bio750 - Advanced Evolutionary Biology (Complete module description)

Module label	Advanced Evolutionary Biology
Modulkürzel	bio750
Credit points	15.0 KP
Workload	450 h
Institute directory	Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls	Master's Programme Biology (Master) > Background Modules
Zuständige Personen	Bininda-Emonds, Olaf (module responsibility) Ahlrichs, Wilko (Module counselling) Albach, Dirk Carl (Module counselling) Gerlach, Gabriele (Module counselling) von Hagen, Klaus Bernhard (Module counselling)
Prerequisites	BSc Biology, successful completion of Evolutionary Biology Master I (or equivalent knowledge)
Skills to be acquired in this module	Current subjects in evolutionary biology research are delineated to form the basis for individual research projects in which the students will learn to develop experiments; apply cutting-edge methods; and to derive, analyse and evaluate scientific data.
Module contents	Seminar: Presentation and subsequent discussion of the individual research projects. Practical: Research projects to be performed in the working group of the respective lecturer.
Literaturempfehlungen	Project-related literature will be announced at the start of the module.
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Language of instruction	English
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	jährlich
Module capacity	unlimited

Lehrveranstaltungsform	SWS	Workload of compulsory attendance
Seminar	2	28
Practical training	8	112
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt		140 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	Before the end of the module; protocols can be handed in until the last day of the course.	1. Protocol(s) (60 %) 2. Presentation(s) (40 %) Regular active participation is required to pass the module.