Organismal Biology 1

Level of Study

Bachelor

Objectives and Content

 Goals for the course is to provide an overview of the origin, systematics and evolution of living organisms on earth.

The student will be presented for general morphological traits in central phyla through lectures and lab courses. Classical dissection and microscopy techniques will be used to demonstrate the morphological structures and biosystematiske details of selected plants and animals. Microbial detection methods will be used to characterize and identify selected prokaryotes.

The course includes extensive laboratory courses.

For students to continue with the subject BIO102 will be required to attend field courses belonging to BIO102 at the end of the spring semester.

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, students should:

• have a basic understanding of how organisms have evolved over time through Earth's history.
• be able to reconstruct how simple life forms have evolved into more complex and multicellular forms.
• possess an overview of the section of the main groups in the tree of life (domains, ranges and phyla).
• have basic knowledge about the morphology and characteristics of the key taxa.
• apply this knowledge to understand the individual biosystematic location, evolutionary path and kinship of the key taxa.
• have knowledge about basic identification tools used to identify and classify central organism groups.

Recommended Previous Knowledge

  BIO100

Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap

BIF101: 6 ECTS

BIO111: 5 ECTS

BIO112: 5 ECTS

BIO113. 5 ECTS

Forms of Assessment

 Written exam

Examination Support Material

None

Grading Scale

The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail.

Reading List

The readinglistj will be available within June 1st for the autumn semester and January 1st for the spring semester.

Course Evaluation

Students will evaluate the course in accordance with the quality assurance system at UiB and the Department.

Programme Committee

The Programme Committee is responsible for the content, structure and quality of the programme and courses.

Course Administrator

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Department of biological Sciences are administratively responsible for the course.