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Biology

Master

The Master's degree programme in Biology takes two years to complete, and each academic year is divided into two semesters.

The diagramme below gives you an overview of the course of study. On mobile devices it works best in landscape mode.

Areas of specialization

The structure of the programme allows you to opt for a general profile or specialize in a specific research area. The areas of specialization should be considered as suggestions to give you a better overview of the elective courses and projects that we offer within the research areas listed.

Please note that the specialization profiles are currently under revision.


Example of a timetable

Below is an example of what a weekly timetable might look like for a first-semester student on the Master's degree programme in Biology. There are, of course, breaks throughout the day, for example the academic quarter. Please note that your timetable may vary from week to week and that teaching activities may be scheduled on weekdays in the hours between 8.15 and 18.00.

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

8-10
Field Course in Terrestrial or Marine Biology (lecture)





10-noon
Data handling, visualization and statistics (lecture)


Noon-14
Biology Experiments – Communicating Biology (lecture)

Noon-14
Data handling, visualization and statistics (practice session)

14-16
Biology Experiments – Communicating Biology (practice session)
14-16
Field Course in Terrestrial or Marine Biology (lecture)


 
16-18
Climate adaptation (lecture)

The rules for programme are specified in the programme regulations, which are the formal description of the programme.

The programme regulations contains information about the purpose and structure of the programme, including which subject elements the programme contains, whether there are opportunities for a semester abroad, company projects or the like, rules for conducting teaching and exams and rules for participation in exams, etc.

See the programme regulations on MySDU

A course description is a detailed description of a course, in which you can read about the aim and contents of the course, teaching methods, the expected workload and the form of the exam.

The Master's degree programme in Biology includes the opportunity to complete a company project with a scope of 15 or 30 ECTS.

A company project is a well-defined project, which is done in a company or organisation with a specific problem as its starting point, and places demands on learning on a par with other courses and projects at the university.

  • A 15 ECTS company project forms part of your course of study as an activity to put your main subject into perspective, typically during the 2nd semester. It is a part-time project, which requires that you take other courses at the university concurrently with your company project.

  • A 30 ECTS company project constitutes the entire 3rd semester of the programme. It is a full-time project, which entails the Master's thesis project being reduced in scope to 30 ECTS.

There is both an SDU supervisor and a company supervisor associated with the project and the study board must approve the project description before you can start working on the project.

Company projects are always unpaid.

As part of the Master's degree programme in Biology, you have the opportunity spend a semester at a university outside Denmark. You can choose either a university that SDU collaborates with, or you can choose to arrange your stay at another university. SDU collaborates with more than 200 partner universities, and we can help you find the perfect place for you.

If you start the programme in September, spending your 2nd semester abroad grants you the most flexibility – if you start in February, you get the most flexibility if you spend the 1st semester abroad. Additionally, on the second year of the programme, you have the opportunity to do your Master's thesis project or parts of it abroad.

Read more about spending a semester abroad on MySDU

On the 2nd year of the programme, you will work on your Master's Thesis project, which has a scope of 60 ECTS.

You will typically be affiliated with a research group from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, who will be able to counsel and guide you in your literature search and your collection and processing of research data.

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