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
Project-orientated module
Seminar (+ evtl. Vorlesung)
Notes on the module
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