NBID73 · 7.5 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Biologi
Methods in Ecology
Discontinued · replaced by NBID87
100%
passed the latest regular sitting
PRA2 · 8 Oct 2025 · 14 students
100%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
PRA2 · 34 students
This module only reports passing results, so the pass rate does not show how many did not pass.
Part of 1 programme
Hand-in or lab
PRA2 Project report
- 5
- 4
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 34 students
- 100%14
- 100%7
- 100%6
- 100%7
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 91% (34 students)
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Literature report
- G
- U
Main rounds
94% passed · 33 students
- 92%12
- 88%8
- 100%6
- 100%7
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%1
Hand-in or lab
UPG3 Seminar and presentation
- 5
- 4
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 33 students
- 100%14
- 100%7
- 100%6
- 100%6
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 91% (33 students)
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%2
Hand-in or lab
UPG2 Data analysis
- G
- U
Main rounds
97% passed · 32 students
- 100%13
- 100%7
- 100%6
- 83%6
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (1)
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 aim is for the students to achieve a deeper understanding of scientific methods used in ecology and environmental sciences: how to plan, perform, analyze and report ecological experiments and comparative studies. Having successfully passed the course, the students should be able to:
- Extract and compile information from scientific texts
- Identify ecological problems and formulate appropriate hypotheses
- Plan and perform ecological experiments and comparative studies
- Analyze primary data, present results, and draw conclusions
- Communicate science, both orally and in writing
- Apply systems thinking to understand feedbacks within biogeophysical systems as well as to human decision making in order to identify linkages to Sustainable Development Goals.
Content
Ecological theory and methods are studied through four modules: 1) analyze and extract relevant information from literature; 2) use systems thinking to identify and map dependencies and make connections with Sustainable Development Goals; 3) practice experimental design and observation studies in the field; and 4) apply advanced methods for data analysis. Together, these four modules advance students’ command of scientific methods.
- Examiner
- György Barabas
- Scheduled hours
- 80 h
- Main field of study
- Biologi