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Faculty Faculty of Science (FPR)
Study programme Biology (N1501)
Branch of study / Specialization Ecosystem Biology (1603T005/17 - 1)
Level of acquired qualification Postgraduate Master
Form of study Full-time
Standard length of study 2 years
Number of ECTS credits 120
Qualification awarded Master (7)
Access to further studies Doctoral study programme  
Type of completion
Study and Examination Code URL
Faculty coordinator for international students
Okosy Barbora, Mgr.
Email: bokosy@prf.jcu.cz
Phone: 387776212
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Key learning outcomes Graduates are expected to launch their professional careers in public authorities, the commercial sphere, and in nonprofit organisations working in the field of environmental management, either in the field of decision making or applied research, consultancy or environmental monitoring.
Specific admission requirements Entrance examination - subjects related to the chosen study field
Specific provisions for recognition of prior learning unspecified
Qualification requirements and regulations The study involves training in ecology and related science disciplines. Each student is obliged to acquire a minimum of 120 credits. The study is completed by final state exam that includes defending a master thesis.
Profile of the programme academical
Persistence requirements unspecified
Occupational profiles of graduates with examples Graduates are expected to launch their professional careers in public authorities, the commercial sphere, and in nonprofit organisations working in the field of environmental management, either in the field of decision making or applied research, consultancy or environmental monitoring.
Branch of study / Specialization guarantor Kaštovská Eva, doc. Mgr. Ph.D. , Boukal David, doc. Ing. MgA. Ph.D.
Status Recommended year of study Recommended semester Course code Course title (* Final State Examination) Language of instruction Number of ECTS credits Course availability
B Compulsory option 1 - KEBR/885 Master Thesis Assignment Czech 0  
B Compulsory option 1 - KBO/885 Master Thesis Assignment Czech 0  
B Compulsory option 1 - KBO/881 Master Thesis, Practical Part Czech 13  
B Compulsory option 1 - KEBR/881 Master Thesis, Practical Part Czech 13  
B Compulsory option 1 - KBE/881 Master Thesis, Practical Part Czech 13  
B Compulsory option 1 - KBE/885 Master Thesis Assignment Czech 0  
B Compulsory option - - KBO/192 Field Work III - 2 Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - - KBE/128 Introduction to Functional Ecology English 6 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - KBO/426 Community Ecology English 6 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - KZO/154 Invertebrate Zoology II Czech 9  
B Compulsory option - - KBE/049 Plant-animal interactions English 6 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - KBE/023 Evolutionary ecology English 6 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - OJZ/935 Master´s English Examination - TOEIC English 8  
B Compulsory option - - OJZ/930 Master´s English Examination - TOEFL English 8  
B Compulsory option - - KZO/066 Insect diversity and ecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - - KBE/351 Tropical Ecology English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - KBE/367 Ecology of Water Vertebrates Czech 5  
A Compulsory - Winter KBO/332 Desing and Analysis of Ecological Experiments English 6  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBE/760 Biology of Microorganisms English 4 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter KBO/193 Field Work III - 1 Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBE/014 Plankton ecology Czech English 5  
B Compulsory option - Winter KZO/270 Evolutionary Biology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBO/334 Population Ecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBE/542 Conservation Biology (Introduction) Czech 6  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBE/124 Animal Ecology Czech 3  
A Compulsory - Summer KBE/012 Biostatistics Czech 7  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBE/343 Hydrobiology Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBO/126 Geobotany Czech 6  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBO/195 Field Work IV - botany Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBE/427 Wetland Ecology Czech English 3 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Summer KBE/260 Microbiology Czech 8  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBE/102 Biogeochemical Cycles Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBE/125 Animal Ecology (seminar) Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer UMB/011 Applications of Mathematics I Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/194 Field Work IV - zoology Czech English 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer UFY/MET Basics of Meteorology and Climatology Czech 4  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBE/521 Soil Ecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/392 Biodiversity and Macroecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/379 Diversity of Fishes - II Czech 6  
B Compulsory option - Summer KBO/139 Botany of Higher Plants II Czech 15  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/156 Zoology of Higher Vertebrates Czech 6