BIO140 Introduction to Biology
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Cathrine Brekke
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:125 hours.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in August block. This course has teaching/evaluation in August block.
About this course
The subject Biology will be illuminated through lectures, field and laboratoy assignments and visits to small and medium-sized businesses based on biological know-how. The students have to write reports and give presentations. An introduction to ICT and library is offered.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
- knowledge about biology research at NMBU
- overview of NMBU’s rules regarding plagiarism
- overview of NMBU-services, for example student counceling and student health services, which could be of help for NMBU-students through their study program
- insights into the types of jobs it is possible to get with a biology degree
- become familiarized with fellow students and lecturers
Skills
- can use the university- and university library ICT-systems
- can use basic ICT-tools like word and power point to write lab-reports and design posters for oral presentations
- basic skills in oral presentations
- can conduct basic experiments in the laboratory and in the field
General Competence
- experience with being a student at NMBU
- ability to find relevant information and help to succeed as a student at NMBU
- Lectures
- Conducting laboratory- and field experiments
- Excursion
- Use of ICT-tools to design a scientific poster
- Written reports from lab- and field experiments
- Oral presentation of a poster
- Canvas
- Evaluation through laboratory and field reports, the making of a poster and the oral presentation of the poster. Both reports, the poster and the presentation must be approved before a passing grade is given.
Portfolio Grading: Passed / Not Passed - An external examiner (together with the course responsible) is present at the poster presentations and contributes to evaluatioion of assignments and the poster.
- Field and laboratory work and field trips with reports. The studets shall make and present a poster. All activities are compulsory.
- 12 lectures, ca 40 hours excursion, laboratory and field trips.
- B-BIOL.
- BIO101, MINA100, PJH102, NATF100 and SKOG100 will be reduced with 3 ECTS
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)