Year-long course (NQF level 8, 120-credits)
Entrance requirements: 65% ZOO 3 or 65% ENT 3
Course description: The department offers separate Honours courses in Zoology, Entomology, Marine Biology, and African Vertebrate Biodiversity. The aim of these courses is to produce graduates who think in an analytical and critical way and who are capable of independent research, from project planning and experimental design to scientific writing. Students participate in core courses of statistics, scientific writing, global ecology, evolution, and trophic ecology and undertake a series of seminars, research project(s) and a number of content-based courses. Whenever possible, students undertake a field trip and attend a local scientific conference. Details of each Honours course are presented below. Joint honours with cognate disciplines may be permitted at the discretion of the heads of departments concerned.
DP requirements: Hand in all assignments and successfully complete the assigned research project(s).
Assessment: Class record 30%, Project 40%, Theory examinations (x3) and Oral Examination 30%
Supplementary exam: None
Year-long course (NQF level 8, 120-credits)
Entrance requirements: 65% ZOO 3 or equivalent
The content-based courses may include special topics in animal reproduction and life histories, animal behaviour, disturbance ecology, evolutionary biology, invasion biology, trophic ecology, and applied zoology. Candidates undertake research project(s) in any field of Zoology.
DP requirements: Hand in all assignments and successfully complete the assigned research project(s). Assessment: Class record 30%, Project 40%, Theory examinations (x3) and Oral Examination 30%
Supplementary exam: None
Year-long course (NQF level 8, 120-credits)
Entrance requirements: 65% ENT 3
The course consists of advanced studies in Entomology, with special emphasis on insect ecology, economic entomology, biological control, biological invasions. Candidates undertake entomological research project(s).
DP requirements: Hand in all assignments and successfully complete the assigned research project(s).
Assessment: Class record 30%, Project 40%, Theory examinations (x3) and Oral Examination 30%
Supplementary exam: None
Year-long course (NQF level 8, 120-credits)
Entrance requirements: 65% ZOO 3 or equivalent Candidates should have either Botany, Zoology, or Ichthyology as major BSc subjects (exceptions may be made at the discretion of the Head of Department).
The course consists of advanced studies in Marine Biology that may include special topics in physical/chemical oceanography, planktonic food webs, benthic food webs, fringing communities, and life history strategies. Candidates undertake marine biological research project(s). This course may involve a short oceanic research cruise.
DP requirements: Hand in all assignments and successfully complete the assigned research project(s).
Assessment: Class record 30%, Project 40%, Theory examinations (x3) and Oral Examination 30%
Supplementary exam: None
Year-long course (NQF level 8, 120-credits)
Entrance requirements: 65% ZOO 3 or equivalent.
This course focuses on the principles that underpin sustaining vertebrate biodiversity in Africa. The course consists of advanced studies in vertebrate biology with emphasis on biogeography and biodiversity, population processes and life history patterns, physiological adaptations, and conservation and management. There is normally a strong practical component, in which students get field experience in vertebrate biology. Candidates undertake vertebrate research project(s). If possible, there will be field trip(s) in a local game reserve.
DP requirements: Hand in all assignments and successfully complete the assigned research project(s).
Assessment: Class record 30%, Project 40%, Theory examinations (x3) and Oral Examination 30%
Supplementary exam: None
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