the final grade.?
Mandatory course work must be approved before the student can attend the exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: BIO2100 - General Ecology (continued)
Examination support material
Calculator will be available in Inspera during the exam.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.