TFBI23 · 6 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Biologi
Ecology and the Environment
Active · next start VT 2027
100%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN2 · 27 Mar 2026 · 15 students
100%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN2 · 120 students
0%
Harder than 0% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 40 students.
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN2 Written examination
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Ordinary exams
100% passed · 120 students
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Re-exams
83% passed · 6 students
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- Pass the re-exam: 83% (6 students), compared with 100% (120 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 92% (126 students)
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Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG2 Written report and presentation of case
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Main rounds
100% passed · 131 students
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Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 100% (131 students)
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Excursions and presentation
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Main rounds
100% passed · 85 students
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Later rounds
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UPG3 Excursions and seminars
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Main rounds
100% passed · 41 students
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Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
About the course
Aim
The aim of the course is that the student should develop knowledge in how ecosystems is structured and how they function. Focus is on that the student should be able to identify the importance of functional ecosystems for the society and to identify how the use of raw materials and energy in the society affects the function of ecosystems.
After the course the student should, from a scientific point of view, be able to:
- Describe and explain the biotic and abiotic factors operating in an ecosystem and explain how ecosystem processes react and change when an ecosystem is subjected to natural and anthropogenic influences
- Describe the main ecosystem services in a globalized world and assess the economic value of an area's ecosystem services compared to other economic activities in the same area
Content
Basic ecological theories and concepts. Organisms relation to their surroundings, population and community ecology, energy and material flows in ecosystems. Ecology of ecosystems in Sweden, organisms and history. Effect of economic activities on ecosystems and ecosystem services. The economic value of ecosystem services.
- Examiner
- Karl-Olof Bergman
- Scheduled hours
- 0 h
- Main field of study
- Biologi