Entry requirements

80 credits in biology equivalent to the basic course in biology within the Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Molecular Biology and Ecology 15 credits or Limnology 15 credits and Floristics and Faunistics 7.5 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be well prepared to work with nature conservation.

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• discuss fundamental values for the preservation of biological diversity
• describe Swedish vegetation types and account for how man has influenced the European nature
• combine physical planning with nature conservation
• justify instructions given in management plans and their equivalents
• discuss nature conservation theory and their problems both orally and in writing
• critically discuss nature conservation literature
• account for legislation within nature conservation and environmental protection.

Content

The course contains the following parts:

• Swedish plant geography
• History and development of nature conservation and its concepts
• The influence of man in the landscape, and social and ethical considerations associated with nature-preserving actions
• Identification and rectifying of decreased biological diversity
• Physical planning, administrative law and conservation aspects in environmental impact assessment
• Supervised internship at a nature-preserving body or NGO.

Instruction

The teaching is given in the form of lectures, seminars, field studies and degree project and in the form of supervised internship at a nature-preserving body or NGO. Participation in seminars, other group tuitions, short projects and internship is compulsory.

Assessment

Course parts: Conservation theory 6 credits (written examination ) and seminars 4 credits,

The placement (5 credits) is presented to the public authority at the end of the internship and in the form of a written and oral presentation to the student group.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.