Hej Biology Masters!

Richard SvanbäckProgramme Director

Animal EcologyEntrance 18D, top floor

Richard Svanbäck, Associate Professor in Animal EcologyAnimal Ecology, 018 – 471 2938richard.svanback@ebc.uu.se

IBG Office, top floor,Tuesday mornings!

2, 12, 7Visit!

Hassans

Which environmental factors influence evolutionary divergence in fish?- plasticity vs genetic divergence

Does diet and habitat specialization influence gut microflora in fishes?

Programme Council• Student and teacher representatives

• Steering committee for the programme

My job as programme director• Programme curriculum and course plans

• Course evaluations

• Student progress

• Academic advisor for students. (For other matters: Sofia Thorsélius, study counsellor)

• Chairing the Programme Council

• Meeting you!

fill in the course evaluations!

Your job as studentshttp://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=14251&contentId=14251

University responsibility Student responsibility”The teaching is based on a scientific foundation, best practice and teaching strategies.”

”…to read and reflect on the textbooks and other course materials and to review sources and references critically.”

”Teachers will choose teaching and learning activities that stimulate student activity, promote a deep approach to learning and encourage cooperation.”

”Take responsibility for their own learning and contribute to their fellow students’ learning.”

”Follow-up will be conducted using course and programme evaluations…”

”Voice their opinions by responding to course evaluations so as to contribute to the development of teaching”

Master Programme in Biology – visions

• great students!

• top-level courses in all branches of biology

• teachers who are active scientists

• individual design of the Master studies

broad education for a career outside the academy

deep specialisation close to the research front for a future PhD

Master Programme in Biology – visions

• degree projects within an active research group, biomedical company, governmental organisation

• truly international education interactions with a large number of international

students teachers with working experience from other

countries

• recurring exercises in planning, doing, analysing, and presenting shorter or longer projects both individually and together with other students

1. Starting course 15 hp (= ECTS)

2. Other courses 45 – 75 hp• Important and strongly recommended courses for the

specialisation• Elective courses in biology

• Other elective activities• Bibliographic project• Research training (internship)• Project work• Modelling in biology,• Statistical methods in natural sciences

3. Degree project 30, 45, or 60 hp; MEME: 2 x 30 hp

This is what you can look forward to during the coming two years

Your title: Master of Science in Biology

MSc Biology –one master with several specialisations:

• Cell and Molecular Biology

• Ecology and Conservation

• Environmental Toxicology

• Evolutionary Biology

• Genetic and Molecular Plant Science

• Immunology and Infection Biology

• Limnology - the Ecology of Inland Waters

• MEME – Erasmus Mundus Master in Evolutionary Biology

• NaBiS – Nordic Master in Biodiversity and Systematics

Recommended choice (120 hp)

• Each specialisation has a recommended series of courses

• You can design your own programme with other combinations

you must fulfill the requirements for a particular course select courses that will be useful for your degree project

period ActivityYear 1Courses

1 (Sep-Oct) Starting course 15 hp

2 (Nov-Jan)3 (Jan-Mar)4 (Apr-early Jun)

Compulsory and elective courses 3 x 15 hp

Year 2Research and/or prepare for job

1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) or courses 20/15 hpor degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hpMEME: 2 × 30 hp

Recommended choice (120 hp)

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Trends in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

2 Genes, Brain and Behaviour orMicrobiology orRNA: Structure, Function and Biology orStructure and Function of Macromolecules

3 Molecular Cell BiologyorDevelopmental biology including the development of the nervous system

4 Functional Genomics, orMolecular Infection Biology

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) or courses 20/15 hp (e.g., Plant Growth and Development, Protein Engineering) or degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp

Recommended choice Cell and Molecular Biology

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Ecology D

Alternatives if you have strong ecology background: - Limnology D- Toxicology D- Evolutionary Processes

2 Population and Community Ecology

3 Conservation BiologyorBehavioural Ecology

4 Ecological Methods

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) or courses 20/15 hp, e.g., Human Evolution and Genetics ) or degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp

Recommended choice Ecology and Conservation

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Toxicology D

Alternatives if you have toxicology background: - Ecology D- Limnology D- Evolutionary Processes

2 Ecotoxicology

3 ImmunologySwedish students: Miljö- och förvaltningsrätt

4 Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) or courses 20/15 hpor degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp

Recommended choice Environmental Toxicology

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Evolutionary Processes

2 Evolutionary Patterns

3 Conservation BiologyorBehavioural EcologyorPopulation Genomics

4 Evolution and Developmentor Functional Genomics

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) orcourses 20/15 hp, e.g., Human Evolution and Geneticsor degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp

Recommended choice, Evolutionary Biology

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Genetic and Molecular Plant Science

2 Genetic Diversity and Plant Breeding (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala)

3 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Stockholm University)

4 Functional Genomics (UU)

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) orcourses 20/15 hp, e.g., Human Evolution and Geneticsor degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp, 30 hp

Recommended choice Genetic and Molecular Plant Science

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Trends in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

2 Microbiology

3 Immunology4 Molecular Infection Biology

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) orcourses 20/15 hpor degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp

Recommended choice Immunology and Microbiology

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Limnology D

Alternatives if you have limnology background: - Ecology D- Toxicology D- Evolutionary Processes

2 Applied Ecosystem Ecology

3 Miljö- och förvaltningsrättorAquatic Ecosystems

4 Baltic sea - ecology and natural recourses

Year 2 1 Research training 10/15 hp (internship) orcourses 20/15 hpor degree project 60 hp

2 – 4 Degree project 45 hp

Recommended choice Limnology – Ecology of Inland Waters

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Evolutionary Processes

2 Evolutionary Patterns

3 - 4 In Munich or Montpellier

Year 2 In Munich, Montpellier, Groningen, Harvard or Uppsala: 2 x 30 ECTS degree projects

Recommended choice MEME – Erasmus Mundus Master in

Evolutionary Biology

NABiSNordic Academy of Biodiversity

and Systematics Studies

Period ActivityYear 1 1 Alphataxonomical Principles, 5 hp

Fundamental and Molecular Systematics, 10 hp

2 Choice of courses at the partner universities

3 - 4 Choice of courses at the partner universities

Year 2 Choice of courses at the partner universitiesThesis project

nabismaster.org/courses/

• You can apply, but there are a limited number of places.

• Credit points for the course cannot be included in your degree.

• Is this the first time you take biology courses in English?

• Then you should avoid the Swedish course.

• Focus instead on your academic courses and practice your English with us!

Course in Swedish?

Are you conditionally accepted to the programme?

... i.e., you did not have a BSc at the time of application.

• Be prepared to show BSc diploma in original within the next couple of weeks – arrange a meeting with Josefine, josefine.wintzer@uadm.uu.se

• Otherwise, you will not get your MSc in the end!

I do look forward to following you during the coming two years!