BOT130 Introductory Plant Physiology
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Jorunn Elisabeth Olsen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:Work corresponding to 125 hours.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel.
About this course
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
The course provides an introduction to plant structure and basic knowledge on how plant works and are affected by environmental factors.
Skills:
The students receive training in conducting practical experiments and presenting and discussing experimental results, applying key concepts and methods and collaborating in groups.
General competence:
The students will gain basic knowledge of key topics in plant physiology and an understanding of plant structure and function.
- The course includes lectures and student-active laboratory work with report writing. Exercise tasks within central themes are also available for self-study. Repetition/discussion lessons are offered.
- Lab teachers give feedback on the lab reports that the students write from the laboratory exercises. Central themes are discussed in repetition/discussion lessons. Exercises for the various topics in the course have been prepared.
- KJM100.
- Written campus exam 3 hours in the exam period, A-F. The written exam counts 100% towards the grade.
- The examiner contributes with discussion of the examination tasks and evaluation of these.
- Approved laboratory course (requires approved participation and approved reports).
- In order to be able to plan the laboratory course as well as possible, it is important that students are strongly encouraged to register for the course as early as possible.
- Lectures: 26 hours. Laboratory course: 12 hours. In addition, repetition/discussion classes are given.
- Letter grades
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)