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Faculty Faculty of Science (FPR)
Study programme Zoology (N1502)
Branch of study / Specialization Zoology (1502T003/32 - 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 professions careers in research institutions, at institutes of education, in nature conservation, at zoological gardens and aquaria, and in museums.
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 tropical 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 professions careers in research institutions, at institutes of education, in nature conservation, at zoological gardens and aquaria, and in museums.
Branch of study / Specialization guarantor Novotný Vojtěch, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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 - KPA/885 Master Thesis Assignment Czech 0  
B Compulsory option 1 - KZO/885 Master Thesis Assignment Czech 0  
B Compulsory option 1 - KZO/881 Master Thesis, Practical Part Czech 13  
B Compulsory option - - KBO/426 Community Ecology English 6 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - KBE/351 Tropical Ecology English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - OJZ/930 Master´s English Examination - TOEFL English 8  
B Compulsory option - - KPA/881 Master Thesis, Practical Part Czech 13  
B Compulsory option - - KBE/355 Tropical ecology field excursion Czech English 5  
B Compulsory option - - OJZ/935 Master´s English Examination - TOEIC English 8  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBE/050 Introduction to modern regression methods Czech 7  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBO/330 Ecology and Biogeography of World Biomes Czech 6  
B Compulsory option - Winter KPA/170 Biology of Parasitism Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Winter KZO/270 Evolutionary Biology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBO/334 Population Ecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Winter KZO/412 Molecular Ecology Czech 6  
B Compulsory option - Winter KZO/152 Vertebrate Zoology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Winter KBO/332 Desing and Analysis of Ecological Experiments English 6  
B Compulsory option - Winter UMB/345 Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/392 Biodiversity and Macroecology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/155 Invertebrate Zoology Czech 5  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/595 Phylogenetics Czech 3  
B Compulsory option - Summer KZO/394 Phylogeny and Diversity of Organisms Czech 5