NBIA26 · 6 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Biologi
Evolution
Active · next start HT 2026
40%
passed the latest ordinary exam
DIT1 · 30 Oct 2025 · 50 students
56%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
DIT1 · 205 students
Unusually hard in 2025/26
40% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (50 students), against 61% on average in earlier years (155 students).
Part of 2 programmes
Exam
DIT1 Digital examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
56% passed · 205 students
- 40%50
- 45%49
- 72%57
- 65%49
Re-exams
44% passed · 77 students
- 64%11
- 39%18
- 56%9
- 27%22
- 60%10
- 43%7
- Pass the re-exam: 44% (77 students), compared with 56% (205 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 18% (282 students)
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 50%2
- 100%3
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
71% passed · 59 students
- 71%59
Re-exams
25% passed · 12 students
- 25%12
- Pass the re-exam: 25% (12 students), compared with 71% (59 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 24% (71 students)
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- 0%1
- 0%1
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- 100%3
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Assignments
- G
- U
Main rounds
67% passed · 272 students
- 78%46
- 71%52
- 76%54
- 48%52
- 65%68
Later rounds
100% passed · 35 students
- 100%5
- 100%8
- 100%13
- 100%9
- Pass a later round: 100% (35 students), compared with 67% (272 students) on the ordinary exam
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- 100%2
- 100%2
Other module
DIK1 Digital preparatory written examination
- G
- U
Main rounds
92% passed · 129 students
- 77%43
- 100%37
- 100%49
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Other module
ANN1 Seminar Assignments
- G
No sittings with at least 5 students.
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
About the course
Aim
The course will give a basic understanding of evolutionary concepts and theories, and provide some fundamental skills for university studies. After the course the student should be able to:
- explain end exemplify different evolutionary processes and their consequences
- describe the relationship between evolution and society at large
- apply fundamental mathematical knowledge
- obtain and present knowledge from the scientific primary literature
Content
The Evolution course encompasses microevolution and the evolutionary processes: natural selection, migration, mutation and genetic drift as well as sexual selection. Thogether with macroevolution speciation, phylogeography and the origin and development of life are covered. During the course students will discuss how evolution is related to the societal phenomena like religion (intelligent design) and politics (biologism). The lessons exemplifies and practices central concepts of the course. The course also practices the application of mathematics to biological and chemical problems is exercised and the reading of scientific primary literature.
- Examiner
- Jordi Altimiras
- Scheduled hours
- 47 h
- Main field of study
- Biologi