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Course Details
| Course Department: | Department of Biological Sciences |
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| Course Code: | BIO 681 |
| Course Title: | Scientific Methodology in Biodiversity and Ecology |
| Number of ECTS: | 20 |
| Level of Course: | 2nd Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Year of Study (if applicable): | 1 |
| Semester/Trimester when the Course Unit is Delivered: | Fall Semester
and Spring Semester (After completion of 60 ECTS from other courses)
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| Name of Lecturer(s): | Papadopoulou Anna, Associate Professor or Sfenthourakis Spyros, Professor (Fall and Spring Semester respectively) |
| Lectures/Week: | 2 (1.5 hours per lecture) |
| Laboratories/week: | -- |
| Tutorials/Week: | 1 (1 hours per lecture) |
| Course Purpose and Objectives: | This course is actually a literature-based thesis for students not offered a position in a lab for a research-based thesis. So, its purpose is to assess their potential for a M.Sc. title. The students have to prove whether they can produce a scientific review of a subject assigned by the instructor, after scrutiny of the relevant literature. |
| Learning Outcomes: | Students are expected to have understood most important current issues in population, community and ecosystem ecology. They should be able to present clearly and evaluate questions, methods and results of characteristic and important recent publications in ecology. In addition, they should have consolidated most basic methods of ecological sampling and analysis of ecological data, and have understood basic principles of applied ecology, especially concerning biodiversity conservation. Finally, they should be able to design a meaningful experiment in ecological research. |
| Prerequisites: | Basic knowledge of ecology |
| Co-requisites: | Not Applicable |
| Course Content: |
Current Students: Please find below important information about this course o Course Contract o Course Registration Approval Form o Thesis Template o Presentation Announcement Template o Thesis Submission Platform o Student Evaluation Form |
| Teaching Methodology: | Short instruction on the expected structure of the thesis and a short guidance on the assigned subject. Responses to students’ questions during preparation of the thesis. |
| Bibliography: | 1Literature on the assigned subject |
| Assessment: | Evaluation of the written thesis and its presentation, by the instructors. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Delivery Mode: | Face-To-Face |
| Work Placement(s): | Not Applicable |