Entry requirements

At least two years of basic courses in Natural Sciences, equivalent to 50 points/75 ECTS credits in Biology. Biology courses should include Cell Biology, Genetics and Gene Technology, Structure and Physiology of Organisms, and Ecology.

Aims

The course provides a deeper knowledge of floristics with regard to vascular plants and increased ability to identify, analyse and make floristic surveys of plant communities. The aim of the education is to give a good basal knowledge for continued studies of botany and plant ecology as well as for professional work in the fields of for instance education and conservation of nature.

Content

The course comprehends floristics with training in identification of Scandinavian vascular plants, studies of the variation within species, of circumscriptum, ecology and distribution of species and of plant communities and how they are influenced by man. The course includes methods of floristical analysis and practise in making floristic surveys.

Instruction

The course takes place during the summer.