Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)

Master's programme: Ecology (M-ECOL)
Field of study: General Ecology
Compulsory courses for students starting autumn 2017:

YearSemester5 ects10 ects15 ects20 ects25 ects30 ects
22019Spring parallelMASTER'S
THESIS
January block
2018Autumn parallel
August block
12018June block 
Spring parallelECOL
300
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January block 
2017Autumn parallelECOL
310
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
August blockNATF300
  
Master's programme,
compulsory courses
Field of study,
compulsory courses

General ecology

· Tropical Ecology and Management of Natural Resources


Choose at least one of the following courses:
GEN220Genetic Basis of Biodiversity10 ects  Autumn parallel
BIO223Molecular Ecology and Evolution10 ects  Spring parallel

In addition at least one of the following 300-level courses must be taken in order to obtain a Master's degree in Ecology. It is required that students have obtained the prerequisites to their 300-level course.
BOT340Photobiology10 ects  Autumn parallel
ECOL350Restoration Ecology5 ects  Autumn parallel
ECOL380The Ecology and Management of Rivers and Lakes10 ects  Spring parallel
FMI309Environmental Pollutants and Ecotoxicology10 ects  Jan bl + spr p
FMI310Environmental Pollutants and Ecotoxicology - with Term Paper15 ects  Jan bl + spr p
LAA370Landscape Ecology10 ects  Spring parallel
ZOOL300Ecological Entomology10 ects  Autumn parallel
ZOOL310Behavioural and Population Ecology10 ects  Autumn parallel

Recommended courses in statistics (not mandatory):
ECOL340Exploring and Analyzing Data in Ecology and Natural Resource Management5 ects  Autumn parallel
STAT200Regression Analysis5 ects  January block
STAT210Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance5 ects  August block
STAT310Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance II10 ects  Aug bl + aut p
STAT340Applied methods in statistics10 ects  Spring parallel

The students work with a 60 credits Master’s thesis the second year of the program.

Programme coordinator 2017: Birkemoe, Tone
Student advisor 2017: Arestøl, Espen

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Studieprogrammer ved MINA
studieåret 2017/2018:

  1-årig
  - GRUNN Grunnstudium
  Bachelorprogrammer
  - B-FORNY Fornybar energi
  - B-MINA Miljø og naturressurser
  - B-SF Skogfag
  - B-ØN Økologi og naturforvaltning
  Masterprogrammer
  - M-FORNY Fornybar energi
  - M-MINA Miljø og naturressurser
  - M-REIS Naturbasert reiseliv
  - M-NF Naturforvaltning
  - M-RAD Radioøkologi
  - M-SF Skogfag
  - M-ECOL Økologi
  
This structure is only valid for the students starting autumn 2017. It is also possible to watch the structure for other year classes:
· Start of study 2025
  (Subject to change)
· Start of study 2024
· Start of study 2023
· Start of study 2022
· Start of study 2021
· Start of study 2020
· Start of study 2019
· Start of study 2018
★ Start of study 2017
· Start of study 2016
· Start of study 2015
· Start of study 2014
· Start of study 2013
· Start of study 2012
· Start of study 2011
· Start of study 2010
· Start of study 2009
· Start of study 2008
· Start of study 2007
· Start of study 2006
· Start of study 2006 (M-TEMNR)