The following designations are used:

G1F - First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle courses as entry requirements

G2F - First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle courses as entry requirements

A1N - Second cycle, has only first-cycle courses as entry requirements, at least 120 credits

A1F - Second cycle, has second-cycle courses as entry requirements

A1E - Second cycle, contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)

A2E - Second cycle, degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)

Semester 1

Period 1

All the courses in period 1 except 1BG393, 1KB105 and 1BG228 are starting courses for the different specialisations and includes the common course Introduction to second cycle studies - Biology, 2 credits.

• Fundamental and Molecular Systematics, 10 credits (1BG393) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Ecology D, 15 credits (1BG382) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Evolutionary Processes, 15 credits (1BG373) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Limnology D, 15 credits (1BG505) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Toxicology D, 15 credits (1BG381) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Trends in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 15 credits (1BG396) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1N, Biology A1N
• Analytical Chemistry I, 10 credits (1KB105) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Chemistry G1F

Period 2

• Ecotoxicology, 15 credits (1BG308) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Evolutionary Patterns, 15 credits (1BG306) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1F
• Genes, Brain and Behaviour, 15 credits (1BG344) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Structure and Function of Macromolecules, 15 credits (1BG349) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1N, Biology A1N
• Microbiology, 15 credits (1BG307) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N, Technology A1N
• Population and Community Ecology, 15 credits (1BG309) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• RNA: Structure, Function and Biology, 15 credits (1BG388) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Applied Ecosystem Ecology, 15 credits (1BG305) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N

Semester 2

Period 3

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, 15 credits (1BG514) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N, Earth Science A1N
• Behavioural Ecology, 15 credits (1BG319) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Conservation Biology, 15 credits (1BG318) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Faunistics, Vertebrates, 5 of 10 credits (1BG222) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F
• Immunology, 15 credits (1BG313) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Environmental and Administration Law, 15 credits (1BG211) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F
• Modelling in Biology, 5 credits (1BG383) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N, Computational Science A1N
• Molecular Cell Biology, 15 credits (1BG320) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Population Genomics, 15 credits (1BG508) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Statistical Methods in Natural Sciences, 5 credits (1BG391) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N, Chemistry A1N, Earth Science A1N
• Fungal Diversity and Evolution, 10 credits (1BG376) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1F
• Informatics Toolbox for Systematics, 5 credits (1BG395) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1F, Biology A1F
• Developmental Biology Including the Development of the Nervous System, 15 credits (1BG510) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N

Period 4

• Ecological Methods, 15 credits (1BG324) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Faunistics, Vertebrates, 5 of 10 credits (1BG222) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G2F
• Evolution and Development, 15 credits (1BG397) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Functional Genomics, 15 credits (1BG322) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1F, Technology A1F
• Diversity and Identification of Marine Invertebrates, 5 credits (1BG394) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1F
• Molecular Infection Biology, 15 credits (1BG326) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1F
• Toxicology and Risk Assessment, 15 credits (1BG509) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Ecosystems in the Anthropocene, 15 credits (1BG513) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N, Earth Science A1N
• Human Evolution and Genetics, 15 credits (1BG515) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N

Semester 3

Period 1

• Population Genomic Analysis, 10 credits (1MB517) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Bioinformatics A1F, Biology A1F
• Protein Engineering, 15 credits (1BG301) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Applied Biotechnology A1F, Biology A1F, Chemistry A1F, Technology A1F

In addition see courses listed for semester 1.

Semester 4

• Degree Project D in Biology, 15 credits (1BG327) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1E
• Degree Project E1 in Biology, 30 credits (1BG328) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A2E
• Degree Project in Biology, 30 credits (1BG362) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A2E
• Degree Project E in Biology, 45 credits (1BG329) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A2E
• Degree Project in Biology, 60 credits (1BG358) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A2E

Other courses given as part time/summer courses or courses for which the time is not yet decided.

• Literature Project in Biology, 5 credits (1BG369) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Literature Project in Biology, 10 credits (1BG370) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Research Training in Biology, 10 credits (1BG363) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Research Training in Biology, 15 credits (1BG364) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Research Training in Biology, 20 credits (1BG365) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Project Work in Biology, 10 credits (1BG366) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Project Work in Biology, 15 credits (1BG367) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Project Work in Biology, 30 credits (1BG368) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Summer School in Evolutionary Biology, 5 credits (1BG390) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Specialised Course in Biology I, 10 credits (1BG361) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Specialised Course in Biology II, 10 credits (1BG371) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Specialised Course in Biology III, 10 credits (1BG372) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N
• Project in Laboratory Synthetic Biology I, 15 credits (1MB205) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology G1F
• Project in Laboratory Synthetic Biology II, 15 credits (1MB405) Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Biology A1N

1MB205 and 1MB405 are offered if resources allow and under the condition that the student base is sufficiently large.