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Course structure: Biology - master

Arctic Animal Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
Arctic Marine Ecology
Northern populations and ecosystems
Molecular Environmental Biology
Arctic Marine Ecotoxicology
Ecology and sustainability

1. year

1. semester:

Academic skills (5 ects)

Extreme animal physiology (goes over 2 semesters) (20 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Aquatic Animal Welfare – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine Pollution – 10 ects
Top predators in polar marine ecosystems: Biology, Role and Management implications – 10 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses

Biological timekeeping – 10 ects
Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology – 10 ects
Environmental Molecular Genetics – 20 ects

2. year

4. semester:

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

Academic skills (5 ects)

Extreme animal physiology (20 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (60 ects)

Optional courses

Aquatic Animal Welfare – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine Pollution – 10 ects
Top predators in polar marine ecosystems: Biology, Role and Management implications – 10 ects

Optional courses

Biological timekeeping – 10 ects
Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology – 10 ects
Environmental Molecular Genetics – 20 ects

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

1. semester

2. semester

3. semester

4. semester

1. year

1. semester:

Ecological Interactions (10 ects)

Seminar in freshwater ecology (goes over 4 semesters) (5 ects)

Academic skills (5 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Northern inland waters and global change (10 ects)

Optional courses

Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
Food-webs and fisheries – 10 ects
Parasites and epidemiology – 10 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses

Northern food web ecology – 10 ects
Fish-migrations; science, management and politics – 10 ects

2. year

4. semester:

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

Ecological Interactions (10 ects)

Seminar in freshwater ecology (5 ects)

Academic skills (5 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (60 ects)

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Northern inland waters and global change (10 ects)

Optional courses

Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
Food-webs and fisheries – 10 ects
Parasites and epidemiology – 10 ects

Optional courses

Northern food web ecology – 10 ects
Fish-migrations; science, management and politics – 10 ects

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

1. semester

2. semester

3. semester

4. semester

1. year

1. semester:

Arctic Marine System Ecology and Climate Change (10 ects)

Academic skills (5 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine Pollution – 10 ects
Top predators in polar marine ecosystems: Biology, Role and Management implications – 10 ects
Early life of marine fish – 10 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Northern inland waters and global change – 10 ects
Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
Food-webs and fisheries – 10 ects
Parasites and epidemiology – 10 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses

Evolusjon og adferd – 10 ects
Fish-migrations; science, management and politics – 10 ects

2. year

4. semester:

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects
Aquaculture I – 10 ects

Arctic Marine System Ecology and Climate Change (10 ects)

Academic skills (5 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (60 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine Pollution – 10 ects
Top predators in polar marine ecosystems: Biology, Role and Management implications – 10 ects
Early life of marine fish – 10 ects

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Northern inland waters and global change – 10 ects
Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
Food-webs and fisheries – 10 ects
Parasites and epidemiology – 10 ects

Optional courses

Evolusjon og adferd – 10 ects
Fish-migrations; science, management and politics – 10 ects

Optional courses

1. semester

2. semester

3. semester

4. semester

1. year

1. semester:

Academic skills (5 ects)

Northern food web ecology (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Northern inland waters and global change (10 ects)

Optional courses

Food-webs and fisheries – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses

Ecological Interactions – 10 ects
Parasites and epidemiology – 10 ects
Arctic Marine Pollution – 10 ects

2. year

4. semester:

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

Academic skills (5 ects)

Northern food web ecology (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (60 ects)

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Northern inland waters and global change (10 ects)

Optional courses

Food-webs and fisheries – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

Optional courses

Ecological Interactions – 10 ects
Parasites and epidemiology – 10 ects
Arctic Marine Pollution – 10 ects

Optional courses

Big data and Artificial intelligence for environmental, ecological and biological science: an introduction – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

1. semester

2. semester

3. semester

4. semester

1. year

1. semester:

Academic skills (5 ects)

Arctic Marine Pollution (10 ects)

Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Modelling in Systems Biology I -Metabolic pathway modelling – 5 ects
Ecological Interactions – 10 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Aquatic Animal Welfare – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses

Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
General pharmacology and toxicology – 10 ects
Miljøkjemi – 10 ects

2. year

4. semester:

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

Academic skills (5 ects)

Arctic Marine Pollution (10 ects)

Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (60 ects)

Optional courses

Modelling in Systems Biology I -Metabolic pathway modelling – 5 ects
Ecological Interactions – 10 ects

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Aquatic Animal Welfare – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects

Optional courses

Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
General pharmacology and toxicology – 10 ects
Miljøkjemi – 10 ects

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

1. semester

2. semester

3. semester

4. semester

1. year

1. semester:

Academic skills (5 ects)

Arctic Marine Pollution (10 ects)

Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine System Ecology and Climate Change – 10 ects
Aquatic Animal Welfare – 5 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Applied Statistics 2 – 10 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses

Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
Northern food web ecology – 10 ects
General pharmacology and toxicology – 10 ects
Miljøkjemi – 10 ects

2. year

4. semester:

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

Academic skills (5 ects)

Arctic Marine Pollution (10 ects)

Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (60 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine System Ecology and Climate Change – 10 ects
Aquatic Animal Welfare – 5 ects

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Applied Statistics 2 – 10 ects

Optional courses

Ecosystem-based management – 10 ects
Northern food web ecology – 10 ects
General pharmacology and toxicology – 10 ects
Miljøkjemi – 10 ects

Optional courses

Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 10 ects

1. semester

2. semester

3. semester

4. semester

1. year

1. semester:

Academic skills (5 ects)

Sustainability Science (10 ects)

Master's Thesis Biology (goes over 4 semesters) (60 ects)

Optional courses

Northern food web ecology – 10 ects
Limnology – 5 ects

1. year

2. semester:

Ecosystem-based management (10 ects)

Studydesign and dataanalysis in Biology II (10 ects)

Optional courses

Arctic Marine System Ecology and Climate Change – 10 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Individual Special Curriculum - Master's Degree – 5 ects
Applied Statistics 2 – 10 ects

2. year

3. semester:

Optional courses