lök900 Landscape Ecology Internal Research Module (Course overview)

lök900 Landscape Ecology Internal Research Module (Course overview)

Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences 15 KP
Module components Semester courses Winter semester 2024/2025 Examination
Projektorientiertes Modul
Seminar + evtl. Vorlesung
Hinweise zum Modul
Reference text
- Alle Professor/Innen und im Schwerpunkt Landschaftsökologie hauptamtlich Lehrende des IBU können als Betreuer/Innen fungieren, die Studierenden müssen die entsprechenden Betreuer*Innen individuell und frühzeitig (z.B. 2-3 Monate im Voraus) kontaktieren.
Module examination
scientific report (scientific manuscript) or scientific poster and an oral presentation
Skills to be acquired in this module

++ deepened expertise in landscape ecology

++ deepened knowledge of working methods in the field of landscape ecology

++ data analysis skills

++ critical and analytical thinking

++ independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature

++ ability to perform independent landscape ecology research

++ data presentation and discussion in German or English (written and spoken)

+ teamwork

++ project and time management

++ statistics & scientific programming

++ experience of working in a new scientific environment

Students perform individual research projects to learn:

 • planning and organization of a research project in a group outside of the University of Oldenburg

 • formulating a scientific hypothesis

 • planning, performing and analyzing experiments or correlative studies

 • working with scientific literature on the specific context of the project

 • oral presentation and discussion of backgrounds and results in the lab seminar

 • writing a scientific report in publication format

 • or presenting a scientific porster