Study Programme of the Master of Teaching: Biology

2024-2025

Part 1

Teaching component

If you choose two teaching methodologies you take "Powerful learning environments". If you choose one teaching methodology and you haven't taken "Powerful learning environments" in your preparatory programme, you take this in the Master.

History of Science and Society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):

Compulsory module Biology

21 ECTS-credits

Biostatistics
Course code:
2001WETBIO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
7 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
196
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecology of Populations and Communities
Course code:
2001WETPOP
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):

Teaching methodology

Choose 'Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions'. Choose another teaching methodology from the list below or choose the profiling course STEM.

Drivers of Global Change
Course code:
2201WETDGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):

Electives in Biology

Choose at least 8 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Coping with Global Change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental Stress and Ecotoxicology
Course code:
2201WETESE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behavioural Physiolgy
Course code:
2001WETGED
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and Soil Ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

In-school training

Choose 'In-school training: completion biology' and choose the 'in-school training: completion" course of your second teaching methodology. If you did not choose a second teaching methodology you choose "In-school training completion 2 biology"

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Debating Development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Laboratory Animal Science (Core Module)
Course code:
2075FBDBMW
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Bachelor degree obtained
Contact hours:
66
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biomedical Sciences
Practical Training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology

Part 2

Classroom Management
Course code:
2000ASEKLM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School, Policy and Society
Course code:
2002ASESBM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Powerful Learning Environments
Course code:
1000ASEKLO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching Methodology Biology with Practice Sessions
Course code:
2200ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching Methodology Chemistry with Practice Sessions
Course code:
2200ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching Methodology General Subjects for Technical and Vocational Education with Practice Sessions
Course code:
2200ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Profiling Course with Practical Exercises: STEM
Course code:
2300ASESTE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

In-school Training: Completion Biology with Supervision
Course code:
2160ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
8
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school Training: Completion Biology 2 with Supervision
Course code:
2460ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
10
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school Training: Completion Chemistry with Supervision
Course code:
2160ASECHE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
8
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

In school/company training: expertise

If you have chosen two teaching methodologies, choose "In-school training: specialization". If you have chosen one teaching methodology and the profiling course STEM, choose "In-school/company training: expertise STEM".

In-school Training: Specialization
Course code:
2101ASEOPR
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school/Company Training: Expertise STEM
Course code:
2301ASESTE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching component - profiling elective

Choose 3 ECTS-credits from this list if you have taken one teaching methodology and the profiling course STEM.

Cognitive and Learning Processes
Course code:
2700ASELDP
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Student Counselling
Course code:
2700ASELLB
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School in a Super Diverse Society
Course code:
2700ASESSS
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Cognitive and Learning Processes
Course code:
2702ASELDP
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Student Counselling
Course code:
2702ASELLB
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School in a Super Diverse Society
Course code:
2702ASESSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Master's Thesis Part I: Methodological Seminars
Course code:
2900ASEMAA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's Thesis Part II: Dissertation (24 ECTS-credits)
Course code:
2900ASEMAG
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
24 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
672
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's Thesis Part III: Practical Case (1st Sem + 2nd Sem)
Course code:
2900ASEMAH
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

2023-2024

Part 1

Teaching component

If you choose two teaching methodologies you take "Powerful learning environments". If you choose one teaching methodology and you haven't taken "Powerful learning environments" in your preparatory programme, you take this in the Master.

History of Science and Society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):

Compulsory module Biology

21 ECTS-credits

Biostatistics
Course code:
2001WETBIO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
7 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
196
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecology of Populations and Communities
Course code:
2001WETPOP
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):

Teaching methodology

Choose 'Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions'. Choose another teaching methodology from the list below or choose the profiling course STEM.

Drivers of Global Change
Course code:
2201WETDGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):

Electives in Biology

Choose at least 8 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Coping with Global Change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
  • Filip Meysman
Environmental Stress and Ecotoxicology
Course code:
2201WETESE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behavioural Physiolgy
Course code:
2001WETGED
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and Soil Ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

In-school training

Choose 'In-school training: completion biology' and choose the 'in-school training: completion" course of your second teaching methodology. If you did not choose a second teaching methodology you choose "In-school training completion 2 biology"

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Debating Development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Laboratory Animal Science (Core Module)
Course code:
2075FBDBMW
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Bachelor degree obtained
Contact hours:
66
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biomedical Sciences
Practical Training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology

Part 2

Classroom Management
Course code:
2000ASEKLM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School, Policy and Society
Course code:
2002ASESBM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Powerful Learning Environments
Course code:
1000ASEKLO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching Methodology Biology with Practice Sessions
Course code:
2200ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching Methodology Chemistry with Practice Sessions
Course code:
2200ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching Methodology General Subjects for Technical and Vocational Education with Practice Sessions
Course code:
2200ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Profiling Course with Practical Exercises: STEM
Course code:
2300ASESTE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

In-school Training: Completion Biology with Supervision
Course code:
2160ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
8
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school Training: Completion Biology 2 with Supervision
Course code:
2460ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
10
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school Training: Completion Chemistry with Supervision
Course code:
2160ASECHE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
8
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

In school/company training: expertise

If you have chosen two teaching methodologies, choose "In-school training: specialization". If you have chosen one teaching methodology and the profiling course STEM, choose "In-school/company training: expertise STEM".

In-school Training: Specialization
Course code:
2101ASEOPR
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school/Company Training: Expertise STEM
Course code:
2301ASESTE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching component - profiling elective

Choose 3 ECTS-credits from this list if you have taken one teaching methodology and the profiling course STEM.

Cognitive and Learning Processes
Course code:
2700ASELDP
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Student Counselling
Course code:
2700ASELLB
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School in a Super Diverse Society
Course code:
2700ASESSS
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Cognitive and Learning Processes
Course code:
2702ASELDP
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Student Counselling
Course code:
2702ASELLB
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School in a Super Diverse Society
Course code:
2702ASESSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Master's Thesis Part I: Methodological Seminars
Course code:
2900ASEMAA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's Thesis Part II: Dissertation (24 ECTS-credits)
Course code:
2900ASEMAG
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
24 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
672
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's Thesis Part III: Practical Case (1st Sem + 2nd Sem)
Course code:
2900ASEMAH
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

2022-2023

Part 1

Compulsory module Biology

21 ECTS-credits

Biostatistics
Course code:
2001WETBIO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
7 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
196
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecology of populations and communities
Course code:
2001WETPOP
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental stress and ecotoxicology
Course code:
2201WETESE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behavioural Physiolgy
Course code:
2001WETGED
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Electives in Biology

Choose at least 8 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Applied and conservation behaviour
Course code:
2001WETTGD
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Aquatic ecology
Course code:
2001WETAQU
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Behavioral ecology
Course code:
2001WETBEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Bio-mechanics
Course code:
2001WETBIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Coastal and estuarine management
Course code:
2001WETEST
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation and society
Course code:
2001WETCAS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation genetics
Course code:
2001WETCOG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Coping with global change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
Debating development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Ecological modelling
Course code:
2001WETECM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecosystem based adaptation to global change
Course code:
2010WETOLA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Entomology
Course code:
2001WETENT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental biophysics
Course code:
2201WETENB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Evolutionary responses to global change
Course code:
2201WETERG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETFEF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Phylogenetics and Systematics
Course code:
2001WETFSY
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Global change physiology
Course code:
2201WETGCP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Habitat conservation
Course code:
2001WETHAB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Herpetology
Course code:
2001WETHER
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Infectious disease ecology
Course code:
2001WETECI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Landscape ecology
Course code:
2001WETLEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Macro-Evolution
Course code:
2001WETMEV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Mammalogy
Course code:
2001WETMAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Marine ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETMEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Human behaviour
Course code:
2001WETMGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Methods in environmental biology
Course code:
2001WETMOB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Microbial ecology
Course code:
2001WETMEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
20
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Omics in a changing environment
Course code:
2201WETOCE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ornithology
Course code:
2001WETORN
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and soil ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Course code:
2001WETPMI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Practical training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Primatology
Course code:
2001WETPRI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Remote sensing
Course code:
2001WETTDT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Restoration ecology
Course code:
2001WETREC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Scientific writing in English
Course code:
2001WETWSE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
System ecology
Course code:
2001WETSYS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETTEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
You follow this course in the same year as '2201WETLSK Laboratory skills''
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Species conservation and management
Course code:
2001WETTPO
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have taken 'Ecology of populations and communities (2001WETPOP)' in the previous academic year.
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Teaching component

If you choose two teaching methodologies you take "Powerful learning environments". If you choose one teaching methodology and you haven't taken "Powerful learning environments" in your preparatory programme, you take this in the Master.

Classroom management
Course code:
2000ASEKLM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School, policy and society
Course code:
2002ASESBM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Powerful learning environments
Course code:
1000ASEKLO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
18
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching methodology

Choose 'Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions'. Choose another teaching methodology from the list below or choose the profiling course STEM.

Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology chemistry with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology general subjects for technical and vocational education with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Profiling course with practical exercises: STEM
Course code:
2300ASESTE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

In-school training

Choose 'In-school training: completion biology' and choose the 'in-school training: completion" course of your second teaching methodology. If you did not choose a second teaching methodology you choose "In-school training completion 2 biology"

In-school training: completion biology with supervision
Course code:
2160ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
8
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion biology 2 with supervision
Course code:
2460ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
10
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion chemistry with supervision
Course code:
2160ASECHE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
8
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion general subjects for technical and vocational education
Course code:
2160ASEPAV
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
10
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

Part 2

Core course for all majors

6 ECTS-credits

History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):

Compulsory module Biology

4 ECTS-credits

Drivers of global change
Course code:
2201WETDGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):

Electives in Biology

Choose at least 15 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Applied and conservation behaviour
Course code:
2001WETTGD
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Aquatic ecology
Course code:
2001WETAQU
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Behavioral ecology
Course code:
2001WETBEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Bio-mechanics
Course code:
2001WETBIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Coastal and estuarine management
Course code:
2001WETEST
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation and society
Course code:
2001WETCAS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation genetics
Course code:
2001WETCOG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Coping with global change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
Debating development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Ecological modelling
Course code:
2001WETECM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecosystem based adaptation to global change
Course code:
2010WETOLA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Entomology
Course code:
2001WETENT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental biophysics
Course code:
2201WETENB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Evolutionary responses to global change
Course code:
2201WETERG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETFEF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Phylogenetics and Systematics
Course code:
2001WETFSY
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Global change physiology
Course code:
2201WETGCP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Habitat conservation
Course code:
2001WETHAB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Herpetology
Course code:
2001WETHER
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Infectious disease ecology
Course code:
2001WETECI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Landscape ecology
Course code:
2001WETLEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Macro-Evolution
Course code:
2001WETMEV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Mammalogy
Course code:
2001WETMAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Marine ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETMEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Human behaviour
Course code:
2001WETMGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Methods in environmental biology
Course code:
2001WETMOB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Microbial ecology
Course code:
2001WETMEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
20
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Omics in a changing environment
Course code:
2201WETOCE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ornithology
Course code:
2001WETORN
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and soil ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Course code:
2001WETPMI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Practical training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Primatology
Course code:
2001WETPRI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Remote sensing
Course code:
2001WETTDT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Restoration ecology
Course code:
2001WETREC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Scientific writing in English
Course code:
2001WETWSE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
System ecology
Course code:
2001WETSYS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETTEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
You follow this course in the same year as '2201WETLSK Laboratory skills''
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Species conservation and management
Course code:
2001WETTPO
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have taken 'Ecology of populations and communities (2001WETPOP)' in the previous academic year.
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

In school/company training: expertise

If you have chosen two teaching methodologies, choose "In-school training: specialization". If you have chosen one teaching methodology and the profiling course STEM, choose "In-school/company training: expertise STEM".

In-school training: specialization
Course code:
2101ASEOPR
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school/company training: expertise STEM
Course code:
2301ASESTE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching component - profiling elective

Choose 3 ECTS-credits from this list if you have taken one teaching methodology and the profiling course STEM.

Cognitive and learning processes
Course code:
2700ASELDP
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Student counselling
Course code:
2700ASELLB
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School in a superdiverse society
Course code:
2700ASESSS
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Cognitive and learning processes
Course code:
2702ASELDP
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Student counselling
Course code:
2702ASELLB
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
School in a super diverse society
Course code:
2702ASESSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Master thesis

30 ECTS-credits

Master's thesis part I: methodological seminars
Course code:
2900ASEMAA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis part II: dissertation (24 ECTS-credits)
Course code:
2900ASEMAG
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
24 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
672
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis part III: Practical case (1st sem + 2nd sem)
Course code:
2900ASEMAH
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

2021-2022

Part 1

Compulsory module Biology

21 ECTS-credits

Biostatistics
Course code:
2001WETBIO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
7 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
196
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecology of populations and communities
Course code:
2001WETPOP
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental stress and ecotoxicology
Course code:
2201WETESE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behavioural Physiolgy
Course code:
2001WETGED
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Electives in Biology

Choose at least 8 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Applied and conservation behaviour
Course code:
2001WETTGD
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Aquatic ecology
Course code:
2001WETAQU
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Behavioral ecology
Course code:
2001WETBEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Bio-mechanics
Course code:
2001WETBIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Coastal and estuarine management
Course code:
2001WETEST
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation and society
Course code:
2001WETCAS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation genetics
Course code:
2001WETCOG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Coping with global change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
Debating development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Ecological modelling
Course code:
2001WETECM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecomorphology
Course code:
2001WETEMO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ecosystem based adaptation to global change
Course code:
2010WETOLA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Entomology
Course code:
2001WETENT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental biophysics
Course code:
2201WETENB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Evolutionary responses to global change
Course code:
2201WETERG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETFEF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Phylogenetics and Systematics
Course code:
2001WETFSY
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Global change physiology
Course code:
2201WETGCP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Habitat conservation
Course code:
2001WETHAB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Herpetology
Course code:
2001WETHER
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Infectious disease ecology
Course code:
2001WETECI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Landscape ecology
Course code:
2001WETLEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Macro-Evolution
Course code:
2001WETMEV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Mammalogy
Course code:
2001WETMAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Marine ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETMEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Human behaviour
Course code:
2001WETMGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Methods in environmental biology
Course code:
2001WETMOB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Microbial ecology
Course code:
2001WETMEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
20
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Omics in a changing environment
Course code:
2201WETOCE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ornithology
Course code:
2001WETORN
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and soil ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Course code:
2001WETPMI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Practical training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Primatology
Course code:
2001WETPRI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Remote sensing
Course code:
2001WETTDT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Restoration ecology
Course code:
2001WETREC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Scientific writing in English
Course code:
2001WETWSE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Species conservation and management
Course code:
2001WETTPO
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have taken 'Ecology of populations and communities (2001WETPOP)' in the previous academic year.
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
System ecology
Course code:
2001WETSYS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETTEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
You follow this course in the same year as '2201WETLSK Laboratory skills''
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Teaching component year 1

You follow 31 ECTS-credits.

Educational Science 2: Learning and Living Environments (1ste semester)
Course code:
2000ASEELB
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Educational Science 3: Educational Technology and Innovation
Course code:
2002ASEELC
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Educational Science 4: School and Society
Course code:
2002ASEELD
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching methodology

Choose 'Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions'. Choose another teaching methodology from the list below or choose the profiling course STEM. You take both teaching methodology courses in the first year of your master.

Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology chemistry with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology general subjects for technical and vocational education with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Profiling course with practical exercises: STEM
Course code:
2300ASESTE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

In-school training

Choose 'In-school training: completion biology' and choose the 'in-school training: completion" course of your second teaching methodology. If you did not choose a second teaching methodology you choose "In-school training completion 2 biology"

In-school training: completion 1 biology
Course code:
2100ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 2 biology
Course code:
2400ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 chemistry
Course code:
2100ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 general subjects for technical and vocational education
Course code:
2100ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

Part 2

Core course for all majors

6 credits

History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):

Compulsory module Biology

4 credits

Drivers of global change
Course code:
2201WETDGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):

Electives in Biology

Choose at least 15 credits from the list below.

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Applied and conservation behaviour
Course code:
2001WETTGD
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Aquatic ecology
Course code:
2001WETAQU
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Behavioral ecology
Course code:
2001WETBEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Bio-mechanics
Course code:
2001WETBIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Coastal and estuarine management
Course code:
2001WETEST
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation and society
Course code:
2001WETCAS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation genetics
Course code:
2001WETCOG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Coping with global change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
Debating development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Ecological modelling
Course code:
2001WETECM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecomorphology
Course code:
2001WETEMO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ecosystem based adaptation to global change
Course code:
2010WETOLA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Entomology
Course code:
2001WETENT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental biophysics
Course code:
2201WETENB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Evolutionary responses to global change
Course code:
2201WETERG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETFEF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Phylogenetics and Systematics
Course code:
2001WETFSY
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Global change physiology
Course code:
2201WETGCP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Habitat conservation
Course code:
2001WETHAB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Herpetology
Course code:
2001WETHER
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Infectious disease ecology
Course code:
2001WETECI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Landscape ecology
Course code:
2001WETLEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Macro-Evolution
Course code:
2001WETMEV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Mammalogy
Course code:
2001WETMAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Marine ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETMEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Human behaviour
Course code:
2001WETMGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Methods in environmental biology
Course code:
2001WETMOB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Microbial ecology
Course code:
2001WETMEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
20
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Omics in a changing environment
Course code:
2201WETOCE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ornithology
Course code:
2001WETORN
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and soil ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Course code:
2001WETPMI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Practical training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Primatology
Course code:
2001WETPRI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Remote sensing
Course code:
2001WETTDT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Restoration ecology
Course code:
2001WETREC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Scientific writing in English
Course code:
2001WETWSE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Species conservation and management
Course code:
2001WETTPO
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have taken 'Ecology of populations and communities (2001WETPOP)' in the previous academic year.
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
System ecology
Course code:
2001WETSYS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETTEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
You follow this course in the same year as '2201WETLSK Laboratory skills''
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

In school/company training: expertise

5 credits

In-school/company training: expertise
Course code:
2100ASEPRS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Master thesis

30 credits

Master's thesis part I: methodological seminars
Course code:
2900ASEMAA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis part II: dissertation (24 ECTS-credits)
Course code:
2900ASEMAG
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
24 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
672
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis part III: Practical case (1st sem + 2nd sem)
Course code:
2900ASEMAH
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

2020-2021

2-year Model Path

Teaching component year 1

You follow 31 ECTS-credits.

Course code:
2000ASEELB
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Course code:
2002ASEELC
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Course code:
2002ASEELD
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Choose 'Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions'. Choose another teaching methodology from the list below or choose the profiling course STEM. You take both teaching methodology courses in the first year of your master.

Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Teaching methodology chemistry with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology general subjects for technical and vocational education with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Profiling course with practical exercises: STEM
Course code:
2300ASESTE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

Choose 'In-school training: completion biology' and choose the 'in-school training: completion" course of your second teaching methodology. If you did not choose a second teaching methodology you choose "In-school training completion 2 biology"

In-school training: completion 1 biology
Course code:
2100ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
In-school training: completion 2 biology
Course code:
2400ASEBIO
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
In-school training: completion 1 chemistry
Course code:
2100ASECHE
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 general subjects for technical and vocational education
Course code:
2100ASEPAV
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Teaching component: year 2

"In-school/company training: expertise" is compulsory in the second year.

In-school/company training: expertise
Course code:
2100ASEPRS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
12
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Compulsory stem course for all majors

6 ECTS-credits to be taken in the second year of your programme.

History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History

Compulsory module Biology

27 ECTS-credits

Biostatistics
Course code:
2001WETBIO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
7 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
196
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Drivers of global change
Course code:
2201WETDGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecology of populations and communities
Course code:
2001WETPOP
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental stress and ecotoxicology
Course code:
2201WETESE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behavioural Physiolgy
Course code:
2001WETGED
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Electives in Biology

Choose for 21 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Applied and conservation behaviour
Course code:
2001WETTGD
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Aquatic ecology
Course code:
2001WETAQU
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Behavioral ecology
Course code:
2001WETBEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Bio-accoustics
Course code:
2001WETBAK
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Bio-mechanics
Course code:
2001WETBIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Coastal and estuarine management
Course code:
2001WETEST
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation and society
Course code:
2001WETCAS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation genetics
Course code:
2001WETCOG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Coping with global change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
Debating development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Ecological modelling
Course code:
2001WETECM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecomorphology
Course code:
2001WETEMO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ecosystem based adaptation to global change
Course code:
2010WETOLA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Entomology
Course code:
2001WETENT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental biophysics
Course code:
2201WETENB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Evolutionary responses to global change
Course code:
2201WETERG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Field course
Course code:
2201WETFIC
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have followed 'Freshwater ecosystem functioning' (2201WETFEF) in the previous academic year
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETFEF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Phylogenetics and Systematics
Course code:
2001WETFSY
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behaviour: seminar and skills
Course code:
2001WETGSV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Global change physiology
Course code:
2201WETGCP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Habitat conservation
Course code:
2001WETHAB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Herpetology
Course code:
2001WETHER
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Infectious disease ecology
Course code:
2001WETECI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Island biology
Course code:
2001WETEIL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Landscape ecology
Course code:
2001WETLEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Macro-Evolution
Course code:
2001WETMEV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Mammalogy
Course code:
2001WETMAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Marine ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETMEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Human behaviour
Course code:
2001WETMGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Meteorology, climatology and global change
Course code:
2001WETMKG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Methods in environmental biology
Course code:
2001WETMOB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Microbial ecology
Course code:
2001WETMEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
20
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Omics in a changing environment
Course code:
2201WETOCE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ornithology
Course code:
2001WETORN
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and soil ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Course code:
2001WETPMI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Practical training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Primatology
Course code:
2001WETPRI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Remote sensing
Course code:
2001WETTDT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Restoration ecology
Course code:
2001WETREC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Scientific writing in English
Course code:
2001WETWSE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Species conservation and management
Course code:
2001WETTPO
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have taken 'Ecology of populations and communities (2001WETPOP)' in the previous academic year.
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
System ecology
Course code:
2001WETSYS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETTEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Master's thesis

30 ECTS-credits to be taken in the second year of your programme.

Master's thesis partim I: methodological seminars
Course code:
2900ASEMAA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis partim II: dissertation (24 ECTS-credits)
Course code:
2900ASEMAG
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
24 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
672
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis partim III: Practical case (1st sem + 2nd sem)
Course code:
2900ASEMAH
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

2019-2020

2-year Model Path

Teaching component year 1

You follow 31 ECTS-credits.

Concepts in Education 1
Course code:
2010ASEOCA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Concepts in Education 1
Course code:
2000ASEOCA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Concepts in Education 2
Course code:
2002ASEOCB
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Concepts in Education 2
Course code:
2012ASEOCB
Semester:
2E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Choose 'Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions'. Choose another teaching methodology from the list below or choose the profiling course STEM. You take both teaching methodology courses in the first year of your master.

Teaching methodology biology with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Teaching methodology chemistry with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology engineering and technology with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEENT
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Teaching methodology physics with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEFYS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology computer science with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEINF
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Teaching methodology general subjects for technical and vocational education with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Teaching methodology mathematics with practice sessions
Course code:
2200ASEWIS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Profiling course with practical exercises: STEM
Course code:
2300ASESTE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

Choose 'In-school training: completion 1 biology'

In-school training: completion 1 biology
Course code:
2100ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
In-school training: completion 1 chemistry
Course code:
2100ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 engineering and technology
Course code:
2100ASEENT
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
In-school training: completion 1 physics
Course code:
2100ASEFYS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 computer science
Course code:
2100ASEINF
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 mathematics
Course code:
2100ASEWIS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 1 general subjects for technical and vocational education
Course code:
2100ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

Choose the 'in-school training: completion" course of your second teaching methodology. If you did not choose a second teaching methodology you choose "In-school training completion 2 biology"

In-school training: completion 2 biology
Course code:
2400ASEBIO
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
In-school training: completion 2 chemistry
Course code:
2400ASECHE
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 2 engineering and technology
Course code:
2400ASEENT
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
In-school training: completion 2 physics
Course code:
2400ASEFYS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 2 computer science
Course code:
2400ASEINF
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 2 mathematics
Course code:
2400ASEWIS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
In-school training: completion 2 general subjects for technical and vocational education
Course code:
2400ASEPAV
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Sequentiality:
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):

Teaching component: year 2

"In-school/company training: expertise" is compulsory in the second year.

In-school/company training: expertise
Course code:
2100ASEPRS
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational

Compulsory stem course for all majors

6 ECTS-credits to be taken in the second year of your programme.

History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History

Compulsory module Biology

27 ECTS-credits

Biostatistics
Course code:
2001WETBIO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
7 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
196
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Drivers of global change
Course code:
2201WETDGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecology of populations and communities
Course code:
2001WETPOP
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental stress and ecotoxicology
Course code:
2201WETESE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behavioural Physiolgy
Course code:
2001WETGED
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Electives in Biology

Choose for 21 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Applied and conservation behaviour
Course code:
2001WETTGD
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Aquatic ecology
Course code:
2001WETAQU
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Behavioral ecology
Course code:
2001WETBEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Bio-accoustics
Course code:
2001WETBAK
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Bioinformatics
Course code:
2002WETBIN
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Bio-mechanics
Course code:
2001WETBIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Coastal and estuarine management
Course code:
2001WETEST
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation and society
Course code:
2001WETCAS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Conservation biogeography
Course code:
2001WETCOB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Conservation genetics
Course code:
2001WETCOG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Coping with global change
Course code:
2201WETCGC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
  • Ludo Diels
Debating Development
Course code:
9009UAOOUD
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Ecological modelling
Course code:
2001WETECM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Ecomorphology
Course code:
2001WETEMO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ecosystem based adaptation to global change
Course code:
2010WETOLA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Entomology
Course code:
2001WETENT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Environmental biophysics
Course code:
2201WETENB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Evolutionary responses to global change
Course code:
2201WETERG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Field course
Course code:
2201WETFIC
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have followed 'Freshwater ecosystem functioning' (2201WETFEF) in the previous academic year
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETFEF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Functional Morfology Vertebrates
Course code:
2001WETFMV
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Phylogenetics and Systematics
Course code:
2001WETFSY
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Behaviour: seminar and skills
Course code:
2001WETGSV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
50
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Course code:
2001WETGIS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Global change physiology
Course code:
2201WETGCP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Habitat conservation
Course code:
2001WETHAB
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Herpetology
Course code:
2001WETHER
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Infectious disease ecology
Course code:
2001WETECI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
35
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Island biology
Course code:
2001WETEIL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
68
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Credit and exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Landscape ecology
Course code:
2001WETLEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Macro-Evolution
Course code:
2001WETMEV
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Mammalogy
Course code:
2001WETMAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Marine ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETMEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
24
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Human behaviour
Course code:
2001WETMGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Meteorology, climatology and global change
Course code:
2001WETMKG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Methods in environmental biology
Course code:
2001WETMOB
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Microbial ecology
Course code:
2001WETMEC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
20
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Omics in a changing environment
Course code:
2201WETOCE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Ornithology
Course code:
2001WETORN
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant and soil ecology
Course code:
2001WETPEC
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Course code:
2001WETPMI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
23
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Practical training Organism Biology
Course code:
2001WETPOB
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Primatology
Course code:
2001WETPRI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Remote sensing
Course code:
2001WETTDT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
40
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Restoration ecology
Course code:
2001WETREC
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
55
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Scientific writing in English
Course code:
2001WETWSE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
75
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Biology
Species conservation and management
Course code:
2001WETTPO
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
The student must have taken 'Ecology of populations and communities (2001WETPOP)' in the previous academic year.
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
System ecology
Course code:
2001WETSYS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
45
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology
Lecturer(s):
Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Course code:
2201WETTEF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
4 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
112
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Biology

Master's thesis

30 ECTS-credits to be taken in the second year of your programme.

Master's thesis partim I: methodological seminars
Course code:
2900ASEMAA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Master's thesis partim II: dissertation (24 ECTS-credits)
Course code:
2900ASEMAG
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
24 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
672
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):
Master's thesis partim III: Practical case (1st sem + 2nd sem)
Course code:
2900ASEMAH
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Instructional and educational
Lecturer(s):