BIOS4315 – Fish ecology
Course description
Course content
The course covers the ecology of fish in all types of aquatic environments. The course will cover general topics that are important for understanding the dynamics of fish populations.
Learning outcome
The aim of the course is that the students:
- Obtain an overview of the large morphological, behavioural and life history variability among the fishes.
- Understand how the fishes interact with its biotic and abiotic environment.
- Understand the ecological and evolutionary processes impacting on individuals and?populations.
- Get and overview of important methods and their strength and weaknesses.
- Get an increased ability to present and discuss relevant issues written and orally.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:?
- Master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.
- Master students
- 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.
Recommended previous knowledge
Bachelor?s Degree in Biology or equivalent. Good basic knowledge of ecology.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIO4371 – Fish ecology (continued).
- 5 credits overlap with BIO4370 – Fish ecology (discontinued).
Teaching
The course consists of the following:
- Lectures/seminars on general topics of fish ecology.
- Presentation of selected parts of the curriculum (chapters in the book) and/or selected articles. Students will be allocated to a number of groups and given the task of presenting its main content to the class. The articles will should be presented individually. The group-work and presentations must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
- Analyse and interpret a data set (mandatory project). The work shall lead to a written text that must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
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 oral exam which counts 100% towards the final grade.
This course has mandatory activities that must be approved before you can sit the final 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: BIO4371 – Fish ecology (continued)
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.
The presentation and the project is graded pass/fail. The final oral exam is graded (A-F).
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.