Animal Structure and Function
Course, Bachelor's level, 1BG203
Autumn 2023 Autumn 2023, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 31 October 2023–14 January 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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Completed courses worth 60 credits in biology including 1) The Evolution and Diversity of Organisms (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits), or 2) Biology A: Patterns and Processes (22.5 credits), or Biology A: Patterns, Processes and Science Education (22.5 credits), and Physiology (15 credits).
- Selection
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Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 32,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 32,500
- Application deadline
- 17 April 2023
- Application code
- UU-17505
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 2 October 2023–30 October 2023
- Information on registration
Autumn 2023 Autumn 2023, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 31 October 2023–14 January 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
Completed courses worth 60 credits in biology including 1) The Evolution and Diversity of Organisms (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits), or 2) Biology A: Patterns and Processes (22.5 credits), or Biology A: Patterns, Processes and Science Education (22.5 credits), and Physiology (15 credits).
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 2 October 2023–30 October 2023
- Information on registration
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 4 November 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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60 credits in biology including 1) The Evolution and Diversity of Organisms (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits), or 2) Biology A: Patterns and Processes (22.5 credits), or Biology A: Patterns, Processes and Science Education (22.5 credits), and Physiology (15 credits).
- Selection
-
Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 32,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 32,500
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-17505
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 21 October 2024–3 November 2024
- Information on registration
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 4 November 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology including 1) The Evolution and Diversity of Organisms (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits), or 2) Biology A: Patterns and Processes (22.5 credits), or Biology A: Patterns, Processes and Science Education (22.5 credits), and Physiology (15 credits).
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 21 October 2024–3 November 2024
- Information on registration
About the course
How do animals work? This is the fundamental question behind the course Animal Structure and Function. Animals are extraordinarily complex and integrated multicellular organisms and differ from other multicellular organisms with significantly less integrated anatomy. Why do animals look the way they do? How have they been shaped by evolution, and why have they sometimes found completely different solutions to the same functional problems?
Animal Structure and Function builds on the course The Evolution and Diversity of Organisms by examining various animal groups from a functional and evolutionary perspective. We will look closer at the different tissues and organs that make up their bodies, both as mechanisms and in relation to the animal's lifestyle.
In addition to lectures, the course also includes practical elements, such as dissections of representatives from various animal groups. Here we try to use the most exciting and unusual dissection specimens, for example, hagfish, turtle, and badger. The exact selection varies from year to year but it is always interesting and educational. We also visit the Swedish west coast to study marine invertebrates.
Is Animal Structure and Function the right course for you? It is professionally relevant for future biology teachers as well as anyone planning to work with or do research on animals.
The field trip to the west coast of Sweden is planned to take place 6-15 November 2024.