Preparatory Course Master of Science in Biology

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1 General Courses

Subscribe to 1 module from the following list.

1.1 For intake non-life sciences

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Invertebrates	1	sem 1	nl	Tom Moens	5

Mycology	1	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Population Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Luc Lens	4

Community and Ecosystem Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Vyverman	4

Evolution	1	sem 1	en	Olivier De Clerck	5

Phycology and Protistology	1	sem 1	en	Koen Sabbe	4

Systematics and Diversity of Flowering Plants	1	sem 2	nl	Lars Chatrou	4

Cell Biology	1	sem 2	nl	Esther Hoste	4

Vertebrates: Histology and Comparative Anatomy	1	sem 2	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Subscribe to at most 1 module from the following list.

Students Bachelor Chemistry and Bachelor Industrial Engineering: chemistry just follow the general courses. Students Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics also have to follow module 1.1.1.

1.1.1 For intake of Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biochemistry I: Biomolecules	sem 1	nl	Bart Devreese	4

Biochemistry II: Metabolic Diversity	sem 2	nl	Leander Meuris	4

1.2 For intake life sciences

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Mycology	1	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Population Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Luc Lens	4

Community and Ecosystem Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Vyverman	4

Evolution	1	sem 1	en	Olivier De Clerck	5

Phycology and Protistology	1	sem 1	en	Koen Sabbe	4

Developmental Biology	1	sem 1	nl	Adelbert De Clercq	5

Biogeography	1	sem 2	nl	Wim Vyverman	5

Field Training Biological Research	1	sem 2	nl,en	Dries Bonte	4

Systematics and Diversity of Flowering Plants	1	sem 2	nl	Lars Chatrou	4

Human and Political Ecology: Introduction	1	sem 2	nl	Sander Jacobs	3

Arthropoda	1	sem 2	nl	Marleen De Troch	3

Subscribe to at most 1 module from the following list.

Students Bachelor Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Bachelor Bioscience Engineering and Bachelor Bioscience Engineering Technology take the general courses only.

Students from the Bachelor Biomedical Sciences, Bachelor Verterinary Medicine, Bachelor Medicine and Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences follow the general courses as well as the specific module linked to their diploma.

1.2.1 For intake of Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.2 For intake of Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Molecular Genetics II	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.3 For intake of Bachelor Medicine

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Biodiversity of Invertebrates	sem 1	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Vertebrates	sem 1	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.4 For intake of Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

Second year

(version 4 )

1 General Courses

Subscribe to 1 module from the following list.

1.1 For intake non-life sciences

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Vertebrates	2	sem 1	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Molecular Genetics I	2	sem 1	nl	Sofie Goormachtig	5

Plantphysiology	2	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Molecular Genetics II	2	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	4

Animal Physiology	2	sem 1	nl	Bart Braeckman	5

Introduction to Biostatistics	2	sem 1	nl	Lieven Clement	5

Developmental Biology	2	sem 1	nl	Adelbert De Clercq	5

General Microbiology	2	sem 2	nl	Anne Willems	5

Human and Political Ecology: Introduction	2	sem 2	nl	Sander Jacobs	3

Arthropoda	2	sem 2	nl	Marleen De Troch	3

Subscribe to at most 1 module from the following list.

1.1.1 For intake of Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biochemistry I: Biomolecules	sem 1	nl	Bart Devreese	4

Biochemistry II: Metabolic Diversity	sem 2	nl	Leander Meuris	4

1.2 For intake life sciences

Subscribe to at most 1 module from the following list.

Students Bachelor Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Bachelor Bioscience Engineering and Bachelor Bioscience Engineering Technology take the general courses only.

1.2.1 For intake of Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.2 For intake of Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Molecular Genetics II	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.3 For intake of Bachelor Medicine

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Biodiversity of Invertebrates	sem 1	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Vertebrates	sem 1	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.4 For intake of Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Invertebrates	1	sem 1	nl	Tom Moens	5

Mycology	1	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Population Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Luc Lens	4

Community and Ecosystem Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Vyverman	4

Evolution	1	sem 1	en	Olivier De Clerck	5

Phycology and Protistology	1	sem 1	en	Koen Sabbe	4

Systematics and Diversity of Flowering Plants	1	sem 2	nl	Lars Chatrou	4

Cell Biology	1	sem 2	nl	Esther Hoste	4

Vertebrates: Histology and Comparative Anatomy	1	sem 2	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Biodiversity of Vertebrates	2	sem 1	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Molecular Genetics I	2	sem 1	nl	Sofie Goormachtig	5

Plantphysiology	2	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Molecular Genetics II	2	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	4

Animal Physiology	2	sem 1	nl	Bart Braeckman	5

Introduction to Biostatistics	2	sem 1	nl	Lieven Clement	5

Developmental Biology	2	sem 1	nl	Adelbert De Clercq	5

General Microbiology	2	sem 2	nl	Anne Willems	5

Human and Political Ecology: Introduction	2	sem 2	nl	Sander Jacobs	3

Arthropoda	2	sem 2	nl	Marleen De Troch	3

Subscribe to at most 1 module from the following list.

1.1.1 For intake of Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biochemistry I: Biomolecules	sem 1	nl	Bart Devreese	4

Biochemistry II: Metabolic Diversity	sem 2	nl	Leander Meuris	4

1.2 For intake life sciences

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Mycology	1	sem 1	nl	Annemieke Verbeken	5

Population Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Luc Lens	4

Community and Ecosystem Ecology	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Vyverman	4

Evolution	1	sem 1	en	Olivier De Clerck	5

Phycology and Protistology	1	sem 1	en	Koen Sabbe	4

Developmental Biology	1	sem 1	nl	Adelbert De Clercq	5

Biogeography	1	sem 2	nl	Wim Vyverman	5

Field Training Biological Research	1	sem 2	nl,en	Dries Bonte	4

Systematics and Diversity of Flowering Plants	1	sem 2	nl	Lars Chatrou	4

Human and Political Ecology: Introduction	1	sem 2	nl	Sander Jacobs	3

Arthropoda	1	sem 2	nl	Marleen De Troch	3

Subscribe to at most 1 module from the following list.

Students Bachelor Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Bachelor Bioscience Engineering and Bachelor Bioscience Engineering Technology take the general courses only.

1.2.1 For intake of Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

14

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.2 For intake of Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

18

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Molecular Genetics II	sem 1	nl	Geert De Jaeger	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.3 For intake of Bachelor Medicine

23

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Biodiversity of Plants	sem 1	nl	Lars Chatrou	5

Biodiversity of Invertebrates	sem 1	nl	Tom Moens	5

Biodiversity of Vertebrates	sem 1	nl	Dominique Adriaens	4

Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

1.2.4 For intake of Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences

9

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Plantphysiology	sem 1	nl	Bartel Vanholme	4

Programming	sem 1	nl	Peter Dawyndt	5

Study guide

Preparatory Course Master of Science in Biology

First year

(version 4 )

1 General Courses

1.1 For intake non-life sciences

1.1.1 For intake of Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics

1.2 For intake life sciences

1.2.1 For intake of Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

1.2.2 For intake of Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

1.2.3 For intake of Bachelor Medicine

1.2.4 For intake of Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences

Second year

(version 4 )

1 General Courses

1.1 For intake non-life sciences

1.1.1 For intake of Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics

1.2 For intake life sciences

1.2.1 For intake of Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

1.2.2 For intake of Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

1.2.3 For intake of Bachelor Medicine

1.2.4 For intake of Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences

Full programme

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1 General Courses

1.1 For intake non-life sciences

1.1.1 For intake of Bachelor Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor Geography and Geomatics, Bachelor Geology, Bachelor Informatics and Bachelor Mathematics

1.2 For intake life sciences

1.2.1 For intake of Bachelor Biomedical Sciences

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1.2.2 For intake of Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

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1.2.3 For intake of Bachelor Medicine

23

1.2.4 For intake of Bachelor Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Learning outcomes