BIOS5214 – Biogeography and Biodiversity
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course explores patterns of geographical distribution of taxa, populations and ecosystems on global and regional scales, the processes that have given rise to these patterns and methods that can be used to infer these processes.
Learning outcome
You learn about basic biogeographical patterns of distribution and their history, and the geophysical, evolutionary and ecological processes behind them. You also learn about methods used for explaining past and current distributions of organisms.
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.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
PhD-students must register for BIOS9214
The courses BIOS5214?and BIOS9214 have joint admission. There is a total of 30 seats in these subjects. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:
1. PhD students and master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.?PhD students and master students at the Department of Biosciences are given priority.
2. Other PhD students and visiting PhD students.
3. Students with admission to single courses on master’s level and exchange students.
Applicants are ranked by credits in each group; all applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc. If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS9214 – Biogeography and Biodiversity.
- 10 credits overlap with BIO4230 – Biogeography and Biodiversity (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with BIO9230 – Biogeography and Biodiversity (continued).
Teaching
Lectures. Classes are compulsory.
The course is given by the?Natural History Museumand includes lecturers from several research groups who will contribute in the fields of their special expertise. The venue for the lectures is the auditorium in the Botanical Museum building (Botanisk Museum), known as Lids hus, which is located in the Botanical Garden at T?yen
The first lecture is mandatory. If you can not attend the first lecture, please send a note to studieinfo@ibv.uio.no, before the first lecture.
The course is only given if 3 or more students meet on the first lecture.?
Examination
- Final written exam which counts 100 % towards the final?grade.?
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
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: BIO4230 – Biogeography and Biodiversity (continued), BIO9230 – Biogeography and Biodiversity (continued) and BIOS9214 – Biogeography and Biodiversity
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
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.