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Valid for year : 2003
 
NBIB20 Evolution, 7,5 ECTS credits.
/Evolution/

For:   Bio   BKM  

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  Advancement level (A-D): B

Aim:
This course aims to give insight into fundamental evolutionary processes and principles. The student should also increase his/her ability to plan, write and present an own project. The topic for this project is chosen from one of the sub-fields of evolutionary biology or closely related areas.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Chemistry 30 ECTS and at least 60 ECTS in Biology at the A/B levels (or equivalent)

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures, seminars and labs. En own project is complied during the course. This will eventually be presented as a seminar. Seminars and labs are compulsory.

Course contents:
The contents span history of life, adaptation, natural selection, speciation, evolution at different organisational levels (including human). Oral and written presentation.

Course literature:
Kursbok. Freeman, S. & Herron, J.C. 2001. Evolutionary Analysis (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall.

Examination:
Assignments
5 p
 
The grades are approved or not approved.



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson
Examiner: Per Milberg
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Last updated: 04/22/2003