Læringsutbytte

After completing the course, the students should have the following qualifications regarding knowledge, skills, and general competence:

• be familiar with different applications of selected applied scientific ecological methods used in the field and in the laboratory, in particular for work with fish and wildlife studies,
• be able to design, plan, and implement different field and laboratory studies, and
• be able to analyze, write-up and present the scientific findings,
• be able to communicate research topics orally and in writing.

Innhold

Key themes:

• participation in field and/or laboratory work relevant in fish and wildlife research projects, collect and analyze data,
• and/or analyses of previously collected data using established ecological analytical techniques and tools,
• read, analyze, present and discuss relevant primary scientific papers,
• write a report from the chosen topic/project with references to relevant scientific literature

Arbeids- og læringsformer

The general main topics will be covered in lectures, and in selected laboratory and field excercises. All the lectures, laboratory work and field excursions are mandatory. The students will also do supervised but independent seminar-based studies and presentations of recent international articles in the chosen topic/project. A main part of the course is an independent study. The students will choose a relevant research project (presented by the course) to work with. The projects will be carried out individually, implementing field/lab work, data collection and analysis, and write-up and presentation in a project paper/report.

Vurderingsformer

A draft of the paper will be submitted to the teacher(s) half way through the semester. A final written report will be submitted at the end of the semester, and also presented orally for the class and teachers. The course grade will be given on the basis of the submitted research report and the oral presentation (100%). To be able to hand in the research report, the individual multiple choice exam (approved/not approved) and the seminar-based studies (approved/not approved) need to be accepted.

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