Programme courses

You can enrol for Environmental Biology courses via the course registration page on the GSLS Students’ Site. If you are looking for other courses outside your Master’s programme, visit the GSLS Course overview page.

Within the master Environmental Biology, you have the option to specialise in one of the four tracks. Each track offers courses of which some are compulsory (see below). In addition, you can follow other courses that are included in the list of programme-related courses.

More information on how to apply for a specific course can be found in the Osiris Course Catalogue.

Ecology & Natural Resource Management

  • Exploring your Research Impact (compulsory)
  • Ecology of Natural Resources (compulsory)
  • Conservation Science and Impact (compulsory)

Plant Biology

  • Introduction to Plant Biology (compulsory)
  • Exploring your Research Impact (compulsory)
  • Plant-Environment Interactions (compulsory)
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions (compulsory)
  • Applied Plant Biology (compulsory)

Fungal Biology

  • Exploring your Research Impact (compulsory)
  • Fungal Biology (compulsory)

Behavioural Ecology

  • Exploring your Research Impact (compulsory)
  • Measuring Behaviour (compulsory)
  • Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Behaviour (compulsory)
  • Zoo Conservation Biology
  • Primate Social Behaviour

1 EC = 28 hours of education
 

  • OP = optional for students from other programmes
  • 1/2, 2/2, et cetera indicates whether a course is taught multiple times a year
  • TBD = to be determined; start/end date will follow at a later time point

For extra details click on the course title to see all information. MyTimetable offers a detailed schedule per course.

All programme-related courses

Name courseStart dateEnd dateECOP*
Introduction to Plant Biology (B-MEBIPB)Sep. 9Sep. 193No
Ecology of Natural Resources (B-MENR19)Sep. 8Nov. 67yes
Conservation Science and Impact (B-MEBCSI)Sep. 8Nov. 76.5Yes
Theory of animal behavior (B-MTAB17)Sep. 8Nov. 73No
Fungal Biology (B-MEBIFB19)Sep. 8Dec. 129Yes
Evolutionary Perspectives of Sexual Behaviour (B-MEPSB)Sep. 15Oct. 106Yes
Plant Microbe Interactions (B-MEPMI)Sep. 22Oct. 33Yes
Plant Environment Interactions (B-MPEI)Oct. 6Oct. 173Yes
Zoo Conservation Biology (B-MZCB)Oct. 13Nov. 76Yes
Introduction to R for Life Sciences (B-MBIOINR) 1/4Oct. 20Nov. 73Yes
Applied Plant Biology (B-MEAPB)Oct. 20Nov. 74.5Yes
Biotechnology (B-MBITEC)Oct. 21Nov. 85Yes
Introduction to Bioinformatics for Life Sciences (B-MINBI19) 1/2Oct. 21Nov. 84.5Yes
Introduction to R for Life Sciences (B-MBIOINR) 2/4Nov. 10Jan. 303Yes
Microbial Genomics (B-MBIMIGE)Nov. 10Nov. 284.5Yes
Basics of Biostatistics - Online (BMB507217)Nov. 11Jan. 244.5Yes
Exploring Your Research Impact (B-MEBSDG)Dec. 9Dec. 131.5Yes
Measuring Behaviour (B-MEBMESBE)Jan. 5Jan. 163Yes
Advanced R for Life Sciences (B-MADR19) 1/2Feb. 16Feb.273Yes
Introduction to R for Life Sciences (B-MBIOINR) 3/4Mar. 3Mar. 143Yes
Introduction to R for Life Sciences (B-MBIOINR) 4/4Apr. 20Jun. 273Yes
Introduction to Bioinformatics for Life Sciences (B-MINBI19) 2/2May 5May 234.5Yes
Advanced R for Life Sciences (B-MADR19) 2/2May 12May 233Yes
Primate Social Behaviour (B-MPCEMD)May 21Jun. 182.5Yes
Ethology and Welfare (BMB503905)TBDTBD6Yes