BIOS9219 – Plant conservation
Course description
Course content
The course provides a thorough introduction to the essential aspects of plant conservation including an overview of threats to the world’s plant diversity, conservation genetics, conservation assessments and ways to minimize biodiversity loss. It includes an introduction to international legislations, politics and humans’ role, both as threats and conservers of plant diversity. The course has a tropical focus and requires basic knowledge in plant biology at university level.
Learning outcome
After completing the course you will:
- Be well acquainted with the most important factors threatening the world’s plant biodiversity
- Be able to conduct a simple red-list assessment and to suggest conservation measures for threatened species.
- Know the most frequently used ways to measure and map biodiversity be able to use software for analyses and mapping
- Know the most important international legislations and agreements protecting plant biodiversity and be able to use them on relevant case studies
- A deeper understanding and ability to read, understand and utilize publications of new developments in the field.
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
There are six seats in this course.?
The courses BIOS5219 and BIOS9219 have joint admission and have a combined capacity of 6 students. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:
- PhD candidates?and master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.?Master's students admitted to the master's program options "Biodiversity and Systematics" and "Ecology and Evolution" are given priority.
- Other PhD candidates?and visiting PhD candidates.
- 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
- BIOS2200 – Botanical Diversity or BIOS2220 – Aquatic Biodiversity
- BIOS4216 – Evolution and Systematics of Organismal Groups: The Plant Kingdom
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS5219 – Plant conservation.
Teaching
The main part of the teaching is given as an intensive course (two weeks) in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya or Zimbabwe, with lectures, data labs and excursions.There will be a mandatory assignment and an oral presentation of the assignment.
The field course, assignment and the oral presentation of the assignment have to be completed and approved before the exam.
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
Final written exam which counts 100 % towards the final?grade.
The field course, one mandatory assignment and an oral presentation of the assignment has to be completed and approved before 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: BIOS5219 – Plant conservation.
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 pass/fail scale. 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.