Programme of Science in Society

Master specific requirements SiS for Biology

The master specialisation Science in Society consists of two years.

Formally, during the first year of your master, you will follow the courses and activities belonging to the master Biology.

In your second year you will start with the courses and activities attributed to the SiS. These courses will be followed with students from the entire faculty who are following this specialisation.

In practice, however, your personal planning may deviate from this. Please contact your student advisor if you need advise on planning.

The requirements for the programma of Biology consist of the following programme-specific components and associated work and study load:

a. Courses in Biology (15 ec)

You have to follow a set of courses that match the compulsory courses for one of the thematic specialisations:

• Adaptive Organisms
• Communities and Ecosystems
• Water and Environment
• Microbiology

b. Science internship (33 ec)

Your science internship has to be done under supervision of one of the examinators of the IWWR, with one of the following chairs:

• Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology
• Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology
• Environmental Science
• Experimental Plant Ecology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Interaction Ecology
• Molecular Plant Physiology
• Organismal Animal Physiology

c. Thesis (6 ec)

d. Master Portfolio Biosciences (0 EC)

e. Philosophy Course (3 ec)

f. Free space (3 ec)

The SiS specific programme can be found here.