BIO4250 – Evolution and systematics of organismal groups: The Plant Kingdom
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course covers evolution and mechanisms of evolution in plants, systematics and classification of selected groups of plants. Special emphasis is put on examples from current research at UiO and the methods used. Teaching on genetic and morphological diversity within systematic or ecological important groups is partly given in the field through a fieldcourse.
Learning outcome
To get insight in evolution and classification of plants as well as modern research methods and important fields for research.
Admission
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.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
BIO1200 – Biodiversity (discontinued) , BIO2120 – Evolutionary Biology (discontinued) og BIO4210 – Phylogeny and Classification (continued)
Overlapping courses
10 credits overlap with BIOS4216 – Evolution and Systematics of Organismal Groups: The Plant Kingdom
Teaching
Lectures, seminar, laboratorywork and a fieldcourse. Selected scientific papers will be discussed in a seminar where active participation is expected. In addition there will be a small project with an essay. Compulsory attendance at seminars, laboratorywork and field course. The course will take place at Lids hus, Natural History Museum, T?yen.
The field course in spring 2018 will be given in Kenya or Ethiopia. The students must cover expenses for food and transport to and from the airport. The flight ticket and hotel is covered by the department. There will be an alternative arrangement for student who cannot travel for medical reasons.
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.
As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Examination
The essay must be approved before you can be accepted to take the final exam. A floristic exam will be arranged during the field course, weighted 25%. A final written exam (3 h), based on the text book and lab course, weighted 75%.
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.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
Withdrawal from an examination
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: BIOS4216 – Evolution and Systematics of Organismal Groups: The Plant Kingdom
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.
Other
The course is only given if three or more students meet on the first lecture.