ECOL100 Introductory Ecology

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Ronny Steen

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:Structured teaching: 25 hours. The students own effort: preparation for lectures, reading: ca. 100 hours.

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Spring parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Spring parallel, .

About this course

The subject deals with how organisms live, how they adapt to their environment through evolutionary processes, and how they interact with other organisms and the physical environment. Basic concepts in ecology are presented, including evolution and natural selection, interactions between organisms (competition, predation and mutualism) and their environment, population dynamics, ecological communities and food chains, change over time (succession), ecological processes and conservation.

The subject will highlight five levels: organisms, populations, community, ecosystems and the biosphere.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

- The candidate must have basic insight into how plants and animals affect each other and the environment they live in (based on five levels: organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems and the biosphere).

Skills:

- The candidate must be able to interpret interactions between organisms and their environment, and identify factors that affect the ecosystem's structure and function.

General competence:

- See the value of ecological connections and the importance of sustainable development.

- Have knowledge of scientific concepts (theory, issues and challenges), which can be used across a number of scientific disciplines.

- Have personal, research-based views on ecology, which is important to be able to solve problems through evidence-based knowledge.

  • Learning activities
    Lectures, instructional videos, multiple-choice questions, and discussion assignments.
  • Teaching support
    Students can contact the instructor via email or the messaging system in Canvas for questions about the course material or content. Students receive feedback on submissions of discussion assignments. Multiple-choice questions include an answer key and provide automated feedback to support the learning process.
  • Assessment method
    Written exam: 3 hours (multiple choice) in Wiseflow.

    Written exam Karakterregel: Letter grades Hjelpemiddel: A1 No calculator, no other aids
  • Examiner scheme
    An examiner is used for approving the examination questions and number of points for each grade mark.
  • Teaching hours
    Lectures: 25 hours.
  • Admission requirements
    Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)