BIOS4601 – Genetics and Developmental Biology
Course description
Course content
The course is an introduction to developmental biology and genetics - in plants, animals and other relevant groups of organisms. We will use concepts and principles from genetics and epigenetics to focus on classical, experimental systems /organisms and connections. The context of the course is system-oriented genetics development in a genome perspective, and the essence is how genetics and epigenetics via specialisation and interaction between cells form the foundation for development and morphological traits.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you
- know of and can use the terminology in genetics and developmental biology
- have an understanding of the main concepts in developmental biology and their mechanisms and principles
- know the main morphological principles for development and reproduction in classical model organisms
- know the genetic and molecular mechanisms that operate in development and reproduction
- have insight in and understanding of how connections between genes and genomes play a role in genetics and developmental biology
- You will?learn to use the knowledge you have acquired in a written assignment, eg. an essay, an article or a review
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.
The courses BIOS4601 and BIOS3601 have common admission. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:
1. Bachelor?s programme students at the Department of Biosciences and master?s programme students at the MN Faculty who have the course approved in their study plan.
2. Other program students.
3. Single course students and exchange students.
Applicants are ranked by number of credits within each group; all applicants within the 1st group are ranked before applicants in the 2nd group etc. For students who have equal number of credits within one group, admission is determined by random selection.
Recommended previous knowledge
- BIOS1100 – Introduction to computational models for Biosciences
- BIOS1120 – Fysiologi
- BIOS1140 – Evolusjon og genetikk
- BIOS1150 – Biodiversity
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS4600 – Genetics and Developmental Biology.
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS3600 – Genetics and Developmental Biology.
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS3601 – Genetics and Developmental Biology.
Teaching
- Lectures?
- Interactive group tutorials (mandatory)
- Written assignment about?a theme from the course, agreed upon with the professor.?Can include an essay, a research application, a review or similar papers (mandatory)
Lectures are grouped thematically: organisms, concepts, and principles. Mandatory course work must be approved before the student can attend the exam.?
Attendance is mandatory for the first lecture. This also applies to those on the waiting list. You will lose your seat on the course if documentation for absence is not provided to the student administration studieinfo@ibv.uio.no prior to the first lecture
Approved mandatory course work is?valid for 2?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.?
This course has mandatory exercises 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: BIOS3600 – Genetics and Developmental Biology, BIOS3601 – Genetics and Developmental Biology and BIOS4600 – Genetics and Developmental Biology
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English. You may submit your response 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.