Programme code: C793C
Duration: 12 months full-time
Start date: October
Location: Cornwall Campus
Programme Director:
Dr Nina Wedell
Phone: +44 (0)1326 371863
Fax: +44 (0)1326 370721
Email: n.wedell@exeter.ac.uk
Programme information
Visit the Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology MSc webpages at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/biosciences/evolutionmsc/ and http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/evolutionary/
2009/10 Fees UK/EU £6,500 (full-time); International £12,250 (full-time).
This new programme, which started from 2006/07, is taught by leading international researchers in the field of evolutionary and behavioural ecology, and has a significant research component combined with taught modules that provide the theoretical background, methodological techniques and practical skills to prepare you for professional research. Within modules there is considerable scope for students to choose topics they wish to pursue. All material is specifically designed for Masters level and will form an ideal grounding for future research careers. The programme will be based at our Cornwall Campus in new buildings with state-of-the-art facilities.
Entry requirements At least a 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject.
Modules
- Core modules in Professional Skills Development
- Field Course based in Africa; includes visits to some of Africa's largest and most important game reserves, as well as introducing day-to-day problems facing conservation biologists in developing nations.
- Biodiversity and Evolution: studies biodiversity at the gene, individual, population and ecosystem levels and covers a range of biodiversity issues including the loss of biodiversity and its generation.
- Behavioural Ecology: covers specific skills that relate to evolutionary and behavioural ecology including life history and mating system evolution, sexual selection and sexual conflict, population, quantitative and conservation genetics, communication and information processing, and population ecology.
- A substantial research project is undertaken under supervision to include a literature review of an area of interest, plus a long-term research project to be chosen by the student.
Assessment Half the total assessment will be based on the long-term research project and associated items (literature review, oral presentation). The remaining credit points will come from combined continuous assessment of material in modules.
Funding: A limited number of partial scholarships will be available for excellent students from the UK or overseas on our Masters programmes.
For more information please contact:
Claire Guy
Phone: +44 (0)1326 254334
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