Studying biodiversity in Finnish universities
For those interested in studying the Nordic biodiversity with educational programmes that suit them best, there are some 500 different courses (!) currently offered among Finnish universities. Not all of them are annually organised and so their implementation, as well as the teaching language(s) and possible participation prerequisites, should be checked beforehand. The listed courses target both Bachelor and Master students but also those joining open university studies. To simplify your task, the courses have been organised into different thematic categories. The one untitled “Tools and techniques” for example will provide you with the necessary practical skills for properly planning your research but also collecting and analysing your field data, and so is of prime importance when building your curriculum. Some of those courses belong to the Biodiversity education network studies jointly organised by Finnish universities: https://www.biodiversityeducation.fi/.
(latest update: 12.12.2022).
A Second Course in Statistics
Skills for performing statistical analyses and inferences on the basis of data obtained in common experimental and observational studies are expanded and deepened. Statistical literacy of scientific articles with quantitative methods.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry and Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.02.2023 - 20.03.2023
Teaching period: 15.03.2023 - 08.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Adaptation of forestry to climate change
Effects of climate change on forest ecosystems and the services they provide such as carbon sink and storage, forest productivity and biodiversity. Concepts of risks in forestry as well as adaptive management approaches in forestry.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 17.01.2023 - 02.03.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Adapted animal
Adaptations and acclimations of homeothermic and poikilothermic animals when challenged by changes in environmental temperature, oxygen level or osmotic conditions. Adaptations needed by mammals living in aquatic versus hot and dry terrestrial habitats. Adjustment of animal physiology to fluctuating environmental conditions by short and long-term biological rhythms.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, course every even numbered year or book exam every year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced Conservation Biology
Themes covered include e.g. ecological and genetic effects of habitat loss and fragmentation, connectivity, inbreeding depression and hybridization. Students pick their own topics for more detailed examination and presentation to others.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2021 - 09.01.2022
Teaching period: 10.01.2022 - 04.03.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced course in bioinformatics
The main objective of this course is to learn to utilize modern genetic sequencing data. The exact content will depend on the varying teachers expertise and could include for example demographic inference based on DNA sequencing data, analysis of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data or population genetic analyses of reduced representation sequencing data. Students will learn sequencing data quality control, filtering, processing and manipulation as well as utilizing the supercomputing resources and parallelization.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.01.2023 - 21.03.2023
Teaching period: 28.03.2023 - 30.05.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced course in GIS
The major themes of the course include network analyses, raster analyses, 3D analyses and visualization, and spatial-statistical analyses, used for the examination of spatial relationships and detection of clusters. In addition, students are introduced to the basics of GIS automation. Geodata related to both physical geography and human geography are used in the exercises, with an emphasis on the diverse nature of the applications.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Geography - Geoinformatics Minor/Geography - Geography Minor Subject/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher, Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 12.09.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 14.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced Course on Environmental Data Mining
Basic concepts of classification and time-series modeling and the use of the modeling methods needed.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 07.02.2023
Teaching period: 14.02.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Advanced Course on International Environmental Law
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: The Sea
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced Evolutionary Biology
Topics include the basic mechanisms of microevolution: selection, inheritance, and development. Basic concepts of evolutionary processes, such as phenotypic plasticity and sexual and genomic conflict. Macroevolutionary processes such as speciation and extinction. Coevolution and evolutionary medicine. Ecological aspects related to the diversity of life, as well as ecological processes affecting evolution. Evolutionary aspects underlying animal behavior such as game theory, cooperation, mating systems and parental care.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.08.2022
Teaching period: 02.09.2022 - 18.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced identification in animals
Independent learning of Finnish species of a selected animal group (e.g. fishes; birds; mammals; a group of invertebrates) as well as learning of their biology, distribution and the red book status.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced identification of plant species I
Advanced identification of the vascular plants of Finland by using herbarium samples.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced identification of plant species II
Identification using herbarium specimens of systematically or ecologically limited groups: Aquatic plants, forest plants, meadow plants, peatland plants, fell plants and species of primeval forest.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced invertebrate identification
Course on the identification of invertebrate animals, which deepens students’ knowledge on the structure, evolution and ecology of terrestrial organisms. Identification of preserved samples is trained in the laboratory by using identification keys.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Swedish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Advanced methods in aquatic science
Stable isotopes analysis (SIA) is a technique finding wide application in ecological and environmental research. This course introduces the principles of SIA and illustrates its application through case studies and modelling exercises. The emphasis is on examples from aquatic studies. Students will also gain practical experience of sample preparation and analysis through a class exercise, computer models and interpretation through group work on case studies.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 24.10.2022
Teaching period: 07.11.2022 - 14.12.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2020, 2022,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Advanced methods in limnology and fish biology
Theory and implementation of field and laboratory methods of limnology and fish biology, maintenance and handling of aquatic organisms in laboratory, experimental research, statistical data analysis, research ethics, precision and accuracy of measurements, safety protocols in field and laboratory work.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 17.04.2023
Teaching period: 02.05.2023 - 24.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Advanced population ecology
Methods that rely on individual based data of marked animals (e.g. bird ringing) or plants to estimate and model different demographic rates.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 17.01.2022
Teaching period: 10.01.2022 - 21.04.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Advanced species identification
Course on varying groups of organisms, which in turn deepens students’ knowledge on the structure, evolution and ecology of certain taxonomic group. Identification of samples is practiced both in the laboratory and in the field. The use of identification keys is also practiced. More detailed information on the content of each course session is given in the syllabus. The courses are organized on invertebrates, vertebrates, vascular plants, mosses, mushrooms and polypores.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 26.08.2022
Teaching period: 02.08.2022- 29.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project, field course and laboratory work
Advanced species identification: Fungi
Perussienikurssi, jossa perehdytään suursienten (pääasiassa helttasienet ja tatit) lajintuntemukseen. Pääpaino kurssilla on eri sienisukujen ja -lajien opettelussa, mutta kurssilla käydään läpi myös sienten ekologiaa ja talouskäyttöä.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Advanced species identification: Polypores
Identification, conservation and ecology of polypores and other wood-inhabiting fungi.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 26.09.2022 - 30.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Advanced Taxonomic Collection
Electronic or traditional collection of organisms. Basic knowledge of sampling, preserving and documenting samples.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Advanced topics in aquatic science
An advanced course focusing on topical ecological, social and economic aspects of aquatic science.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Not every year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Agricultural Ecology
Eliöiden resurssivaatimukset; elinympäristöt ja biomit; populaatioiden kasvuun vaikuttavat perusprosessit; lajienväliset vuorovaikutukset; biodiversiteetin käsite; ekosysteemin rakenne ja toiminta; ihminen maatalousekosysteemin lajina, luonnonsuojelubiologia.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Agricultural Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 07.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 04.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Agricultural policy, environment and rural areas
Kurssilla käydään läpi mm. ympäristöohjauksen teoriaa, maatalouspolitiikan ja ympäristöpolitiikan yhteyksiä, aluekehityksen teoriaa sekä EU:n yhteisen maatalouspolitiikan ns. II pilarin keinoja ja tavoitteita.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/and Food Economics/Agricultural Sciences
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 07.10.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 20.12.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Agriculture and Environment
History of agriculture. Agriculture and global food demand. Local food systems and environmental effect of food transport. Introduction to different agricultural soils globally and their properties. Effect of agricultural practices on environment (e.g. soil, water, atmosphere, species habitat, biodiversity) and possibilities of sustainable agriculture.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 07.09.2022
Teaching period: 14.09.2022 - 23.11.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course
Analytical instruments
Physiological role of lipids for organisms, how phylogeny of microbes can be identified by using biochemical biomarkers, basics of quantitative analytical chemistry, solving numerical analytical problems, basics of proteomics and how it can be utilized, operating principles of analytical instruments.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 15.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 28.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Animal and Plant Diversity
Under demonstrationerna ges en allmän bild över Finlands fauna och flora, och praktisk användning av artnycklar vid artbestämningen gås igenom. Information om djurens och växternas särdrag, biotoper och ekologi ges. För vertebraternas del görs bestämningar till artnivå, ifråga om evertebrater bestäms organismerna till familje- eller ordningsnivå.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 06.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 22.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Animal and Plants: Structure and Function
Kurssilla perehdytään eläin- ja kasvikunnan monimuotoisuuteen, kehityshistoriaan sekä eläin- ja kasviryhmien luokittelun perusteisiin.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 16.08.2022 - 08.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 20.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Anthropogenic selection pressures
About the kind of selection pressures human activity can cause to natural populations. The goal is to learn to apply evolutionary theory to practical conservation and environmental problems. We will handle various human induced selection pressures and how wild plant and animal populations response to this selection. We will for example handle e.g. fishing and hunting selection, ionization, urbanization, domestication and problems in re-introduction, invasive species, intensive farming, pesticide/toxin/heavy medal selection and GMO.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 16.12.2022
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 30.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Applied Biogeography
Use of biogeographical perspective, concepts and methods in many types of practical situations - for example, the utilization of natural resources, EIA, landscape management and nature conservation planning.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Geography
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 01.03.2023
Teaching period: 10.03.2023 - 28.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Applied Bioinformatics
Practical introduction to data, methods and computing important to bioresearch.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology/Molecular Systems Biology (UTU)/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject (Åbo)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Swedish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 23.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Applied Geospatial and Earth Observation Methods
Thematic modules which combine geospatial and earth observation data and processing methods with a set of real-world applications. Understanding of geospatial and Earth observation methods in the context of different environmental and societal applications.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 20.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Applied Introduction to Ecology
Målet med kursen är att nya studerande inom miljö- och marinbiologi ska bli bekanta med sitt huvudämne. Detta görs genom praktiska övningar med provtagning i fält, där studerandena får en inblick i hur data insamlat med olika metoder kan utnyttjas och även användas som underlag för senare projektarbeten som görs i grupp.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 19.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Aquatic ecology field course
Basics of freshwater ecology. Demonstrations of the most frequently-used biological sampling methods. Identification of the most common freshwater fishes, invertebrates and zooplankton.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.03.2023 - 24.04.2023
Teaching period: 24.04.2023 - 07.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Aquatic ecosystems
Comprehensive overview about aquatic ecosystems and their drivers, types of ecosystems and contemporary challenges related to environmental changes and ecosystem-based fisheries management, as well as structure and dynamics of food webs.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 30.01.2023
Teaching period: 20.02.2023 - 24.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Aquatic parasites and diseases
Main groups (Phyla) of aquatic parasites and their life cycles, occurrence and distribution, and harm caused by those parasites in natural habitats and aquaculture conditions. Most important bacterial, viral and fungal diseases and their effects in natural habitats and in aquaculture. Transmission and spreading mechanisms of the above parasites and diseases, and their control strategies. Identification of the main groups of aquatic parasites and their typical morphological structures. Identification of macroscopic parasites from a fresh sample. How to culture bacteria and basics of the identification of bacterial diseases.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 08.09.2022
Teaching period: 27.09.2022 - 17.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Aquatic Species Identification
Vesieliöiden pääryhmien taksonomia (kasviplankton, eläinplankton, pohjaeläimet, kalat ja makrofyytit).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 24.10.2022 - 02.12.2022
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 03.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
ArcGIS e-Learning Course
Geospatial methods and tools available in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online. Study modules include topics such as remote sensing and image processing, managing raster data sets, 3D modelling and analysis, network analysis and performing raster analysis, as few examples.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 02.07.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic and Human Beings
Broad outlines of human history in Arctic, as well as environmental history since the end of the ice age. Socio-ecological systems in especially Fennoscandia and Barents area from the past to the present. Human resource use in the north as well as how cultures and languages have adapted to northern conditions, and what the present situation is. During the course the future conditions in the Arctic are critically assessed, as well as what this means for human living there and their environment.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 12.12.2022 - 16.01.2023
Teaching period: 19.01.2023 - 11.05.2023, every other year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic climate change
Past, present and future climatic changes in the Arctic and its impacts on various ecosystems and landscape elements using topical examples and comprehensive scientific literature. The course deals with terrestrial, aquatic and marine realms and introduces several research approaches in a frame of critical thinking.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability/Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Changes at Higher Latitudes/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.09.2022 - 30.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 14.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic Ecosystems and Adaptation of Species to Arctic Environment
The evolution and distribution of tundra and boreal forest ecosystems, emphasizing vegetation, plant-animal interactions and natural and anthropogenic disturbance patterns and processes. Processes and global interactions that affect marine productivity and biodiversity, interactions between marine and terrestrial ecosystems and threats to Arctic marine life. Morphological, physiological and behavioural adaptations of plants and/or animals to the northern environment with basic information on evolution, natural selection and challenges of climate change. Characteristics and evolution of seasonal snow cover.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: YTK - Arctic Studies Programme - Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 12.09.2022
Teaching period: 19.09.2022 - 13.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic Environmental History
Arktisen alueen historia on kytkeytynyt alueen haastaviin ilmastollisiin olosuhteisiin. Alueen kasvi- ja eläinlajit sekä alkuperäiskansat sopeutuivat elämään alhaisten lämpötilojen, lyhyen kasvukauden ja ankarien talvien oloissa. Haastavat ilmastolliset olosuhteet ja toisaalta etenevä ilmastonmuutos vaikuttavat myös nykyajan Arktisen alueen kulttuureihin, talouteen ja luontoon. Arktinen ympäristöhistoria -opintojaksolla tutustutaan alueen monisyiseen historiaan esihistorialliselta ajalta alkaen, alueen kulttuurien ja taloudellisen toiminnan luontoperustaisuuteen sekä alueella vaikuttaneisiin ja vaikuttaviin, ajoittain ristiriitaisiin intresseihin luonnonvarojen hallinnasta ja käytöstä.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic Governance and Law
Significance of Environmental Law in the Arctic. International regulations and cases applicable to the Arctic. Evolution of United Nations Climate Regime (including UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement) and the obligations of Arctic states towards them. The history of the international law of the sea and the contemporary legal regime governing maritime areas in the Arctic. The multilevel governance of the extraction of Arctic living and non-living resources. The institutions of Arctic cooperation and their modes of functioning. Arctic Council cooperation – a new course in uncertain time.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: YTK - Arctic Studies Programme - Minor Subject
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Teaching period: 07.11.2022 - 17.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic Indigenous Governance
The course will explore key ideas, debates, themes and perspectives concerning Indigenous governance and the rights of Indigenous peoples. Seminar discussions will be structured around such topics as: relations between Indigenous peoples and settler governments; contrasting alternate understandings of sovereignty, land, governance and citizenship; international and domestic law; gender relations; and visions of decolonization.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Arktinen maailmanpolitiikka, Yhteiskuntatieteiden maisterin tutkinto
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Arctic: Home for people and animals
Lectures focus on the case studies materials (video- and photo records) from Finnish Lapland and allow getting different perspectives on animal behaviour in wildness, within their own herd/group, and with the other species or/and humans. Case studies cover the following themes: ecology of life and niche construction theory, animal learning processes and seasonal behaviour, predator-prey relationship as well as human-animal cooperation, empathy, slaughtering.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: YTK - Arctic Studies Programme - Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 22.11.2022
Teaching period: 29.11.2022 - 30.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Assessment and monitoring of surface waters
Legislative oblibgations, principles and practices of surface water status assessment and monitoring. Targets and obligations of management, with special reference to EU.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 23.01.2023 - 08.02.2023, 09.02.2023 - 17.02.2023, 23.01.2023 - 17.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Assessment and monitoring of the ecological status of water bodies
Basic knowledge on the theoretical and practical methods of typology, ecological status assessment, classification and biomonitoring of rivers and lakes.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Arranged if resources allow
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Baltic Sea Ecosystems
Ecological features of the Baltic Sea, biodiversity patterns and key habitats. Linkages between structure and function and between environmental threats and management. Topics of interest: biodiversity in soft sediment and rocky shore communities, invasive species, ecotoxicology, planktonic communities, soft bottom benthos, blue mussel reefs, the Zostera ecosystem, the Fucus ecosystem, ice communities, sediment biogeochemistry and conservation & management.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology (Åbo)/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (UTU)
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.06.2021 - 27.10.2021
Teaching period: 01.11.2021 - 23.12.2021, available in 2022-2024, in alternance with the coure "Macrophyte Ecology"
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Baltic Sea Environment
Characteristics, water quality and circulation, ecology, eutrophication and chemical contaminants. Ways to improve the situation and future of the Baltic Sea.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Basic studies in Hydrobiology/Basic and Subject Studies in Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies/Basic and Subject Studies for Sustainable Future
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 16.01.2023
Teaching period: 30.01.2023 - 06.03.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (lecture course) and every even numbered year in spring (self-study option)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basic Course in Oceanography
Fysikaalisen meritieteen historia, merialueet ja merten topografia, meriveden fysikaaliset ominaisuudet ja merten suolaisuus- ja lämpötilaolot, merten lämpötalous, optiikka ja akustiikka, merten dynamiikka ja aaltoliiketyypit meressä, merijään ominaisuudet ja esiintyminen, havaintomenetelmät merellisissä olosuhteissa, Itämeren fysikaaliset ominaisuudet ja ilmaston muutoksen vaikutukset Itämereen.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Physical Sciences/Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Changes at Higher Latitudes
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 16.10.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 28.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basic Course in Statistics
Basic concepts, introduction to gathering data: sampling methods and designing experiments, describing data using tables, graphs and statistics, testing proportions, expected values and independence, basics of variance and regression analysis.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Basic Course on Qualitative Research Methods
This course familiarizes students with planning and making research, and formulating research questions in qualitative research tradition.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 28.10.2022
Teaching period: 04.11.2022 - 25.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basic Ecology
Eliöiden levinneisyyteen ja runsauteen vaikuttavat tekijät populaation, eliöyhteisön, ekosysteemin ja globaalilla tasolla. Levittäytyminen, levinneisyyden kemialliset ja fysikaaliset rajat, populaation rakenne ja dynamiikka, lajienväliset suhteet, ravintoverkot ja niiden dynamiikka, perustuotanto ja sen säätely, ravinnekierrot ja energian virta. Biologinen monimuotoisuus ja sen vaihtelu paikallisesti ja maapallolla.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 28.08.2022
Teaching period: 30.08.2022 - 03.11.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basic Environmental Law
Opiskelijalle annetaan systemaattinen kokonaiskuva ympäristönsuojelua ja sen hallintoa koskevista oikeusjärjestyksen osista. Opiskelija perehdytetään ympäristönsuojeluoikeuden rakenteeseen ja hänelle annetaan perustiedot siihen kuuluvan sääntelyn osa-alueista.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 30.01.2023 - 26.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Basic Genetics
Tarkastellaan geenien ja genomien rakennetta, toimintaa ja säätelyä eri organismeilla. Tutustutaan solunjakautumisiin, periytymisen lakeihin risteytysten ja sukupuiden kautta, sekä perehdytään fenotyypin taustalla olevien geneettisten ja ympäristötekijöiden tekijöiden tutkimiseen. Perehdytään tärkeimpiin tutkimuksessa käytettäviin menetelmiin. Tutustutaan geneettisen muuntelun syntytapoihin ja merkitykseen yksilöille ja populaatioille, sekä tarkastellaan evoluutiovoimien vaikutusta muuntelun aina lajiutumiseen asti.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.10.2022
Teaching period: 11.10.2022 - 02.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Teacher Training)
Eliöiden levinneisyyteen ja runsauteen vaikuttavat tekijät sekä eliöiden keskinäisten suhteiden ja muiden ympäristötekijöiden vaikutus yksilötasolta ekosysteemitasolle; ravintoverkot, perustuotanto, ravinnekierrot ja energian virta. Luonnonvalinta ja sen eri muodot sekä muut evoluutiovoimat. Mikroevoluutio, lajiutuminen ja makroevoluutio.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 25.08.2022, 05.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023, 29.08.2022 - 31.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics in forest ecology and management: forest ecology and silviculture
Metsien ekologian perusteet, kasvupaikkaluokitus, metsänhoitomenetelmät, keskeinen metsälainsäädäntö, puuaineen ominaisuudet.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 16.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics in forest ecology and management: forest resource management
Metsävarojen hallintaan liittyvän tilastotieteen perusteet, puu- ja metsikkötunnuksiin liittyvät käsitteet, puiden ja metsiköiden mittaaminen, laajojen metsäalueiden kartoituksen menetelmät, metsävarojen inventointi ja metsäsuunnittelu.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 01.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics in forest entomology
Kurssilla perehdytään maamme tärkeimpiin metsätuholaisiin, niiden tunnistamiseen, runsaudenvaihteluun, merkitykseen ja torjuntaan sekä hyödyllisiin ja yleisiin metsähyönteisiin. Lisäksi käsitellään metsätuhojen syntymisen syitä ja seuraustuhoja sekä metsien kestävyyttä ja palautuvuutta tuhoista.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 18.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics in forest pathology
Puiden tärkeimmät taudit ja niiden torjunta. Sienten ja metsäpuiden vuorovaikutus.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 07.10.2022 - 27.10.2022
Teaching period: 03.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Basics in Wildlife management
Kurssi käsittää pääpiirteiset tiedot riistaeläinten ekologiasta sekä elinympäristöjen hoidon ja riistaeläinten metsästyksen perusteista. Keskeisiä aiheita ovat riistaeläinten levinneisyys, elinympäristöt ja niiden kantokyky, kantojen säätely ja kannanvaihtelut.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of Aquatic Sciences
Vesiekosysteemien perusrakenne, vesiekosysteemien biologiset, fysikaaliset ja kemialliset säätelymekanismit, vesien eliöyhteisöt.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 09.09.2022
Teaching period: 14.09.2022 - 14.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of bioinformatics
Searching DNA and protein sequences and information connected to the sequences from various databases, genome structure and sequence-based gene prediction and annotation, sequence alignment, introduction to next-generation sequencing techniques.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 30.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of biometeorology
The physical environment (light, wind, temperature, humidity) and its impacts on ecophysiological processes in ecosystems (mainly forests), and vice versa; how forests affect their physical environment. The course includes aspects of physiological ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, and transfer of momentum, energy and material (water, CO2, and atmospheric trace gases) between vegetation and the atmosphere. It also includes basics of bioclimatology and extreme events affecting ecosystems. Models, instrumentation and measurements, associated with the study of plant biometeorology, are also introduced.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Changes at Higher Latitudes
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 21.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of Ecology
Population ecology, community ecology, conservation biology.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Basic and intermediate studies in Biology (minor)/Basic studies in Environmental Science and Biology (minor)/Basic and Subject Studies for Sustainable Future
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 03.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Basics of Ecology
Luennoilla käsitellään eliöiden levinneisyyteen ja runsauteen vaikuttavat tekijät populaation, eliöyhteisön, ekosysteemin ja globaalilla tasolla: levittäytyminen, levinneisyyden kemialliset ja fysikaaliset rajat, populaation rakenne ja dynamiikka, lajienväliset suhteet, ravintoverkot ja niiden dynamiikka, perustuotanto ja sen säätely, ravinnekierrot ja energian virta. Aiheena on myös biologinen monimuotoisuus ja sen vaihtelu paikallisesti ja maapallolla.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 25.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 23.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Basics of ecology
The course gives a student a basic idea about ecological interactions in individual-, population-, community- and ecosystem levels. In individual level the focus is on environmental demands of plants and animals. In population level the birth- and death rate of age groups and their effect on population growth is focused. In interactions between different species the emphasis is on how the competition between species leads to differentiation of niches. Predation is viewed as the regulatory effect on the population dynamics of prey populations. In community level the biodiversity and the patterns of succession are the main questions. In ecosystem level the emphasis is on energy flows and nutrient cycling. Evolution and adaptation are important in different fields of ecology.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher/Sustainable Development/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 19.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of Ecotoxicology
Kurssin suoritettuaan opiskelijalla on selkeä käsitys siitä, miten ympäristön kemikalisoituminen vaikuttaa eliöihin ja ekosysteemeihin sekä tärkeimmistä ympäristöön pääsevistä aineista.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 16.09.2022 - 05.03.2023
Teaching period: 16.09.2022 - 05.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Basics of fisheries science
Taloudellisen, sosiaalisen ja ekologisen kestävyyden tarkastelu tapahtuu esimerkkitapauksina, joiden kautta havainnollistetaan esim. kalastuksen ohjauksen epäonnistumisia ja onnistumisia.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 12.09.2022
Teaching period: 26.09.2022 - 25.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of Genetics
Luennoilla käsitellään perinnöllisen informaation kemiallinen perusta (mm. DNA, RNA), toimintamekanismit ja toiminnan säätely, esitellään yleiskuva moderneista molekyylimenetelmistä, käydään läpi solunjakautumisten vaiheet ja merkitys, geenien ja genomien organisaatio ja muutokset, periytymisen peruslait, risteytykset, sukupuut, fenotyyppinen muuntelu, sen geneettinen tausta, tutkimustavat, ja heritabiliteetti sekä lajiutuminen ja evoluutiomekanismit.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 03.10.2022
Teaching period: 11.10.2022 - 02.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Basics of Geoinformatics
Digital maps and geographic information in general. Basic principles of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their use in analyzing geographic information, remote sensing data sets and other spatial data. Examples of applications of GIS. Global Navigation Support Systems (GNSSs), and differential correction methods. A short introduction to spatial statistics methods, including spatial interpolation. A few computer applications are introduced on the course, including ArcGIS programs.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 30.07.2022 - 31.08.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 12.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of Nature Consulting
Luontoinventointien tarve ja tilaajat, suojelubiologinen lähtökohta, luonnonsuojelun lainsäädäntö, luontotiedon eri lähteet, ryhmäkohtaiset inventointimenetelmät ja raportin laatiminen.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.04.2023
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 30.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Basics of Statistics
Terminology of statistics. Different types of quantitative studies. Types of variables. Data matrix. How to describe data with graphics, frequency tables and numbers? Basics of probability distributions, sample measures and statistical inference. How to investigate associations and dependencies between variables? How to compare groups? How to interpret results? Good way of reporting results.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)/MDP in Biosciences, Molecular Systems Biology (MSc)/Doctoral Programme in Biology, Geography and Geology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.10.2022 - 04.12.2022
Teaching period: 12.12.2022 - 14.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Basics of the scientific research
Luonnonilmiöiden ja -eliöiden havainnointi, tunnistaminen ja tutkiminen niiden aidossa ympäristössä ja laboratoriossa. Tutkimuksen raportointi ja arviointi.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Luokanopettaja, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Kestävyys- ja luontokasvatus, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 27.04.2023, 01.12.2022 - 08.05.2023
Teaching period: 04.05.2023 - 05.05.2023, 15.05.2023 - 16.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Basics on Identification of Bryophyte Species
Introduction to bryophyte ecology, phylogeny and morphology. Practicals on species identification (ca. 100 common Finnish bryophyte species) and field excursions, and independent work on fresh specimens.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.05.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 23.09.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Behavioural Ecology
Mating systems, sexual selection, foraging theory, social behaviour, cooperation, altruism, and the importance of individual differences in behaviour. The course also addresses how human-caused changes in the environment affect behaviour of organisms. Case studies from both aquatic and terrestrial systems.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology (Åbo)/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (UTU)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 10.09.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 30.11.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biocultural approaches to the environment and conservation
Ethnography, ethnoecology, and biosciences in approaching biocultural diversity, Indigenous peoples’ environmental knowledge and values, as well as relationality between human and nonhuman actors. Relationality between human and nonhuman actors and environmental values. Changes in Indigenous peoples’ human–environment collectives. New ways of approaching environmental conflicts.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability/Finnish and Finno-Ugrian Languages and Cultures
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 04.10.2022 - 24.10.2022
Teaching period: 24.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biodiversity
Mechanisms involved in the evolution of biodiversity at a local and global scale. At the center is the theory of evolution, as well as the mechanisms that affect ecological communities. The course provides an overview of the various manifestations of diversity, such as morphology, functioning and life cycles, as well as taxonomic diversity.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment/Basic Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 26.09.2022
Teaching period: 10.10.2022 - 13.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Biodiversity in Urban Environments
The lecturer introduces the concept of stability, including resilience and resistance, in biological communities to perturbation, and how this may differ from more natural environments. Characteristics of species that are either vulnerable to, or benefit from urbanisation will be discussed. The consequences of losing various types of species in the community (due to urbanisation) will be tackled. The importance of public knowledge and participation to conserve biodiversity in the city and nature in general, will wrap up this course.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 08.03.2023
Teaching period: 15.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biodiversity.now A
General multidisciplinary information on biodiversity crises and the concept of biodiversity. Threats to and protecting biodiversity together with related topical discussions.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 15.05.2023
Teaching period: 02.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biodiversity.now B
Deeper understanding about biodiversity, gives examples from Finnish nature, teaches group working skills and critical thinking and provide opportunities for sharing knowledge and networking.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Autumn 2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biogeochemistry
Introduction to biogeochemistry & origins, the atmosphere, the lithosphere, the terrestrial ecosystems I, the terrestrial ecosystems II, wetlands, inland waters, the oceans, the water cycle, the carbon cycle, the cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus, the cycles of sulfur and mercury.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 31.08.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 13.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biogeography
Luennolla käsitellään mm. seuraavia aiheita: elämän synty ja biologinen evoluutio, mannerliikuntojen eliömaantieteellinen merkitys, lämpimien ja viileiden alueiden biomit, ekosysteemin rakenne ja toiminta, maaperä ja maannostuminen, Fennoskandian eliömaantieteelliset erityispiirteet, lajirikkaus, maisemaekologian perusteet ja akvaattisen ympäristön biogeografia.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Geography/Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 05.08.2022 - 23.10.2022
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biogeography
A comprehensive view of biogeography on a global scale. Includes all the key subfields of biogeography such as the history of biogeography, ecological biogeography, distribution patterns and biodiversity, and island biogeography and metapopulation theory.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biogeography
The course introduces basic models and theories of distribution of organisms in the environment, offering historical, evolutionary, geographical, climatic and ecological explanations. It also introduces research methods used in biogeography and offers understanding on human impact on distributions and a special part of distributions of biota in Finland.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 30.10.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biogeography and climate change
Efter avslutad kurs förväntas den studerande kunna beskriva växt-och djurgeografiska förhållanden, värdet av biologisk mångfald, analysera faktorer som påverkar utbredningsområden, förklara klimatförändringar och inverkan på biogeografiska aspekter.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Teaching period: 09.03.2023 - 04.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Biogeography and macroecology
Biogeografian ja makroekologia tieteenaloina, lajien levinneisyys, biomit, historiallinen eliömaantiede, saarieliömaantiede, lajimäärägradientit, makroekologian teoriat ja eliömaantieteen säännöt, globaalimuutos.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Geography
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 03.10.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 07.12.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biological and microbiological indoor environment
The lectures cover the biology of the built environment, which includes microbes (bacteria, protozoa, fungi), viruses and insects, and their identification and growing conditions. Methods of measurement and sampling. Interpretation of the measurement results. Reporting and information on results.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.01.2023 - 25.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 27.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biological Data Analysis: Linear Models
Kurssin luennoilla ja mikroluokkaharjoituksissa esitellään otanta- ja koesuunnitteluteoriaa oikeita tutkimustilanteita painottaen ja opetellaan sekä teoriassa että käytännössä erilaisten lineaaristen mallien (mm. regressio, ANOVA/ANCOVA, lineaarinen sekamalli, yleistetty lineaarinen sekamalli, logistinen regressio) käyttöä biologisten aineistojen analysointiin ja tilastolliseen mallintamiseen.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 20.10.2022
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 16.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biological Data Analysis: Multivariate Models
Kurssilla esitellään otosyksiköiden samankaltaisuuksien ja erojen mittaamisen periaatteet, tavallisimmat vertailuindeksit, aineiston havainnollistaminen ordinaation (PCA, PCoA, NMDS, RDA) ja luokittelun avulla sekä vertailumatriisien välisen korrelaation testaaminen. Esimerkit liittyvät erityisesti yhteisöekologiaan ja genetiikkaan.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.07.2022 - 28.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 24.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Bioportfolio: Garden Plants
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Bioportfolio: Optional Organism Group
Studenten kan artbestämma arter (90 - 100 arter i en organismgrupp som är valbar enligt överenskommelse. Studenten kan även välja färdiga artuppsättningar att tentera, såsom fågelläten (ljudfiler) och svampar.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Biotopes
Perehdytään kasvillisuustyyppien luokittelun teoriaan ja luokitellaan kasvillisuustyyppejä maastossa. Pääpaino opetuksessa on maastoharjoittelulla ja maastossa tapahtuvalla opetuksella. Kurssilla käydään läpi kaikki kasvipeitteiseen maanpinnan kasvillisuustyypit, mutta pääpaino kurssilla on metsätyyppien, perinnebiotoppien ja suotyyppien luokittelussa.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.05.2022 - 13.06.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 -15.09.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Bird ecology and conservation
Bird diversity survey methods, bird census and survey techniques, breeding biology, birds in the hand, estimating survival and movement, radio-tagging, migration, information from dead and dying birds, techniques in physiology and genetics, diet and foraging behavior, habitat assessment, conservation management of endangered birds, exploitation, and habitat management. Birds are the taxonomic reference group, but the point of view concerning theories and terminology is general ecology.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2021 - 15.10.2021
Teaching period: 03.11.2021 - 07.02.2022, arranged if resources allow every second year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Bird ringing
Theoretical and practical aspects of bird ringing.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 03.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Boreal winter ecology
Dynamics in physical and biotic environment in boreal and subarctic winter. Individual and population level adaptation to cold environment. Effects of climate change on individuals and populations.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: Until 07.01.2023
Teaching period: 20.02.2023 - 24.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Botanical collection and digital herbarium
Preparation of a personal Digital and/or physical herbarium collection (including labels, collection information e.g. coordinates) and identification of plant specimens. The collection may contain solely vascular plants in combination or together with moss and lichen specimens.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 30.09.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Botanical collection and digital herbarium
Preparation of a personal Digital and/or physical herbarium collection (including labels, collection information e.g. coordinates) and identification of plant specimens.The collection may contain solely vascular plants in combination or together with moss and lichen specimens.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 17.05.2022
Teaching period: 10.05.2022 - 30.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Cartography with GIS
Studeranden får grundläggande insikter i kartografi och grunderna i geografiska informationssystem (GIS) och kan skapa egna GIS-projekt samt importera, behandla, kombinera och visualisera lägesdata. Huvudprogramvaran i kursen är gratisprogrammet QGIS 3.2, men en introduktion till ArcGIS ges också.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Teaching period: 20.10.2021 - 08.12.2021, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Causal models
Kurssi käsittelee kausaalisuhteiden mallintamista, kausaalipäättelyä ja kausaalivaikutusten estimointia.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 17.10.2022
Teaching period: 25.10.2022 - 18.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Chemical Ecology
The functions and biochemistry of plant volatiles. The environmental impact of plant volatiles and atmospheric reactions between BVOCs and pollutants. Plant defences against herbivores and volatile-mediated multitrophic interactions. The ecology of plant communication with their insect community. Mechanisms of plant-plant interactions. Methods for sampling and analyzing plant VOCs. Methods for observing and interpreting insect behaviour. Practical applications of chemical ecology.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Climate change
Climate system and change, the impacts of climate change in ecosystems and societies, mitigation and adaptation measures.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 29.04.2023
Teaching period: 31.08.2022 - 26.05.2023 (online teaching), 05.09.2022 - 29.05.2023 (Seminar)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region
Course introduction and why we teach climate change. The Baltic Sea Region's climate system. Climate change observed in the Baltic Sea Region. Climate projections. Ecological impacts of climate change. Socio-economic impacts of climate change. Preventing and mitigating climate change. Transitioning to climate change economics. Climate change politics and governance. Social transformation and life style changes.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: Before 12.02.2023
Teaching period: 22.02.2023 - 12.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Clustering, Classification and Regression Methods
Kurssilla käsitellään keskeisiä aineiston ryhmittelymenetelmiä ja niihin liittyvien tulosten validointia, keskeisiä luokittelumenetelmiä ja niiden tulosten validointia sekä muutamia jatkuvan vasteen ei-lineaarisia regressiomenetelmiä ajan salliessa. Kurssi painottuu aineiston analysointiin.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Coastal ecology
Opintojakson suoritettuaan opiskelija osaa tunnistaa Itämeren rannikkoalueiden keskeiset elinympäristöt, määritellä murtovesiluonnon erityispiirteet, arvioida perusbiologisen tutkimuksen merkityksen Itämeren tilan ilmentäjänä, soveltaa ekologista teoriaa murtovesiluonnon lajistoon, käyttää Itämeren tutkimukseen liittyviä keskeisiä tutkimusmenetelmiä, ottaa näytteitä Itämeren eri elinympäristöistä, käsitellä ja määrittää näytteiden lajit ja koostaa niistä tulokset.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2022 - 29.04.2022
Teaching period: 08.08.2022 - 13.08.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Community and Ecosystem Ecology
Luennoilla käsitellään eliöyhteisöjen rakennetta ja toimintaa, diversiteettiä, sukkessiota ja yhteisöjen vakautta sääteleviä tekijöitä sekä aineen ja energian virtaa ja ihmisen vaikutuksia ekosysteemeissä.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 10.01.2023
Teaching period: 11.01.2023 - 08.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Community and ecosystem ecology
This course focuses on ecosystem processes, trophic dynamics and how diversity is created and maintained in ecosystems and how diversity and ecosystem function interact. Basic network architecture analysis is introduced.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 16.12.2022
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 14.02.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Community Ecology
Community-scale properties and phenomena, such as species composition, diversity, compositional turnover, succession, facilitation, competition, niche separation, assembly rules, guild separation, etc. Linkages of community dynamics scaling down to population, individual and molecular level, as well as up to ecosystem level are approached. The course gives students abilities to plan and conduct ecological research using field exploration and experiments.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 19.09.2022 - 13.12.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Community ecology
Effects of biotic (e.g. interspecific competition, predation) and abiotic (e.g. environmental disturbances) factors on the structure of communities, temporal and spatial variation of community structure and species richness at different scales, detection of human impacts on biotic communities, macroecological phenomena.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 05.03.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 31.05.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Computational Statistics
The course gives basic abilities in processing and analyzing data with a statistical computer program (SPSS). After completion of the course the student is able to use questionnaire as a method to collect data, type data as a matrix, explain the meaning of measurement levels of the variables, calculate frequency distributions and suitable statistics to describe them, cross tabulate variables or calculate correlation coefficients, transform variables.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 02.12.2020 - 31.12.2020
Teaching period: 12.01.2021 - 09.02.2021
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Conservation and conservation biology
History of conservation and threats to the biodiversity. The value of biodiversity and factors that affect these values. Conservation biology of populations and habitats and conservation management. Interest conflicts between society and conservation biology and potential solutions for conservation.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 26.09.2022
Teaching period: 10.10.2022 - 02.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Conservation Biology
Global extinction patterns, consequences of small population size, species invasions, habitat and population fragmentation and conservation planning.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Conservation
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 03.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Conservation Genetics
Genetic methods to help conserve endangered species and populations. Basic population genetics theory as applied to finite and particularly to small populations. Critically reading and reporting on current conservation genetics literature. Literature-based project.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 03.10.2022 - 24.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 01.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Conservation of biodiversity
Biodiversity and its components. Major theories of the ecological control of biodiversity. Habitat fragmentation and habitat destruction and their consequences. Metapopulation theory and networks of nature reserves. Current issues in the conservation of biodiversity.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher/Sustainable Development/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject/Geography - Tourism Studies
Category: Conservation
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 22.03.2022
Teaching period: 15.03.2022 - 31.05.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Contemporary evolution and behavioural ecology
Theory and research methods of contemporary evolution with examples from fishing, hunting, adaptation to climate chance and environmental pollutants, and rapid evolution of antibiotic resistance and virulence in human and animal pathogens.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Every odd numberd year in autumn (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Cultural Ecology
Knowledge of the relationship between human beings and the environment in different times in different surroundings.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish/English
Enrolment period: 16.05.2022 - 30.04.2023
Teaching period: 01.09.2022 - 31.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Current topics in ecological change research
Introduction to ecological change. Measuring and quantifying biodiversity. Biodiversity and global change (part 1): Adaptation. Biodiversity and global change (part 2): Range shifts. Invasive and non-native species. Phenological changes.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Integrative Plant Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 03.10.2022 - 25.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Current topics in evolutionary genetics
Topic is announced at the beginning of the academic year when the course is offered. The course teaches the students to use bioinformatics methods to analyse genetic and genomics data, so that they can understand processes affecting genetic diversity in wild populations. The course focuses on using variation in DNA sequences / genomes to understand selection pressures in wild populations.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 13.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 21.04.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Data and measuring
Data, variables and measurements. Description of data (for one variable and two variables) using statistics of location, variation and dependence. The basics of probability calculation. Theoretical probability distributions.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 17.10.2022 (lectures), 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (online teaching)
Teaching period: 25.10.2022 - 29.12.2022 (lectures), 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (online teaching)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Debates in Conservation Biology
The course focuses on controversial conservation issues, where different groups of people may have conflicting priorities. We consider topics relevant in different kinds of social and economic circumstances in different parts of the world. The course also introduces some basic theory and exercises on negotiation skills.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 20.03.2023
Teaching period: 27.03.2023 - 18.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Design of Ecological and Environmental Experiments
This course focusses on the steps required to design an experiment that can be conducted to test a hypothesis in any discipline, but with a focus on ecological and environmental sciences.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 27.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Design of Experiment
Opintojaksolla tutustutaan tieteellisten kokeiden suunnittelun yleisiin periaatteisiin, jotka ovat samat kaikilla tieteenaloilla. Aluksi tutustutaan esimerkkien avulla satunnaisvaihteluun, satunnaistamiseen ja otoskokolaskelmiin. Tämän jälkeen käsitellään faktoriaalisia asetelmia lineaarisille malleille ja esitellään informaatiomatriisiin perustuvia optimaalisuuskriteereitä, erityisesti D-optimaalisuutta. Lopuksi käsitellään adaptiivisia koeasetelmia ja koesuunnittelua epälineaaristen mallien tapauksessa.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Diagnosis of environmental problems in aquatic ecosystems
Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response framework. Main causal relationships in the ecosystem of the Baltic Sea. Mechanisms of how the states of the Baltic Sea ecosystem react to the various pressures. Pressures on the drainage area as a key role.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 01.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Diversity in Living Organisms
Introduction to the phylogeny and evolutionary history of organisms as well as structure and classification of the three domains (Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya).
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Geography (teacher)/Environmental Science/Basic and intermediate studies in Biology (minor)/Basic studies in Environmental Science and Biology (minor)
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.09.2022
Teaching period: 02.09.2022 - 10.01.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Diversity of alga
Levien synty ja evolutiivinen kehitys, eri leväryhmien keskeiset tunnuspiirteet ja lisääntymistavat, levien hyötykäyttö (esim. biopolttoaineet, ravinto) ja haitat (esim. leväkukinnat, vieraslajit).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 24.10.2022 - 06.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 20.04.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Diversity of Life: Plants, Fungi and Algae
Luennoilla käsitellään sienet, syanobakteerit, tärkeimmät leväryhmät, sammalet, sanikkaiset ja siemenkasvit.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.11.2022
Teaching period: 08.11.2022 - 09.12.2022, every even numberd year in autumn (2022, 2024,...), in alternance with the course "Introduction to Taxonomic Research"
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Diversity of microbes
Mikrobiologian asema biologian sisällä. Mikrobien pääryhmien (bakteerit, arkeonit, tumalliset mikrobit, virukset) erityispiirteet sekä niiden asema eliöiden sukupuussa. Mikrobien tärkeimmät energianhankintatavat ja mikrobien merkitys alkuaineiden kierrossa. Mikrobien hyötykäyttö elintarviketeknologiassa, teollisuudessa ja biotekniikassa. Kurssilla perehdytään erilaisten mikro-organismien rakenteellisiin ominaisuuksiin ja toimintaan. Kurssin keskeinen sisältö kattaa mikrobien metabolian, genetiikkaan, evoluutioon ja ekologiaan. Kurssilla käydään läpi tärkeimmät mikrobiologian tutkimusmenetelmät. Kurssilla tarkastellaan mikrobien tehtäviä ja merkitystä ihmisen ja luonnon näkökulmista.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 11.10.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 11.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
DNA analysis in population genetics
Deep understanding of population genetic and coalescence theory. Neutral theory and other theories related to genetic polymorphisms. Effect of mutation, linkage disequilibrium and recombination. The relationship between genetic variation, demographic history, mating systems, selection, population structure etc. Identification of natural selection.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 01.02.2022
Teaching period: 25.01.2022 - 24.05.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological analysis II
Kursen utgör den obligatoriska fältkursen på magisternivå för miljöbiologer. Syftet är att studerandena lär sig grundläggande principer för ekologisk analys. Undervisningen utgår från projektbaserat lärande, där studerandena gruppvis utför ekologiska undersökningar vid sidan av teori.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 19.03.2023
Teaching period: 20.03.2023 - 28.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological and evolutionary parasitology
Ecology and evolution of host-parasite relationships. Abundance and diversity of parasites. Factors affecting occurrence and abundance of parasites. Effects of parasites on host individuals and populations. Role of parasites in ecosystems.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Every second year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Ecological and Social Sustainability Education
Kurssi johdattelee kestävän kehityksen, kestävyyden ja kestävyyskasvatuksen laaja-alaisiin teemoihin, kuten ilmastonmuutokseen, luonnon monimuotoisuuteen ja kestävän kehityksen toimien oikeudenmukaisuuteen. Kurssin painopiste on ekologisen ja sosiaalisen kestävyyden ajankohtaisissa ja niihin risteävissä kysymyksissä. Muuttuvaa ympäristöä, sen aikaansaamia muutoksia, uhkia ja mahdollisuuksiakin, tarkastellaan erityisesti kestävyyskasvatuk-sen kontekstissa/-tista. Kurssilla pohditaan kasvatuksen roolia kestävän hyvinvoinnin rakentamisessa.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/Luokanopettaja, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Luokanopettaja, Kestävyys- ja luontokasvatus, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/KTK - Kasvatusala
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 02.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 30.01.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Ecological Exchange Lab Husö-Kiel
Planning ecological experiments with focus on appropriate experimental designs. Handling of marine species, from macrophytes and their associated invertebrate grazers to filter feeders and their predators. Setting up experiments in aquarium containers to smaller mesocosm facilities. Common laboratory procedures and specific eco-physiological, chemical-ecological or molecular biological methodology. Using bioassays to answer ecological questions.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 24.05.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 16.09.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecological excursions: migrating birds (fall)
Exkursionen hålls inom Västra Nyland. Vi besöker områden var man kan observera fåglar under höststrecket, samt bekantar oss med den forskning och uppföljning som bedrivs på Hangö fågelstation Halias.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 26.08.2022 - 19.09.2022
Teaching period: 23.09.2022 - 25.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecological excursions: migrating birds (spring)
Exkursionen hålls inom Nyland. Vi besöker områden var man kan observera fåglar under vårstrecket.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.01.2023 - 30.04.2023
Teaching period: 01.04.2023 - 15.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecological excursions: Owls
Exkursionen hålls inom Nyland. Vi besöker områden var man kan observera ugglor.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 30.03.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 31.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecological farming methods
Concepts of ecosystem, agroecosystem, ecosystem services, ecological sustainability, and human food ecology.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 07.10.2022 - 25.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 16.12.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological Impact Assessment
Peruskäsitteet, lainsäädäntö, arviointiprosessi ja -menetelmät sekä arvioitiin epävarmuustekijät, vaikutusten lieventämiskeinot, arktisen ympäristövaikutusten arvioinnin erityispiirteet.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023 (exam dates from 08.12.2022 - 11.05.2023)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological Interactions
Ecology and evolution of trophic interactions, including observational and experimental systems, and the models and theory that aim to explain these.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (UTU)/Environmental and Marine Biology (Åbo)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 04.10.2021 - 22.10.2021
Teaching period: 25.10.2021 - 17.12.2021, given in the fall 2023, thereafter in the fall of uneven years, alternating with the ÅA-course "Behavioral Ecology"
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological research methods
Föreläsningar, gästföreläsningar, räkneövningar, skriftliga övningar, grupparbete.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 09.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological Risk Assessment
Recap of the concept and terminology in ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment including the most common environmental chemicals, their sources, occurrence in environment, and properties affecting their environmental fate and behaviour. Different phases of ecological risk assessment and how ecotoxicological data is incorporated in assessments.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/General Toxicology/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 17.01.2023
Teaching period: 31.01.2023 - 25.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecological structure of forests (field course)
How natural disturbances and succession maintain forest structures that are important for forest biodiversity. Special habitats protected by the Forest Act. Assessing forest structure on the basis of criteria in the national Metso forest conservation programme. Forest habitat types and their characteristics. Forest structures and species diversity. Forest restoration and management.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Agriculture and Forestry (Forest management and forest ecosystems)/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.02.2022 - 02.05.2022
Teaching period: 16.05.2022 - 27.05.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecological sustainability
Populations-, samhälls- och ekosystemekologi. Begreppet ekologiskt hållbarhet ur olika perspektiv - globalt, nationellt, regionalt, lokalt, personligt.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Teaching period: 25.01.2023 - 14.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Ecological sustainability
The ecology of populations, communities and ecosystems. Ecological sustainability from different perspectives - globally, nationally, regionally, locally, personally.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Teaching period: 26.01.2022 - 13.04.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Ecology
Modern ecology topics, ranging from individuals and populations to communities and ecosystems. Principles of ecology but also how ecology plays a crucial role in addressing and mitigating environmental problems.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 26.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecology
Essential principles and theories of ecology and their integration at individual, population, community and ecosystem level.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences/Intermediate Studies in Biology as Optional Studies for Subject Teachers
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 19.02.2023
Teaching period: 06.03.2023 - 03.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Ecology
Ecological theories, current ecological knowledge at individual, population, community and ecosystem level. Ecological theory and its applications
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 09.09.2022 - 16.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecology and Environmental Conservation
Opintojaksolla perehdytään ympäristönsuojelun ja ekologian perusteisiin, Suomen eri elinympäristöihin ja niiden tilaan sekä suojeluun, luonnon käyttömuotoihin ja monimuotoisuuteen. Kurssilla kiinnitetään erityistä huomiota ihmisen ja ympäristön väliseen vuorovaikutukseen, ympäristöongelmien syihin, seurauksiin sekä niiden ratkaisukeinoihin.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecology field course – habitat types and biota
Presentation av biogeografiska utbredningsmönster, samt de vanligaste globala terrestriska och akvatiska biomen. Mer ingående genomgås de Nordiska biotoperna och ekosystemen i skogar, myrar, hällmarker, sjöar och rinnande vatten, kulturpåverkad mark (ängar, lövängar, åkrar, ruderatmarker). Dessutom ges en introduktion till olika metoder för kvantifiering av biotopers sammansättning.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 24.04.2023
Teaching period: 22.05.2023 - 16.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecology field course – habitat types and biota
Opintojakson ydinaines hahmottuu esimerkiksi seuraavien käsitteiden avulla: biodiversiteetti, biotooppi, luontotyyppi, luontokartoitus, kasvisto, kasvillisuus, sukkessio, kasvillisuusanalyysi, indikaattorilaji, uhanalainen laji ja vieraslaji.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 04.04.2023
Teaching period: 25.04.2023 - 16.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecology of natural boreal forest
Structures and dynamics of natural forests at different spatial and temporal scales. Disturbance dynamics, succession, species diversity in natural forests. Energy and matter fluxes. Differences between natural and managed forests. Processes and structures in natural forests as a guideline for managing forests.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 07.02.2023
Teaching period: 07.03.2023 - 22.03.2023, every odd numberd year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecology of peatlands
Ecohydrology, ecosystem functioning, carbon and nutrient cycling, peat accumulation, decomposition, diversity, effects of drainage on ecosystem parameters.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 04.10.2022 - 20.10.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Ecology of populations I
Att uppnå vidare kunskaper om ekologisk teori, hur individer och populationer reagerar på olika abiotiska och biotiska faktorer. Kursen berör även tillämpningar av modern ekologisk forskning. Fokus är på individer och populationer.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 15.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 20.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecology of populations II
Att uppnå vidare kunskaper om ekologisk teori och dess tillämpningar i modern ekologisk forskning. Följande teman berörs: -ekologiskt data -populationsgenetik -demografier -populationers tillväxt och reglering -konkurrens mellan arter -öva formalisering av verbala modeller.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 15.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 20.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Economic valuation of ecosystem services
Ekosysteemipalvelut, luonnon taloudellinen kokonaisarvo, kuluttajan hyvinvointimittarit, luonnonvaratilinpito, matkakustannusmenetelmä, ehdollisen arvottamisen menetelmä, hedonisten hintojen menetelmä, muut menetelmät, ekosysteemipalvelujen tuotteistaminen ja markkinat.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Forest Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 03.10.2022 - 16.12.2022, 02.01.2023 - 28.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecophysiology
Luennolla tarkastellaan, miten ympäristön ominaisuudet ovat ohjanneet eliöiden evoluutiota. Lisäksi kurssilla tarkastellaan, miten ympäristö ja siinä tapahtuvat muutokset vaikuttaa eliöiden, erityisesti eläinten, fysiologiaan nykyhetkellä ja pystyvätkö eläimet muuttamaan toimintojaan selviytyäkseen tulevista ympäristömuutoksista. Kurssilla keskitytään etenkin eläinten energia-aineenvaihduntaan, hengitykseen, ravitsemukseen, vesi- ja ionitasapainoon ja lisääntymiseen. Ympäristötekijöistä tarkastellaan etenkin lämpötilan, happivajeen ja vedensaannin vaikutuksia eläinten toimintoihin. Tärkeänä tekijänä on selvittää, miten yksilöiden ominaisuudet voivat muuttua ympäristön muuttuessa (fenotyyppinen plastisuus).
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 24.10.2022
Teaching period: 25.10.2022 - 03.02.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Ecosystems and climate change
Effects of climate change on the organisms and functioning of terrestrial, peatland, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Lectures will cover the subject in a broad ecological context. The Synthesis Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be a central resource for the course.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 10.12.2022 - 10.01.2023
Teaching period: 17.01.2023 - 01.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Ecosystems of the Baltic Sea
Biological oceanography of the Baltic Sea, covering the following topics: biodiversity in soft sediment and rocky shore communities, invasive species, ecotoxicology, planktonic communities, soft bottom benthos, blue mussel reefs, the Zostera ecosystem, the Fucus ecosystem, ice communities, sediment biogeochemistry and conservation & management.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.06.2021 - 27.10.2021
Teaching period: 01.11.2021 - 23.12.2021, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Entomology
Evolution of insects. Roles of insects in different ecosystems. Effects of climate change and other environmental changes on insects. Applied entomology (including insects as food and feed). Insects as pests and invasive species.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 05.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environment and Society
Ihmisen ja luonnon suhde; ympäristöpolitiikka; ympäristötalous; ympäristökonfliktit; ympäristöviestintä; ympäristöpsykologia ja -etiikka. Kurssilla perehdytään lisäksi ympäristöoikeuden keskeisiin osa-alueisiin (ympäristönsuojelu, luonnonsuojelu, kulttuuriperinnön suojelu, osittain maankäyttö ja rakentaminen). Kurssilla käsitellään myös osallistumiseen liittyvää sääntelyä, ympäristöoikeudellisia periaatteita sekä ympäristöhallintoa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 18.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental adaptation of animals
Slow and fast mechanisms to tolerate changing environment (ie. phenomenal plasticity and evolutive processes). Effects of physiologically important environmental factors such as temperature, light and oxygen on cellular and molecular mechanisms by which animals can minimize damages and adapt on changing environments
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 18.01.2023 - 16.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental and Climate Ethics
Ympäristöetiikka korostaa perinteisen ihmisten välisiin suhteisiin rajoittuvan etiikan jättävän suotta eläimet ja luonnon erilaisine arvoineen ja oikeuksineen eettisen ajattelun ulkopuolelle. Ympäristöarvot ovat monentyyppisiä luontoon kytkeytyviä hyviä asioita taloudellisesta arvosta luonnon ekologisiin ja esteettisiin arvoihin. Ympäristön kokonaisarvo muodostuu näiden monien arvojen kokonaisuutena. Eläinetiikka puolestaan purkaa perinteistä jyrkkää rajanvetoa ihmisen ja eläimen välillä. Ihmisen erityispiirteet kuten järki ja tekninen osaaminen eivät perustele eläinten ja luonnon sulkemista etiikan ulkopuolelle. Ympäristöetiikan uusimpana suuntauksena ilmastoetiikka tarkastelee ihmistoiminnan vaikutuksia ilmakehään. Sekä ympäristö- että ilmastoetiikka kehittelevät lopulta poliittisia normeja yhteiskunnan rakenteiden ja elämäntavan muuttamiseksi kestävämmälle pohjalle.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental and Evolutionary Physiology
The effects of environmental factors (e.g. temperature change, ocean acidification and eutrophication, environmental toxins, habitat degradation and urbanization) on the basic physiological functions of animals and their ability to keep homeostasis or if the environmental challenges will induce differential selection and possibly evolution.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 26.10.2022
Teaching period: 02.11.2022 - 28.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental Chemistry
Fundamentals of environmental chemistry; chemistry of the soil, natural and waste waters and atmosphere, circulation of chemical compounds in the nature, chemical releases, environmentally toxic and other noxious compounds, environmental analytics and basics of physical measurements. Environmental friendly chemistry. The principles of green chemistry with examples of real life.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Sustainable Development/Basic and Intermediate Studies in Chemistry (Teacher training)/Basic Studies in Chemisty/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.10.2022 - 18.01.2023
Teaching period: 11.01.2023 - 31.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Data Mining
Basic concepts and methods to be used with multivariate environmental data concerning especially visualization and clustering.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.10.2022
Teaching period: 13.10.2022 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Ecology
Ekologian perusteet; ekologian käsitteiden soveltaminen ympäristönsuojelussa; luonnon sopeutuminen ihmisen aiheuttamiin ympäristömuutoksiin; uhanalaisuuden käsite ja uhanalaisuusluokat; suojelubiologian perusteet; alkuperäisen luonnon suojelu Suomessa ja muualla.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 06.03.2023 - 26.04.2023, 20.03.2023 - 21.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Ecology
Environmental pollution, climate change, eutrophication, habitat loss, alien species and the responses of ecological communities.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 30.01.2023
Teaching period: 31.01.2023 - 06.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental Economics
Opintojakson tavoitteena on antaa yleisnäkemys siitä, kuinka ympäristötaloustiedettä voidaan soveltaa osana ympäristöasioiden hallintaa. Luennoilla käydään läpi ympäristötaloustieteen eri suuntauksia ja niiden tapoja lähestyä ja arvottaa ympäristössä tapahtuvia muutoksia. Opetus on vuorovaikutteista, ongelmalähtöistä ja tapausperustaista. Tapauksena on aina jokin ajankohtainen ja yleisesti kiinnostava luonnonvarojen käyttöön ja luonnonarvojen suojeluun kytkeytyvä ongelmallinen tilanne.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 28.02.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Ethics
Opintojaksossa perehdytään kirjallisuuden avulla ympäristöetiikan perusteisiin ja niiden soveltamiseen käytännön ongelmatilanteissa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Geology
Main environmental concepts. Environmental effects of the use of geological resources. Geological risk factors. Environmental effects of human and urban activity. Acidification of soil and water.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geosciences/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 14.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 14.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental Governance at the Local Level
On completion of the course, students will be able to analyze how local environmental governance works in Finland and in Europe, master policy tools that aim at the promotion of sustainable development, and understand the effects of policymaking and various policy tools on the local environmental governance, e.g. conflicts.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: The Sea
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.07.2023 (self-study), 01.08.2022 - 13.01.2023
Teaching period: 31.08.2022 - 30.07.2023 (self-study), 13.01.2023 - 03.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental History
Ympäristöhistorian perusteet
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental History
Kursen ger en introduktion till miljöhistoriens frågeställningar och metoder. Litteraturen behandlar olika aspekter av växelverkan mellan människan och naturen i det förflutna.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 16.05.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental impact assessment
Basics in environmental impact assessment and how it is conducted in different planning processes (EIA, SEA, land-use planning, environmental permitting).
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 09.08.2022 - 29.11.2022, 07.12.2022 - 29.05.2023
Teaching period: 30.08.2022 - 16.12.2022, 09.01.2023 - 29.07.2023, every second year (starting autumn 2020)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) and ecological inventory of natural resources
The course gives an overview of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its tasks according to the preset legislation of the European Community. The course includes ecological impacts on e.g. hydrology, water quality, ecology, ecological inventories of nature.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) and ecological inventory of natural resources
The course gives an overview of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its tasks according to the present legislation of the European Community. The course includes ecological impacts on e.g. hydrology, water quality, ecology, ecological inventories of nature.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 10.02.2022
Teaching period: 03.02.2022 - 19.05.2022, arranged if resources allow every second year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Environmental Law
Ympäristöoikeuden perusteiden hallinta on hyödyllistä kaikille, jotka toimivat erilaisissa tehtävissä ympäristösääntelyn parissa. Kurssilla opiskelija perehtyy ympäristöoikeuden kontekstiin, keskeisiin käsitteisiin ja periaatteisiin. Kirjallisuus on valittu siten, että opiskelija saa kokonaiskuvan ympäristöoikeudellisesta sääntelystä. Kurssimateriaali systematisoi ympäristösääntelyä ja kokoaa ympäristöoikeuden yleisiä oppeja. Keskeisessä osassa on myös ympäristöoikeudellisen ratkaisun teoria, jota lähestytään konkreettisten oikeuskäytännön esimerkkien avulla.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 24.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental Philosophy
Ympäristöfilosofia on lähtenyt liikkeelle perinteisen länsimaisen metafysiikan, arvofilosofian ja etiikan ihmiskeskeisen ajattelun kritiikistä. Kritiikkiä ihmiskeskeistä ajattelua kohtaan on tosin ollut aina ja opintojaksossa tutustutaan jo antiikista lähtien myös luontokeskeisen ajattelun pitkään historiaan. Ympäristöfilosofia korostaa ihmisen olevan osa luontoa, ei sen herra. Luontokeskeistä ajattelua ei perustella aina naturalistisesti vaan myös humanistinen ympäristöfilosofia on laajasti hyväksytty lähtökohta. Ihmisen erityisominaisuudet, järjen käyttö ja etiikka ovat myös luonnon arvojen ja ympäristöeettisen vastuun lähtökohtana.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental policy in Finland and in the European Union
Opintojakson tavoitteena on luoda hyvä yleiskuva Suomen ja Euroopan unionin ympäristöpolitiikan keskeisistä painopistealoista, käytetyistä ohjauskeinoista ja tavoiteohjelmista sekä kansallisen ja kansainvälisen ympäristöpolitiikan yhteyksistä.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/and Food Economics
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023 (lectures), 02.12.2022 - 12.05.2023 (essay)
Teaching period: 17.01.2023 - 02.03.2023 (lectures), 16.01.2023 - 14.05.2023 (essay)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental Protection Law I
Opintojaksossa käydään laaja-alaisesti läpi ympäristöoikeuden pääpiirteet.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Protection Law II
Opintojaksossa käsitellään kansainvälisen ja EU- ympäristöoikeuden kysymyksiä opiskelijan valinnan mukaan.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental Sociology
Opintojaksossa perehdytään ihminen-luonto-yhteiskunta -suhteeseen erityisesti sosiologian ja ympäristöpolitiikan näkökulmasta.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Environmental specialist 1
Ympäristötieteiden tutkimuskohteet, ympäristöasiantuntijan tehtävät sekä ympäristötieteiden opiskelun rakenne ja sisällöt. Tiedon hankkiminen, käsittely ja jäsentely ja tieteellisen kirjoittamisen johdanto. Eettiset toimintatavat. Omien henkilökohtaisten osaamistavoitteiden pohtimisen käynnistäminen.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 21.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental specialist 2
Urasuunnittelutaitojen, työelämävalmiuksien ja itsetuntemuksen syventäminen sekä kansainvälisyysnäkökulman esiintuominen. Kurssilla kirjoitetaan CV ja kootaan asiantuntijaprofiili, sekä laaditaan 2. vuoden HOPS (Henkilökohtaista opiskelusuunnitelmaa).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 07.11.2022, 15.08.2023 - 13.03.2023
Teaching period: 08.11.2022 - 22.11.2022, 27.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental specialist 3
Oman osaamisen sanoittaminen portfoliotyöskentelyn avulla. Kurssilla laaditaan 3. vuoden HOPS (Henkilökohtaista opiskelusuunnitelmaa) (2. vuoden 4. periodi) ja jatketaan portfoliotyöskentelyä (3. vuoden 2. periodi). Kurssilla esitellään maisteriopintovaihtoehtoja.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 10.11.2022, 15.08.2023 - 28.04.2023
Teaching period: 11.11.2022, 02.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental studies, project part
Kurssin suoritettua opiskelija tietää ympäristökasvatuksen ja tiedekasvatuksen peruskäsitteitä, tunnistaa metsän merkityksen kestävän kehityksen eri osa-alueiden toteutumiselle, tutkii metsää siihen liittyviä ekologisia, esteettisiä ja eettisiä arvoja punniten sekä luontosuhdettaan vahvistaen.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Luokanopettaja, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Kestävyys- ja luontokasvatus, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 04.10.2022
Teaching period: 11.10.2022 - 02.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Environmental studies: Biology and geography
Kursin jälkeen opiskelija osaa ymmärtää biologian ja maantiedon oppiaineksen perusteet, selittää luonnontieteellisen tiedon luonnetta, soveltaa luonnontieteellisiä tietoja ja taitoja arkielämään, kehittää biologian ja maantiedon opetusjärjestelyjä sekä oivaltaa erilaisten oppimisympäristöjen luomat mahdollisuudet opetustyössä, edistää oppilaan ympäristön havainnoinnin ja tutkimisen taitoja, nähdä kestävän kehityksen merkityksen ja osaa kehittää opetustaan kestävän kehityksen näkökulmasta.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Luokanopettaja, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Kestävyys- ja luontokasvatus, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 28.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Epidemiology and ecology of plant pathogens
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the key concepts of epidemiology as well as the tools used in epidemiological studies. Students will use what they learn during the course to produce case studies on economically important diseases in plant and forest pathology.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 06.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 14.10.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Estimation Methods of Population Size and Population Dynamics
Erityisesti biologiassa, ympäristönseurannassa ja riistantutkimuksessa eliöiden lukumäärää ja määrän muutosta koskevat kysymykset ovat usein tärkeitä. Kurssilla tutustutaan keskeisten populaation koon arviointimenetelmien perusteisiin ja käytäntöihinkin sekä populaatiodynamiikan mallintamiseen.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolution
A basic understanding of evo-elutionary biology as the study of the history of life and processes that lead to its unity and diversity. Its study has far reaching consequences, important for a variety of fields including molecular biology, conservation, developmental biology, paleontology, and applied in other societal fields such as linguistics, medicine (better understanding of various diseases and antibiotic resistance), agriculture, pest management, forestry, and fisheries.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Seminar offered every odd numbered year in autumn (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolution
Self-study course based on central textbook in evolution.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolution and systematics of organisms
The course provides an insight into the biological evolution and evolutionary processes reflected by the systematic classification of the organisms. Also basics of phylogenetic inference, concepts of systematics and classification are introduced.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Evolution of life
Kurssin keskeistä sisältöä ovat eliökunnan historia, muuntelu, luonnonvalinta, lajiutuminen, lajikäsite, eliöiden sopeutuminen ympäristöön, adaptiivinen radiaatio, keskeiset innovaatiot eläinten ja kasvien evoluutiossa sekä taksonomian ja fylogeneettisen systematiikan perusteet.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 16.08.2022 - 06.09.2022 (lectures), 18.08.2022 - 03.10.2022 (online teaching)
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 20.10.2022 (lectures), 03.10.2022 - 27.10.2022 (online teaching)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Evolution of life
Kursen består av föreläsningar, stödda av övningar i datorsal och självständiga övningar, med syfte att behandla grundprinciper, begrepp och mekanismer inom evolutionsbiologi.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 28.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Evolution, systematics and morphology of organisms
Kurssi antaa kattavan kuvan eliöiden rakenteista ja tutustuttaa eri eliöryhmien elämänkiertoon. Lisäksi kurssilla perehdytään ihmisen evoluutioon. Luennoilla painopiste on suurissa kehityslinjoissa ja niiden perusteella muodostuneissa taksoneissa. Lisäksi luennoilla tutustutaan systematiikan käsitteisiin ja luokitteluperusteisiin sekä tutkimusmetodeihin.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Open University
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 31.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Evolutionary and behavioural ecology
The main emphasis is on evolutionary ecology, animal social behaviour and interaction between individuals. Themes that will be discussed include: natural selection, sexual selection, evolution of life histories, coevolution, reproductive behaviour, evolution of social behaviour and cognition.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolutionary biology
General evolutionary theory and concepts spanning from molecular evolution to species diversification and social evolution. The course consists in lectures given by multiple evolutionary biology researchers from the Faculty of Biological Sciences, visits to natural history museums and laboratories, independent readings and group work. Students will get accustomed with the breadth of evolutionary theory and acquire concepts and critical thinking skills to understand the evolution of biodiversity on Earth.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 20.09.2022
Teaching period: 27.09.2022 - 30.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolutionary Biology
Perehdytään alan historiaan ja tutkimustapoihin. Tutustutaan geneettisen monimuotoisuuden mittaustapoihin, syntyyn ja määrällisiin muutoksiin sekä alleelien ja genotyyppien väliseen suhteeseen niin yksittäisten lokusten kuin polygeenisten ominaisuuksien tapauksessa. Tutkitaan evoluutiovoimia ja niiden tuottamia muutoksia populaatioiden sisäisessä ja populaatioiden välisessä rakenteessa. Perehdytään luonnonvalinnan ja keinovalinnan eri muotoihin, eri suuntiin vaikuttavien valintapaineiden merkitykseen evoluutiossa sekä eri evoluutiovoimien yhteisvaikutuksiin. Sovelletaan näitä oppeja mm. fysiologisten ilmiöiden, luonnonsuojelubiologian, lajien välisten interaktioiden, elinkierto-ominaisuuksien, sukupuoliominaisuuksien ja käyttäytymisominaisuuksien tutkimukseen.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 24.11.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolutionary biology
The main research areas and their theories in evolutionary biology, including adaptations, natural selection, sexual selection, evolution of social behavior, evolution of life-histories, evolutionary medicine, speciation, origin of life and human evolution.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences/Intermediate Studies in Biology as Optional Studies for Subject Teachers
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 31.08.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 13.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolutionary ecology and life history evolution
Animal and plant evolutionary ecology, including optimality, game theory, conflicts, mating strategies, parental care, seasonality and life history strategies.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolutionary ecology modelling
How can theoretical models help us to understand evolution? We study this question with a variety of methods (population genetics, quantitative genetics, optimization, game theory, adaptive dynamics, individual-based simulations, dynamic optimization), implemented as computer simulations in Matlab.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 12.12.2022
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 02.03.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Evolutionary Sexual Psychology
Kurssilla käydään lävitse ihmisen seksuaalipsykologian perusteet evolutiivisesta näkökulmasta sekä seksuaalivalinnan perusteet ihmisellä ja muilla eläimillä. Kurssilla käsitellään mm. sitä miksi on olemassa seksuaalista lisääntymistä, miksi on olemassa eri sukupuolia, miten sukupuolet eroavat toisistaan, miksi homoseksuaalit ovat olemassa, millä perustein eläimet valitsevat pariutumiskumppaninsa ja monia muita keskeisiä kysymyksiä seksuaalivalinnan ymmärtämiseksi.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 25.09.2022
Teaching period: 27.09.2022 - 16.11.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Exercises in fish and fisheries biology
Statistical and dynamic modelling methods in population biology as applied to fish and fisheries biology.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 20.02.2023
Teaching period: 06.03.2023 - 19.04.2023, every odd numberd year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Experimental methods in ecology and evolutionary biology
The course introduces the general philosophy of experimental design and compares the other study methods to experimental method. General design of experiments in the different areas of ecology and evolutionary biology from genes to ecosystems. Practical designing of the experimental tests.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 09.12.2022
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Extended insect identification
The objective is to learn to identify ~300 insects species/genera/families (incl. agricultural pests and beneficial species).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (exam)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Features and processes of forest soil and habitat classification
Kallioperä ja kivilajit, maaperän muodostumisprosessit, maalajit, suomuodostumat ja turvekerrostumat, maaperän ominaisuudet ja biogeokemialliset prosessit, maaperä elinympäristönä, kasvupaikkatekijät ja niiden alueellinen vaihtelu, kasvupaikka- ja metsätyyppijärjestelmät, kasvupaikkojen luokittelu kangasmailla ja luonnontilaisilla sekä ojitetuilla soilla.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 30.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Field and laboratory course B, deep-dive to microbial functioning and metagenomics
Basic concepts of microbial ecology and the laboratory and fieldwork skills to study them. Focus on soil sampling, process measurements, DNA extraction and quantification and diversity of functional genes, and their activity and diversity. Analysis of gene structure in environmental samples and diversity of the genes with phylogenetic tools.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.04.2023
Teaching period: 18.04.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Field Course in Aquatic Ecology
Maastoretkillä tutustutaan Saaristomeren saaristovyöhykkeisiin Aurajoesta Airiston ja Seilin kautta Nötön selälle ja vieraillaan valuma-alueella tärkeimmillä makean veden vesistötyypeillä (järvet, virtaavat vedet, lammet, lähteet). Kurssilla tutustutaan näytteenottolaitteiden käyttöön ja kerätään vesinäytteitä ja eläin-, levä- ja kasvinäytteitä. Näytteet käsitellään, määritetään ja tulokset raportoidaan.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2022 - 01.05.2022
Teaching period: 10.08.2022 - 26.08.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Field course in Aquatic Sciences
Vesistötutkimuksen fysikaalis-kemiallisten näytteiden ottaminen ja analysointi laboratoriossa. Vesieliöryhmien (kasviplankton, eläinplankton, pohjaeläimet, makrofyytit, kalat) näytteenotto, käsittely ja ajankohtainen tutkimus. Vesistöalueiden morfometrinen kuvaus, valuma-alueen määritys ja ainetaseiden laskenta.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 04.04.2022 - 31.05.2022
Teaching period: 15.08.2022 - 25.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Field course in arctic-alpine ecology and vegetation
Arctic-alpine ecosystems as one the main biomes of the world. Plant and animal species of arctic-alpine areas. Vegetation and ecology of NW Fennoscandian mountain areas. Plant-herbivore interactions in tundra ecosystems.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2022 - 14.04.2022
Teaching period: 01.03.2022 - 07.10.2022, every second year at the Kilpisjärvi biological station (if resources allow)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Field Course in Ecological Research
Kurssi koostuu koesuunnitteluosuudesta ja kenttäosuudesta. Koesuunnitteluosuudessa paneudutaan empiirisen ekologisen tutkimuksen suunnittelun perusteisiin. Kenttäosuudessa perehdytään monipuolisesti ja käytännönläheisesti ekologiseen tutkimukseen pienryhmissä suunniteltavien ja toteutettavien pienoistutkimusten avulla.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 11.04.2023
Teaching period: 24.04.2023 - 14.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Field course in peatlands natural resource planning
Soiden ja suometsien taloudellinen käyttö on voimakkaassa murroksessa. Taloudellisten tavoitteiden lisäksi vaikutukset ilmastoon, vesistöihin ja luonnon monimuotoisuuteen korostuvat maankäytön suunnittelussa entistä enemmän. Kurssilla perehdytään soiden käytön ympäristöllisten ja puuntuotannollisten vaikutusten määrittämiseen sekä vesitalouden järjestelyn, suometsien metsänhoidollisen käsittelyn ja soiden ennallistamisen käytäntöihin. Retkeilyillä tutustutaan ennallistamiskokeisiin ja käytännön ennallistamis- ja kunnostusojitustoimintaan ja muuhun metsänparannustoimintaan sekä niihin liittyviin vesiensuojelutoimenpiteisiin. Kurssilla laaditaan ryhmätyönä valuma-aluekohtainen maankäyttösuunnitelma suoalueelle, tavoitteena määrittää maankäytön taloudellisia ja ympäristöllisiä arvoja päätöksentekoa varten.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 22.03.2022 - 30.04.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 14.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Field course in Physical Geography
Bedrock, soil, vegetation, water, air - by testing various natural elements and making field research the aim is to learn how these things are combined together.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher, Geography
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2023 - 28.08.2023
Teaching period: 12.05.2023 - 30.09.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Field course in Urban Environmental Ecology
Introductory lectures, field excursions and fieldwork, laboratory work and a seminar. Various urban themes are explored, for instance; urban soils, urban air, urban water, urban biodiversity, social.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 13.03.2023 - 13.04.2023
Teaching period: 27.04.2023 - 31.05.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Field Course on Arctic Ecosystems and Climate Change
Arctic ecosystems and their structure and functioning. Climate change impacts on Arctic natural and human systems. Small-scale field study on some aspect of Arctic environmental change. Literature exam before the field part, research project in small groups in the field and presentation of its results in final seminar, seminar presentation in agreed topic during field part of the course.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.01.2022 - 28.02.2022
Teaching period: 11.04.2022 - 19.08.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Field identification of birds
Basics of Finnish bird field identification.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.01.2023 - 19.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course
Field inventory of biota
Focus is on the phrasing of questions for field surveys and sampling, planning and methods, as well as on the exploitation of results. Main sampling methods used in field inventories and utilization of GIS information are learnt during the course. Organisms are identified in the field in different habitat types focusing on typical and common species (particularly vertebrates and plants). Identification of the most common habitat types is practiced: forests, peatlands and other wetlands. Ecological population and community data collections are planned and carried out in different organism groups and the use of suitable sampling methods are practiced (tree measurements, vegetation surveys, invertebrate samplings, inventory methods for vertebrates taking into account both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems). Collected samples are identified to required taxonomic level and reported.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Field skills for ecologist
About special skills enabling expertise not acquired in basic courses (bird ringing license, biomonitoring methods in plant, aquatic and terrestrial ecology, animal tracking).
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 19.06.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Finnish forests: history and human-forest relationship
Perspectives and concepts from different disciplines related to forests and their use. Historical eras of forest use in Finland. Forest conflicts and their cultural causes. Research on human-forest relationships.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 31.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Fish and fisheries biology
Fish biology topics include fish reproductive biology, basic community and ecosystem ecology, behaviour and life-history variation and their physiological and adaptive basis. Fisheries biology topics include fish stock assessment, individual and population level responses to fishing, stockings, fish population dynamics and fisheries management. The course gives introduction to the special characteristics of recreational fisheries and introduces to fish population modelling. Lectures also introduce to practical research methods including test fishing with multimesh gill nets and electricity, fish stock assessment, fish marking and tagging, bioenergetics, otolith analysis, rearing and maintenance of fish, computer-assisted sperm analysis, behavioural experiments and use of fish as experimental animals.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 29.09.2022
Teaching period: 13.10.2022 - 07.02.2023, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Fish Biology
Kalojen biologia, kalojen luokittelu ja rakenne, niiden käyttäytyminen ja elintavat.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 06.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 24.04.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Fish biology and ecology
Basics and mechanisms of fish biology, ecology and physiology, introduction to modern methods in fish biology including methods in estimation population abundance.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 27.02.2023
Teaching period: 20.03.2023 - 21.04.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,…)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Fish research
Study questions and research methods used in fish research. Lectures give theoretical background and laboratory work practical skills in methods commonly used in fish research.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 12.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 03.03.2023, every other year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Fish stock assessment and fisheries management
Basic population parameters mortality, growth and recruitment, and their dependence on population density and environmental variables, population density estimation, fishing effort, CPUE and sustainable yield, dynamic pool models, surplus yield models, principles of economics, stochastic simulation. Contemporary views of fisheries management process and operation, coping with uncertainty and risk, precaution principle. Emphasis on small scale inland fisheries.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 14.11.2022
Teaching period: 28.11.2022 - 24.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Fisheries management
The concepts and models of fisheries management, uncertainty of fish productivity and fisheries, applications of Bayesian decision analysis models to fisheries management. National and international fisheries policy, management strategies and practical implementation of policy actions.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 05.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 02.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Flora and vegetation in Finland
Opintojaksolla tutustutaan Suomen kasvilajiston levinneisyysaluetyyppeihin ja keskeisten kasvillisuustyyppien luokitteluun.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 10.03.2023
Teaching period: 17.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Flora of Finland
Suomen putkilokasvilajisto. Verkkokurssin suorittaneella opiskelijalla on valmiudet tunnistaa useimmat koko Suomessa yleisinä esiintyvät putkilokasvilajit, ja hän on perehtynyt tärkeimpien lajien ekologiaan ja kokonaislevinneisyyteen. Koko maassa yleisten lajien lisäksi valikoimaan kuuluu haitallisia vieraslajeja, muita ihmisen seuralaisia sekä joitakin tunturikasveja, eteläisiä lehtokasveja ja uhanalaisia kasveja.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Flora of southern Finland
Suomen hemiboreaalisen ja eteläboreaalisen vyöhykkeen putkilokasvilajisto.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Flora of subarctic Europe
Geography and habitat ecology of subarctic and boreal vascular plant flora of northern Europe.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Integrative Plant Sciences/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 05.07.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Flora of subarctic Europe
Pohjois-Suomen boreaalinen ja subarktinen putkilokasvilajisto.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Fluvial and Coastal Environments
Overview of the fluvial and coastal environments, with a focus on the essential fluvial and coastal processes together with methods and field measurement approaches.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Geography/Geology, Quaternary Geology track (MSc)
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 01.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Food webs of aquatic ecosystems
Structure and components of aquatic food webs. Theories describing the functioning of aquatic food webs. Interactions between different components of aquatic food webs.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 15.09.2022
Teaching period: 19.09.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Forest biodiversity and conservation
Concepts regarding biodiversity, species richness and biodiversity, threatened species and their assessment, structure and dynamics of natural and managed forests, role of dead wood and fires in boreal forests, protected areas, woodland key habitats, conserving biodiversity in managed forests, Finnish forest law and biodiversity.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/Basic studies in forest sciences (minor)/Basic and Subject Studies for Sustainable Future
Category: Conservation
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 03.10.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course
Forest biodiversity: conservation, management, and restoration
Broad thematically coherent overview of forest ecology and biodiversity research.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Forest ecology
Kurssilla käsitellään ekologiaa, metsäekologiaa, ihmisen ja metsän suhdetta, metsän rakennetta ja dynamiikkaa sekä metsäkasvillisuuden, hyönteisten, sienten ja riistaeläinten populaatioekologiaa, metsä- ja suoekosysteemin toimintaa, hydrologiaa, hiilen kiertoa ja varastoitumista. Lisäksi käsitellään yhteisöekologiaa, ravintoketjuja ja -verkkoja sekä metsäluonnon monimuotoisuutta. Kurssiin kuuluu pakollinen metsikön kehityksen simulointiharjoitus.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 17.01.2023 - 03.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Forest ecosystem biogeochemistry
Fluxes across ecosystem boundaries, inputs and outputs. Base cations and weathering. Hydrology as a driver of biogeochemical cycles. Nutrient and Carbon cycling. Biogeochemistry in different biomes. Management/disturbancies and biogeochemistry. Utilisation of biogeochemical knowledge. Case studies from different environments and under different management.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Changes at Higher Latitudes
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 21.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Forest health and biodiversity
Impacts of forest ecosystem disturbances on forest state, health and biodiversity. Sustainable management and protective use of forest biodiversity and promotion of forest carbon stocks. Forest health and biodiversity monitoring; biodiversity hot spots. Deep orientation to thematically collected literature based on which a literature research is implemented.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/European Forestry/Forestry
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 14.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.09.2022 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Forest microbiology
Microflora of roots and stems. Fungal Pathogenicity factors. Host Resistance Mechanisms. Pathogenesis related-proteins. Mutualistic mycorrhizal fungi. Diseases of forest tree nurseries. Foliage Microflora: Fungi as endophytes, Diseases of conifer needles. Climate change and forest health. Invasive pests, alien tree species and micro-fungal diversity. Introductory Fungal population biology. Diseases of tropical trees. Biotechniques in forest microbiology. Laboratory practicals.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 07.10.2022 - 27.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Forest pathology and wood microbiology
Symbiosis (mutualism, commensialism, parasitims) and symbiotic interactions and processes in forest ecosystem. Biology, interbiontic reactions and main taxonomy of forest and wood microbiota. Epidemiology. Environmental effects on plant microbe interactions. Insects as vector of forest tree diseases, invasive species and risk assessment. Impact of microbiota inhabiting forest trees on the health and fitness of, interbiontic reactions in and between forest tree and wood biomes. Pathogen species identification examination.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/European Forestry/Forestry
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 13.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 27.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Forest Soil Ecology
Study methods for soil fauna, microbes, fungi, roots. Forest soil as a habitat for soil organisms. Different soil organism groups and their role in the carbon, nitrogen and mineral nutrient cycle. The impact of forest management on soil organisms and their functioning.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 14.02.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 28.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Forest zoology
Biology of forest insects. Browsing mammals, their population dynamics and effects in forest ecosystems. Climate change and forest damage. Invasive alien insects and their influence in forest ecosystem. Theories explaining plant-herbivore interactions. Environmental factors and their influence to plant herbivore resistance. Insect species identification examination.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/Forestry
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Forestry applications of airborne laser scanning literature
Principles of airborne laser scanning. Processing of laser scanning data. Estimation of forest variables. Forest inventory applications. Ecological applications.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/European Forestry/Forestry
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Forests and peatlands as modifiers of atmospheric composition
Biogenic trace gases, their chemical and physical properties and exchange rates. Production of reactive (BVOCs, ozone etc) and non-reactive gases (CH4, COS etc) in different scales and ecosystems. Biotic and abiotic factors influencing the exchange of trace gases. Exchange models. Feedback processes linking ecosystems and climate change.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Changes at Higher Latitudes
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Foundations of Statistics for Ecology and Evolution
The aim of this course is to provide solid conceptual foundation and basic technical skills (using R) for the use of statistical modelling in ecological and evolutionary research. The course does not seek to be exhaustive of all techniques nor intensive in any given one. It covers both frequentist and bayesian approaches.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 14.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 07.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
From data to model
Sampling distribution. Point estimation. Model based statistical inference: confidence intervals, significance test. Linear regression model. Basics of analysis of variance.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 02.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 19.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
From individuals to ecosystems
Ekologiset prosessit yksilöiden, populaatioiden ja ekosysteemien tasolla, perehtyen sekä eläin- että kasviekologiaan, ja vesi- ja maaekosysteemeihin. Ekologian teoreettisten perusteiden opiskelu yhdistyy kurssilla ekologian tuoreimpien tutkimustulosten pohdintaan.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 12.09.2022
Teaching period: 19.09.2022 - 21.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Functional ecology
Relationship between phenotype and function, especially the correlation between animal morphology and behaviour. Lectures and exercices on ecomorphological models and correlations, measurement error, allometry, fluctuating asymmetry and phylogenetic analyses.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Functional marine biology
Relies on lectures, literature, and real-world data to explore the relationship between marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Environmental and Marine Biology/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.06.2021 - 09.01.2022
Teaching period: 10.01.2022 - 20.03.2022, available in 2023-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Functional marine biology
This class relies on lectures, literature, and real-world data to explore the relationship between marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Swedish
Enrolment period: 30.06.2021 - 09.01.2022
Teaching period: 10.01.2022 - 20.03.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Functional Marine Ecology
Theoretical background on biodiversity ecosystem function studies in marine systems. Methods for the analysis of ecosystem structure and function in benthic and pelagic habitats. Quantification of environmental drivers affecting biodiversity. Combination of field studies and experiments to build strength of inference in addressing context-dependence of pattern and process. Analysis of data and reporting.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 03.04.2023 - 08.05.2023
Teaching period: 22.05.2023 - 31.05.2023, every other year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Fundamentals of Conservation Biology
Causes and consequences of biodiversity loss. Most important conservation approaches. Human factors associated with conservation.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Conservation
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 30.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.10.2022 - 20.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Fundamentals of molecular genetics
DNA:n replikaatio ja korjaus, PCR ja sekvensointi, rekombinaatio, transkriptio, translaatio, geeninsäätely.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Open University
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 13.02.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Fungal biology – book exam
Basics about fungal evolution, systematics, cell biology, genetics, physiology, metabolism, reproduction and adaptation to different environments.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 10.02.2023 - 06.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Game oriented forest management
Objectives and principles in the game-oriented forest management. Game biology, ecology of the forest game and the factors affecting the size and yield of the game populations. Objectives and technical possibilities of game keeping and their protection. Objectives and methods of game research. The ecosystem effects of big herbivorous and carnivore population management in Finland.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Generalized Linear Models
Interpretation of parameters and predictive inference in models for binary outcome (logit, probit), interpretation of poisson model, overdispersion, interpretation of ordered and unordered multi-class models, connection of chi-square statistics and parameters of log-linear models.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.01.2023 - 20.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 28.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Generalized Linear Models 1
Kurssi johdattaa tilastolliseen mallinnukseen useiden eri sovellusalojen esimerkkien kautta. Kurssi käsittelee yleistettyjen lineaaristen mallien erikoistapauksia tilanteissa, joissa vaste on jatkuva (tavallinen lineaarinen regressio), dikotominen (logistinen regressio) tai lukumäärävaste (Poisson-regressio). Kurssilla keskitytään näiden menetelmien ymmärtämiseen yksinkertaisten sovellusten kautta. Perinteisten luentojen sijaan kurssilla harjoitellaan menetelmien käyttöä mallittamisessa, laskennassa ja grafiikassa yhdessä tehtävien R-harjoitusten avulla.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 29.08.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 23.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Generalized Linear Models 2
Kurssi on jatkoa kurssille Yleistetyt lineaariset mallit 1 (YLM1), ja se käsittelee yhden jatkuvan tai diskreetin vasteen mallintamista yleistetyn lineaarisen mallin kehikossa. Kurssilla käsitellään yleistettyjen lineaaristen mallien teoriaa yleisen eksponentiaalisen jakaumaperheen tapauksessa. Erikoistapauksina tarkastellaan tavallista lineaarista regressiota, yleistä lineaarista regressiota, dikotomisen vasteen malleja sekä lukumäärävasteen malleja. Kurssilla perustellaan YLM1 kurssin tuloksia ja käytäntöja teoreettisin tarkasteluin.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 13.03.2023
Teaching period: 21.03.2023 - 21.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Genetic and genomics
The course teaches the students to use bioinformatics methods to analyse genetic and genomics data, so that they can understand processes affecting genetic diversity in wild populations. The course focuses on using variation in DNA sequences / genomes to understand selection pressures in wild populations.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Geographical Modelling
Föreläsningar, demonstrationer och övningar i datorklass. Efter kursen behärskar studenten grunderna i användningen av geografiska informationssystem (GIS) inom biologi. Innehar förmåga att använda och göra analyser utgående från punkt-, linje-, polygon- och rasterskikt. Kan grunderna i interpoleringsteknik och spatiell statistik. Har förmåga att samla in geografiska data i fält samt använda spatiella datamängder över nätet. Studenten kan framställa kartor av publicerbar kvalitet. Behärskar artutbredningsmodellering (species distribution modeling) utgående från artförekomstuppgifter och prediktiva raster.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 28.02.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Geographical Plant Ecology
Effects of climate, soils and other abiotic factors (including fire) on plant morphology, vegetation structure, species composition and the geographical variation in these. The most important kinds of biotic interactions (competition between plants; interaction of plants with herbivores, microbial symbionts, pollinators and species dispersers). Evolution of plant adaptations. Species invasions.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 09.08.2021 - 29.08.2021
Teaching period: 30.08.2021 - 20.10.2021, also every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Geoinformatics, spatial statistics and remote sensing
An advanced course related to geographic information analyses, spatial statistics, and interpretation of remote sensing data. Main topics include estimation of erosion and runoff to waterways, characterization of point patterns, spatial autocorrelation, spatial modeling, spatial interpolation, and analyses and interpretation of remote sensing data sets. Programs to be used in practice are ArcGIS and R. At least ArcGIS should be familiar to students before attending the course.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 14.10.2022
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 17.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Geospatial Data Management and Visualization
Geospatial data quality, metadata standards, data quality assessment, spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), data management, data visualization, and data sharing via web-map applications. The course focuses on open data and open-source software and data sharing solutions.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.07.2022 - 28.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 18.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Geospatial Methods
Paikkatietomenetelmien yhteiskunnalliset sovellukset. Ominaisuustiedon hallinta, paikkatietokannat ja kyselyt. Paikkatiedon digitointi, ominaisuustiedon luominen ja geometrian muokkaaminen. Spatiaalinen interpolointi. Satelliittipaikannus ja tarkkuusmittaus (mm. VRS). Paikkatiedon geometriaan perustuvat menetelmät, paikkatiedon luokittelu. Naapuruus- ja päällekkäisyysanalyysi. Kartografinen viestintä: paikkatiedon visualisointi ja teemakartat. Opintojaksolla käytetään useampaa paikkatieto-ohjelmistoa, mm. ArcGIS Pro ja QGIS.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Geology/Geography/Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 01.03.2023
Teaching period: 06.03.2023 - 28.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Getting to work in R
How to organize your complete workflow in R: from reading in data, to procedures to manipulate data (eg. filtering), performing calculations of basic statistics, produce basic plots describing your data, how different formats of data can be stored in R and retrieved from R, how to work with databases (link datafiles) in R, code simple functions, and how the basic installation of R can be modified by installing so-called packages.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)/MDP in Biosciences, Molecular Systems Biology (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 29.08.2022
Teaching period: 31.08.2022 - 23.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
GIS and RS in environmental and land use applications
GIS and Remote Sensing applications of the environmental and land-use sciences. The course introduces the students to Environmental and land-use GIS -systems and their applications through research study cases.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Forest Sciences/Agricultural Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 03.05.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
GIS Methods in Research
The course involves several themes related to geoinformatics, encompassing both physical and human geography. These include public transport accessibility (GTFS data), geostatistics, cluster analyses, space/time cubes (NetCDF data) and methods related to location-allocation, as an example of heuristic methods.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography/Geography - Geoinformatics Minor
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 10.04.2023
Teaching period: 03.04.2023 - 17.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
GIS-basics and Cartography
Core concepts of geoinformatics and cartography, structures of geodata, and basic principles of cartographic visualization and statistical graphics. A particular focus of the course is on the properties of thematic maps and their use for different purposes. The course also includes practical exercises related to creation of geodata and database queries.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Geography - Geoinformatics Minor/Geography - Geography Minor Subject/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher, Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 16.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 03.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Global Change Biology
The course focuses on how global Anthropocene changes, such as climate change, fishing, pollution, eutrophication, land and sea exploitation, marine traffic, affect the seas and the marine ecosystems. We will also explore how future scenarios and how the marine environmental work (management, conservation, policy) on a global scale works.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/The Sea
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Swedish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 19.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 30.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Global Economy and Environmental Problems
Opintojakson tavoitteena on antaa opiskelijalle taustatietoa erilaisten kansainvälisten järjestelyjen, organisaatioiden ja sopimusten vaikutuksesta ympäristö- ja kehitysongelmien syntyyn, tunnistamiseen ja hallintaan. Erityishuomio on luonnon monimuotoisuuden köyhtymisen ympäristöllisissä ja yhteiskunnallisissa yhteyksissä. Kurssilla käsitellään globaalitalouden piirteitä; ympäristö- ja kehitysongelmien luonnetta; globaalitalouden institutionaalista kannusterakennetta; biodiversiteetin ja ekosysteemipalvelujen asemaa globaalissa kannusterakenteessa sekä kansalaisyhteiskunnan ja erilaisten hallinta- ja johtajuusmallien roolia ympäristö- ja kehitysongelmien ratkaisussa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2022 - 31.03.2022
Teaching period: 01.04.2022 - 13.05.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Global Environmental politics
Kursen granskar miljöpolitikens aktörer, utformning och val av olika miljöpolitiska instrument såsom lagstiftning, administrativa och ekonomiska styrmedel i Norden, inom EU och internationellt. Förhållandet mellan olika nivåer (nationell, regional, internationell och global nivå) lyfts fram, likaså olika typer av aktörer (offentliga, privata, ideella organ, företag och föreningar, m.m.) i det globala miljöarbetet.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies/The Sea
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.12.2022, 01.08.2022 - 11.04.2023
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 19.12.2022, 18.04.2023 - 09.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Global Environmental Problems
Maapallon väestönkasvun nopeus ja alueelliset erot, väestönkasvun rajoittaminen; globaali maankäyttö; ilmaston- ja ilmansuojelu; biologisen monimuotoisuuden säilyttäminen; luonnonvarojen riittävyys koko ihmiskunnan väestönkasvun ja talouskasvun säätelijänä; eroosio ja aavikoituminen; vesivarat; ravinnontuotanto sekä ravinnon määrällinen ja laadullinen puute; kalastus ja vesiviljely; metsävarat; uusiutumattomat raaka-aineet; energialuonnonvarat ja energiantuotannon ympäristövaikutukset; jätteet ja niiden hyödyntäminen, kestävä kulutus ja kiertotalous; kansainvälinen ympäristönsuojeluyhteistyö.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 29.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 18.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Global environmental problems and their solutions
Aiheina ylikulutus, resurssien käyttö, maatalous, kaupungistuminen sekä biodiversiteettikriisi. Keskeistä kurssin sisällössä on systeemiajattelu ja ympäristöongelmien yhteenkytkeytyneisyys. Kurssiin sisältyvät myös erilaisten ratkaisujen mahdollisuudet sekä niihin liittyvät haasteet.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 20.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 26.03.2023 (online teaching)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Global Environmental Problems, Literature
Maapallon väestönkasvun nopeus ja alueelliset erot, väestönkasvun rajoittaminen; globaali maankäyttö; ilmaston- ja ilmansuojelu; biologisen monimuotoisuuden säilyttäminen; luonnonvarojen riittävyys koko ihmiskunnan väestönkasvun ja talouskasvun säätelijänä; eroosio ja aavikoituminen; vesivarat; ravinnontuotanto sekä ravinnon määrällinen ja laadullinen puute; kalastus ja vesiviljely; metsävarat; uusiutumattomat raaka-aineet; energialuonnonvarat ja energiantuotannon ympäristövaikutukset; jätteet ja niiden hyödyntäminen, kestävä kulutus ja kiertotalous; kansainvälinen ympäristönsuojeluyhteistyö.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Global Peatland ecology
Formation and biogeochemistry of peat soil. Climate and hydrology as factors to regulate peatland development and distribution of peatland types. History of contemporary peatlands. Peatland habitats ecology and classification. Specific biogeochemical functions in peatlands. Impacts of peatland utilization on biodiverstity and environment. Conservation and restoration of peatlands.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Geography/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 27.11.2021 - 28.11.2021
Teaching period: 06.09.2021 - 14.12.2021, every odd numberd year in autumn (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Good life and planetary well-being
Philosophical perspectives relevant for environmental and sustainability issues and explores visions of good life in the context of planetary well-being. The course explores how societal norms, cultural conceptions, and values relate to achieving sustainability and planetary well-being. Individual values, choices and responsibilities are discussed in relation to broader cultural phenomena and value discussions. The course also explores the interconnectedness of knowledge, values, and action, and discusses environmental emotions.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 27.02.2023
Teaching period: 29.06.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Herbarium
Herbarium collection of a limited taxa, preferentially within an ecologically defined habitat.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 31.07.2022 - 12.07.2023
Teaching period: 02.08.2022 - 29.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
History of Nature and Environmental Conservation
Luennoilla käsitellään luonnon- ja ympäristönsuojelun vaiheita esihistoriasta 2000-luvulle sekä maailmanlaajuisesti että Suomen näkökulmasta. Käsiteltäviä aihepiirejä ovat luonnonsuojelu, metsävarojen suojelu, ilman- ja vesiensuojelu, talous- ja jätevesien puhdistus, jätehuolto, eroosio-ongelmat, ympäristömyrkyt ja Suomen ympäristöhallinnon kehitys.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 27.11.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Horticulture for well-being and green care
Basic concepts and theories which explain the connection between environment and well-being, research from different disciplines studying the interaction between nature and human health, development and status of horticultural therapy in different countries, practical applications of therapeutic activities among different target groups.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 08.03.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 03.05.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Human-Animal Studies: Interspecies Communities
Monitieteisenä tutkimusalana yhteiskunnallinen eläintutkimus haastaa vallitsevat käsitykset lajienvälisistä rajoista ja siten myös ihmisen ja eläimen kategorioista. Opintojaksolla syvennytään yhteiskunnallisen eläintutkimuksen näkökulmiin ja käsitteistöön valitsemalla empiiriseksi tutkimuskohteeksi tietty ihmisten ja eläinten muodostama lajienvälinen yhteisö.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Human, society and environment
Mänskliga aktiviteters effekter på miljön.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 26.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Humans and the Environment
Critical evaluation of the state of the environment in Finland or the whole world including: prerequisites of sustainable development, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, climate change, contamination of the environment and harmful substances, threats/risks to the health of humans and the nature, and sources of environmental information.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment/Basic Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 06.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 21.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Humans and the Environment
Examining the relation between the protection of environment and the protection of cultural heritage in the context of cultural anthropology and archaeology; learning about the ways in which different civilisations and communities have reacted to change in the environment in a global context; examining the climate change from the chronological perspective provided by archaeology and cultural anthropology; studying interaction between humans, animals and nature; familiarising with the central concepts and perspectives of contemporary research in environmental anthropology.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Open University
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Humans and the Environment
Oppiaineiden ja kulttuuriperinnön suojelun suhde ympäristönsuojeluun sekä globaalissa kontekstissa erilaisten sivilisaatioiden ja yhteisöjen toiminta vastuksena muuttuvaan ympäristöön. Ilmastonmuutos arkeologian ja kulttuuriantropologian aikaperspektiivistä. Ihmisten, eläinten ja muun luonnon vuorovaikutus sekä ympäristöantropologian keskeiset käsitteet ja näkökulmat nykytutkimuksessa.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification and ecology of aquatic macrophytes
Lectures on macrophyte ecology, training of survey methods and species identification mainly in the field.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in August (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Identification and ecology of benthic invertebrates
Fundamentals of taxonomy, biology and ecology of freshwater invertebrates. Sample collection and handling, identification of higher taxa/most common species and preparedness for species identification.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 24.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 07.10.2022 (every odd numbered year in autumn but exceptionally also in autumn 2022)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Identification and ecology of fishes in Finland
Opintojakson käytyään opiskelija osaa tunnistaa pääosan Suomessa vakituisesti tavattavista kalalajeista. Hän osaa nimetä kalojen keskeisimmät lajintuntemuksessa hyödynnettävät piirteet ja käyttää näitä tunnistamiseen. Opiskelija pystyy nimeämään erilaisille vesistöille tyypillisiä lajeja ja kuvailemaan lajien ekologisia peruspiirteitä.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Every odd numbered year in autumn (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification and ecology of zooplankton
Zooplankton identification and ecology. Lectures, demonstrations and practical exercises to introduce the main types of freshwater zooplankton and their identification.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Every odd numbered year in autumn (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Identification of animals, invertebrates
Identification of higher taxa of invertebrate animals with help of representative specimen samples. The focus is on taxa that occur in northern Europe. Basics of species’ ecology and classification of organisms.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 06.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of animals, vertebrates
Identification of Finnish animal species (vertebrate) from museum samples.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 22.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of fungi
Kurssilla syvennytään suursienten suku- ja lajitason tuntemukseen. Pääpaino on helttasienissä ja tateissa (mm. rouskut, haperot, seitikit jne.) sekä kääväkkäissä (pl. orvakat & käävät). Kurssi sisältää luennot, maastoretkiä sekä ohjattua omatoimista opiskelua ja sienien määrittämistä.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 26.08.2022
Teaching period: 02.09.2022 - 20.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Identification of garden plant species
Independent study of approximately 400 garden and crop species in the Botanical Gardens with the help of a handout. Emphasise is on species thriving in northern conditions.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of Habitat Types for Nature Inventory Certificate
Opiskelija tunnistaa luontoselvittäjien henkilösertifiointikokeessa vaadittavat luontotyypit, niiden abioottiset ominaispiirteet ja tyypillisen kasvilajiston. Soiden ja metsien luontotyypeille hän osaa myös suo- ja metsätyyppioppaiden mukaiset kasvillisuustyyppien nimet. Opiskelija tuntee luonto- ja kasvillisuustyyppien luokittelun perusteet ja osaa osoittaa kasvillisuustyypeiltä niiden abioottisia ominaispiirteitä ilmentäviä kasvilajeja.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Identification of Insects
Oppia tunnistamaan edustava otos Suomen ja maailman hyönteislahkoista ja -heimoista.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 24.03.2023
Teaching period: 24.03.2023 - 05.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of Invertebrates
Oppia tunnistamaan edustava otos Suomen ja maailman selkärangattomista.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 06.03.2023
Teaching period: 06.03.2023 - 13.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of Organisms, Basics
Eliöiden nimeämisen ja systemaattisen järjestelmän perusteiden sekä runsaan 400 taksonin esittely selkärangattomista ja kotimaisista selkärankaisista ja putkilokasveista.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 28.08.2022, 01.08.2022 - 02.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023, 04.10.2022 - 06.02.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Identification of plant species, brief
Demonstrations and/or independent study of ca. 350 vascular plants, mosses and lichens in the boreal vegetation zone.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 28.11.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of plant species, extensive
Demonstrations and/or independent stud of ca. 350 vascular plants, mosses and lichens in the boreal vegetation zone.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 28.11.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of Tracheophytes in Finland
Opintojakson suoritettuaan opiskelija tunnistaa n. 300 lajin otoksen Suomen putkilokasveista, painottuen erityisesti Varsinais-Suomen kasvillisuuteen. Opiskelija osaa nimetä lajit ja luokitella ne oikeaan kasviheimoon. Opiskelija tunnistaa kasviheimojen ja lajien ominaispiirteitä sekä osaa käyttää ominaispiirteitä kuvaavaa erityissanastoa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 23.01.2023
Teaching period: 30.01.2023 - 27.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of Vascular Plant and Animal Species for Nature Inventory Certificate
Sertifiointityöryhmän sivuilla lueteltujen kasvi- ja eläinlajien tunnistamisen opettelu. Opintojakson suoritettuaan opiskelija tunnistaa Luontoselvittäjän henkilösertifiointitentin vaatimuksiin kuuluvat noin 750 kotimaista putkilokasvia ja sertifiointitentissä vaadittavat luontodirektiivin liitteen IV a eläinlajit. Opiskelija osaa käyttää määrittämisessä apunaan alan kirjallisuutta ja määrityskaavoja sekä pystyy tunnistamaan opiskeltavien lajien joukosta rauhoitetut direktiivilajit sekä luonnonsuojelulain nojalla maassa rauhoitetut ja erityisesti suojeltavat kasvi- ja eläinlajit.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of Vertebrates
Kurssilla tutustutaan noin 330 kala-, sammakkoeläin-, matelija-, lintu- ja nisäkäslajiin. Demonstraatiot antavat perustiedot lajien tunnistamiseen. Pääosin kurssi perustuu itseopiskeluun kurssimateriaalien, nettitehtävien ja eläinmuseon näytteiden avulla.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 11.01.2023 - 05.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Identification of vertebrates in the field
Identification exam on birds and mammals in the field. Their natural history: tracks, droppings, nests etc.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.04.2023 - 26.04.2023
Teaching period: 03.05.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Instrumental environmental analyses
This is laboratory course in which students learn pretreatment of environmental samples (extraction methods) and how to use high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC-FID and GC-MS), spectrophotometer and stable isotope mass spectrometer (SIRMS). In the course student learn how to identify organic compounds from chromatogram. In the course, student extracts organic compounds from given environmental samples and determine what kind of organic compounds their sample includes.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 28.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Interdisciplinary approaches in the environmental questions
Kurssin alussa on johdanto, jossa kuvataan sisältö kokonaisuutena ja perustellaan kurssin tarvetta. Siinä käydään myös läpi kompleksisuutta todellisuuden ominaisuutena ja perehdytään mm. viheliäisen ongelman (wicked problem) käsitteeseen. Edelleen esitellään lyhyesti eräitä tieteidenvälisen työskentelyn tieteenfilosofiaan liittyviä perusteita. Sen jälkeen seuraa kurssin teoreettisimmin painottunut osio. Tieteidenvälisyyden teoreettiset perusteet ja tärkeimmät käsitteet käydään perusteellisesti läpi. Samoin perehdytään keskeisiin lähestymistapoihin ja työkaluihin, joita nykytiede on kehittänyt sen avuksi, että kompleksisia kysymyksiä voisi tarkastella niin, että ymmärrys niiden kompleksisuudesta säilyy koko tarkasteluprosessin ajan. Kurssin viimeinen osio on painottunut käytännöllisemmin. Siinä avataan tieteidenvälisen työskentelyn luonnetta tarkastelemalla ympäristönsuojelun kenttää kokonaisuutena, eri tieteenalojen näkökulmista.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 10.10.2022 - 30.11.2022
Teaching period: 10.10.2022 - 30.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
International Environmental Agreements related to marine areas and resources
Using the concepts of game theory in applied settings. Solve simple applied game problems. The basics of game theory, stage games, coalition games and dynamic games. International environmental and resource agreements.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability/Agricultural, Environmental and Resource Economics
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 03.12.2021 - 14.01.2022
Teaching period: 18.01.2022 - 22.02.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
International Environmental Law
The central content of the course is the historical development of international environmental law, key actors, concepts, and instruments of international environmental law, monitoring and verification of compliance of international environmental law obligations, liability for environmental damage, and different forms of environmental harm and the legal responses to them (e.g., transboundary pollution, marine pollution, climate change, harm to biological diversity, nuclear waste).
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: The Sea
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.01.2023
Teaching period: 11.01.2023 - 09.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
International forest policy 1
The course will start with a lecture on the history of forest policy and conservation, and the diverse instruments and measures applied over time. This is followed by insights in main characteristics of actors and actor groups, their interests, beliefs and resources to influence policy outcomes. The course continues by an introduction of selected instruments applied in international forest policy.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 07.10.2022 - 27.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 03.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
International forest policy 2
Overview of key concepts and current trends in international forest policy, and the main theories applied (critical policy analysis, network policy analysis, institutional policy analysis, rational policy analysis, and the advocacy coalition framework). Students will be enabled to apply these basic concepts as well as methods and approaches to understanding politics and power, for example in REDD+ (reducing emissions through avoided deforestation and forest degradation) and other relevant forest policy issues and domains.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Agricultural Sciences
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 15.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Internship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1
Internship in ecology and evolutionary biology I is meant for gaining work experience in research in the university. Before starting, the student writes an internship plan and afterwards a report that summarizes the experience gained. The work itself must be full time and related to research in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.07.2022 - 31.12.2022, 01.12.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, 01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Work placement
Internship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2
Internship in ecology and evolutionary biology II is meant for gaining work experience in research in the university. Before starting, the student writes an internship plan and afterwards a report that summarizes the experience gained. The work itself must be full time and related to research in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.07.2022 - 31.12.2022, 01.12.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, 01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Work placement
Interpretation of aquatic analyses and data
Vesiekosysteemistä kerättyjen aineistojen tulkinta ja niiden antama informaatio ekosysteemin tilasta. Eri parametrien keskinäiset riippuvuudet.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 16.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Interpretative Quantitative Analysis
Teoreettisen näkökulman operationalisointi yhteiskunta- ja kasvatustieteissä sekä psykologiassa. Kyselytutkimusaineiston hankinta ja muokkaus. Tutkittavien ilmiöiden mittaaminen pääkomponenttianalyysillä. Selittävät monimuuttujamenetelmät: lineaarinen regressioanalyysi; vakioinnin ymmärtäminen kausaalipäättelyn mahdollistavana mekanismina havaintotutkimuksissa. Kuvailevat monimuuttujamenetelmät: K-means ryhmittelyanalyysi. Oikeiden monimuuttujamenetelmien valinta tutkimusprosessissa suhteessa esitettyihin tutkimuskysymyksiin.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Arktinen maailmanpolitiikka, Yhteiskuntatieteiden maisterin tutkinto/Master's Programme in Northern Tourism/Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 17.03.2023 - 16.04.2023
Teaching period: 17.04.2023 - 11.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to biology of environmental change
Physical and chemical processes that are globally changing the environment, the impacts of the changes on plants and animals, and the adaptation of organisms to the changes.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Basic and Subject Studies in Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies/Basic and Subject Studies for Sustainable Future
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 09.09.2022
Teaching period: 14.09.2022 - 07.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to biota
Need, objectives and basics for the identification of organisms by lectures, e-learning and laboratory exercises. Basic morphological characteristics of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates needed in the identification are studied during the course. Parasites of vertebrate animals and their life cycles are also studied. Organisms are identified in practice and the use of genetic material in identification of organisms is demonstrated.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biology as Optional Studies for Subject Teachers
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 29.08.2022 - 24.04.2023 (independent project), 15.08.2022 - 16.12.2022 (laboratory work)
Teaching period: 30.08.2022 - 30.07.2023 (independent project), 18.01.2023 - 12.05.2023 (laboratory work)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Introduction to biotopes and fungi
Identification of organisms is practiced in different habitat types focusing on typical flora. Identification of habitat types is rehearsed during different season than in the previous course. During the field work special attention is paid to peatlands, although also features and guiding plant species of forest habitat types are studied. The most important mushrooms are studied and identified especially in the field.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2022 - 29.05.2022
Teaching period: 15.08.2022 - 26.08.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Introduction to Ecological Modeling
Conceptual bases of various approaches to model ecological and evolutionary processes, such as species interactions, dispersal, speciation and extinction, as a way to test hypotheses, interpret patterns and make predictions. Students will also learn how to implement the different approaches using software and coding tools (mainly in the R programming environment, but also user friendly standalone software). The overarching learning goal will be the ability to combine different models, using them as building blocks to simulate complex ecological systems in a modular way (for example, modelling species interactions in a metacommunity while simulating species dispersal and extinction).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 14.03.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 04.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to ecology
Opintojakso antaa peruskäsityksen ekologisista vuorovaikutussuhteista elottoman ja elollisen luonnon välillä.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Open University
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 21.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to Environmental Humanities and Environmental Social Sciences
Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus edustavat monitieteisiä aloja, jotka yhdistävät useiden tieteenalojen menetelmiä, näkökulmia, käsitteitä ja teorioita. Niitä molempia motivoi tarve lisätä ymmärrystä kulttuurin, yhteiskunnan ja luonnon monisyisestä vuorovaikutuksesta sekä osallistua ja vaikuttaa nykyiseen keskusteluun ympäristöstä. Opintojaksolla perehdytään monitieteisen humanistisen ja yhteiskuntatieteellisen ympäristötutkimuksen lähtökohtiin, keskeisiin suuntauksiin sekä mahdollisuuksiin tarjota kriittisiä ja luovia näkökulmia ja vastauksia reaalimaailman ympäristöongelmiin. Opintojakson suoritettuaan opiskelija tunnistaa nykyisten ympäristöongelmien kulttuuriset ja yhteiskunnalliset juuret.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to Environmental Modeling
Goals of modeling and its basic concepts. Equation-based and data-based modeling; similarities and differences. Linear regression as an example of modeling using spreadsheet calculation. Using ready-made software for dispersion modeling. Modeling by programming (Python as an example). Introduction to other modeling courses.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 08.02.2023
Teaching period: 15.02.2023 - 27.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to Environmental Philosophy
Introduction to environmental philosophy and its basic concepts.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Open University
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to forest sciences and forestry 1
Forest history, multiple use of forests, forest resources, forest management, forest economy, forest ecology, wood-based products and forest policy.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/Basic studies in forest sciences (minor)
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 13.02.2023
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 28.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to forest sciences and forestry 2
Forest protection, forest technology, forest management, forest planning and measuring of the forests.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/Basic studies in forest sciences (minor)
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 11.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 31.10.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course
Introduction to GAM and GAMM in R
Multiple linear regression, generalised linear models, mixed effects modelling and Bayesian statistics (MCMC). Generalised additive models (GAM; a smoothing technique) to analyse continuous data, count data and binary data. Generalised additive mixed effects models (GAMM) to analyse nested (also called hierarchical or clustered) data, e.g. multiple observations from the same animal, site, area, nest, patient, hospital, vessel, lake, hive, transect, etc. Frequentist (mgcv, gamm4) and Bayesian tools (MCMC in JAGS).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 03.10.2022 - 24.10.2022
Teaching period: 07.11.2022 - 11.11.2022, every third year in autumn (2019, 2022,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to hydrobiology
Hydrography and physical and chemical properties of lakes and streams. Structure and ecological interactions of aquatic ecosystems (bacters plant and animal plankton, water insects other invertebrates, fishes). Most important biological interactions (competition, predation, parasitism, mutualism), inland water food web structure and regulation. Biodiversity of inland waters. Human influence on inland water biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Biology Minor/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 22.03.2022
Teaching period: 15.03.2022 - 31.05.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to International Environmental Law
The overall aim of the course is to provide students with a broad introduction to international and European environmental law’s main topics and developments, including its sources and fundamental principles, law-making processes, main actors, implementation and key compliance procedures. While the focus of the course is on the international and European environmental law, the course also highlights examples from national environmental law.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 13.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to Multivariate methods
Logistic regression, principal components analysis, discriminant analysis, classification analysis and clustering analysis. Use of R environment in modelling.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Mathematics/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.10.2022 - 14.11.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 11.01.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to planetary well-being
Global environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, their causes and historical development pathways. International agreements on sustainable development and environmental and nature conservation. The global challenges in achieving sustainable development. The concept of planetary well-being.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Basic Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences (Open University)/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 30.08.2022
Teaching period: 01.09.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to population ecology
Demography and life history strategies with emphasis on dynamics of structured populations in space and time, with an emphasis on conservation biology. Usage of matrix models to calculate basic population parameters and analyze population viability. Metapopulation dynamics and ecological and evolutionary genetics and interactions between populations and their environment are addressed. In exercises, dynamics of populations are analysed with matrix models and simulation programs.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Conservation
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 24.09.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to population genetics and molecular ecology
Basics of population genetics (variation, effective population size, drift, mutation, linkage, selection, bottlenecks, population structure, gene flow), relationships between molecular and adaptive variation, phylogenetic methods and phylogeography. Usage of molecular methods for identification of species, sex and individuals, behavioural ecology (mating systems, cooperation, mating success) and conservation.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 03.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 17.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to Quantitative Research
Tietoarkiston tarjoamat ohjeet ja aineistot, kysymyslomakkeen tarjoamat mahdollisuudet aineiston keruuseen, teoreettisten käsitteiden operationalisointi, SPSS-tilasto-ohjelmiston perusteet, tilastollisen tutkimuksen peruskäsitteet: populaatio, tilastoyksikkö, muuttujat ja niiden mitta-asteikot, havaintomatriisi, yhden muuttujan tarkastelu, kahden tai useamman muuttujan tarkastelu (riippuvuus), edelliset sekä taulukoiden, kuvioiden että tunnuslukujen avulla, lisäksi tilastollisen testauksen perusteita.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, 01.12.2022 09:00 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, 20.03.2023 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to Regression and Analysis of Variance
Linear regression and analysis of variance models for continuous outcomes. Formulation of the model and interpretation of parameters. Fitting the models, estimation of parameters, and prediction with the method of least squares: basic methods of model criticism and diagnostics. Use of R environment in modelling.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Mathematics/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 12.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.09.2022 - 11.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to Statistics
Kurssilla johdatellaan tilastotieteen olemukseen ja tilastotieteen rooliin empiiriisessä tutkimuksessa. Kurssi on studia generalia -tyyppinen luentosarja, eikä sillä vielä opetella tilastomenetelmiä. Sisältö: Tilastotieteen asemasta ja tehtävästä. Tieteenfilosofiaa. Todennäköisyys. Normaalijakauma. Tilastollinen testaaminen. Graafisesta ja numeerisesta esittämisestä.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 29.08.2022 (lectures), 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (online teaching)
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 31.10.2022 (lectures), 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (online teaching)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to Statistics
Collecting data, e.g. sampling. Variables and measuring. Descriptive statistical methods and their selection. Basic concepts and rules of probability, Bernoulli and normal distributions. Statistical testing and confidence intervals for population mean and proportion. Basic analysis of data using statistical software.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biochemistry, Biology and Geography/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 16.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 14.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to Sustainability Science
Basic principles of sustainability science with special reference to its interdisciplinary and systemic dimensions. The theoretical and methodological orientation is clarified through addressing real world sustainability problems like food security, energy production, climate change, access to clean water and other complex or wicked problems.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 21.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Introduction to Taxonomic Research
Luennoilla käsitellään taksonomisen työn eteneminen, lajien sisäisen ja välisen muuntelun erottamisen ongelma, erilaiset lajikäsitykset, luonnontieteellisten kokoelmien merkitys, nimistösäännöt ja kladistiikan perusteet. Käytännön harjoituksissa opetellaan käyttämään kokoelmia, kirjoittamaan määrityskaava, sekä tekemään fylogeneettinen analyysi.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 04.10.2021 - 25.10.2021
Teaching period: 27.10.2021 - 07.12.2021, every odd numberd year in autumn (2021, 2023,...), in alternance with the course "Diversity of Life: Plants, Fungi and Algae"
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Introduction to the Arctic
Introduction to the circumpolar Arctic and its complexities in the fields of natural sciences, law and politics, people, cultures and identities, as well as society and economy. Definition of the Arctic from different ecological viewpoints. Definition of the Arctic/North as space and place from a representational viewpoint – concepts, images, discourses. Living in a cold environment and uses of cold. Introduction to the nature and natural resources of Arctic and Boreal Regions. Threats to the Arctic environment. Land use questions in Sámpiland. Introduction to the Arctic governance. Introduction to the Arctic and Antarctic information sources. One day excursion in Rovaniemi area and visit of the exhibition at the Arktikum-house.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: YTK - Arctic Studies Programme - Minor Subject
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 30.08.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 31.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Introduction to the systematic Physical Geography
Geomorphology, climatology, hydrogeography, biogeography; and geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. The students will learn how nature works and how to resolve multiple environmental questions.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject/Geography - Geography Minor Subject/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher, Geography
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 09.02.2023
Teaching period: 02.02.2023 - 24.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Invertebrate collection
Jointly agreed number of scientifically collected and preserved invertebrate samples. The collection should include samples from one or some taxonomic animal groups or certain specific habitat.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 31.07.2022 - 28.06.2023
Teaching period: 02.08.2022 - 29.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Kingdom of Organisms and Evolution
Kurssilla esitellään makroevoluutioon ja lajiutumiseen liittyviä mekanismeja ja eliökunnan monimuotoisuuden kehittymiseen vaikuttaneita ympäristötekijöitä eri maailmankausina. Kurssilla annetaan perustiedot siitä, miten evoluutiohistoriaa tutkitaan fossiilien ja nykylajien vertailun avulla siitä mihin taksonominen luokittelu perustuu. Kurssi myös antaa yleiskatsauksen eliökunnan monimuotoisuuteen ja kehityshistoriaan.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 24.10.2022
Teaching period: 27.10.2022 - 16.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Kingdoms of Organisms (Teacher Training)
Eliökunnan pääkehityslinjojen synnyn ja monimuotoisuuden esittely. Eliöiden sukulaisuussuhteisiin perustuva taksonominen luokittelu ja sukulaisuussuhteiden selvittämisen perusteet.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 18.09.2022, 05.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023, 03.10.2022 - 31.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Knowledge in biotopes and species
Kursen består av en terrestrisk fältdel (april - maj) och en akvatisk fältdel (augusti). Efter avklarad kurs känner studenten till de viktigaste terrestra och akvatiska biotoperna och arterna (vertebraterna, evertebraterna och växterna) i Finland. Studenten behärskar de centrala teknikerna för insamling av arter i fält och känner även till de viktigaste instrumenten för att göra olika typer av mätningar i främst akvatiska miljöer.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 16.04.2023
Teaching period: 19.04.2023 - 15.10.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Knowledge of forest plant species
Kasvikunnan rajaaminen ja evoluutiohistoria pääpiirteissään, tieteellinen luokittelu ja nimistö, systemaattisten pääryhmien (sammalet, sanikkaiset, paljassiemeniset, koppisiemeniset) rakennepiirteet ja elämänkierrot, rakenteiden evoluutio, rakenteisiin liittyvä tieteellinen terminologia, metsäympäristön keskeinen lajisto.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 02.03.2023 - 31.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Knowledge of Species
Noin 200 luonnonvaraisen kasvi- ja lintulajin tunnistaminen.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Luokanopettaja, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Kasvatustieteen maisterin tutkinto/Kestävyys- ja luontokasvatus, Kasvatustieteen maisterin tutkinto
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 28.03.2023
Teaching period: 06.04.2023 - 29.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Laboratory Methods in Molecular Ecology
The course consists of lectures related to the theory of the techniques used during the course and projects where students analyse samples collected from natural populations. Students do preliminarily population genetic analyses on their data with the most commonly used methods in molecular systematics and molecular ecology: DNA extraction, electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and question-specific methods such as sequencing or genotyping. They present the projects and write lab journals.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 21.03.2023
Teaching period: 28.03.2023 - 18.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Laboratory Methods in Molecular Genetics
Luennoilla ja laboratoriotöissä perehdytään erilaisiin DNA:n ja RNA:n eristysmenetelmiin, PCR-sovelluksiin, DNA-sekvenssien analysointiin, cDNA:n tuottamiseen, kloonaukseen ja bakteeritransformaatioon sekä NGS-kirjaston valmistamiseen. Kurssin suoritettuaan opiskelija pystyy selittämään modernien molekyylibiologian menetelmien periaatteet ja toimimaan itsenäisesti annettujen ohjeiden mukaian molekyylibiologian laboratoriossa sekä osaa soveltaa opetettuja menetelmiä tutkimusongelmien ratkaisussa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 22.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 04.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Laboratory Practicals in Ecology
Kurssin keskeinen sisältö on pienryhmissä tehtävä pitkäkestoinen kasvatuskoe. Kokeellisen työn lisäksi kurssilla tehdään kaksi lyhyempää osatyötä, joiden avulla tutustutaan puhdaslaboratoriotyöskentelyyn sekä globaaliin tietokanta-aineistoon. Opintojakson suoritettuaan opiskelija osaa soveltaa erilaisia ekologisen tutkimuksen menetelmiä. Opiskelija osaa mm. suunnitella ja toteuttaa kokeellisen ekologisen tutkimuksen, analysoida kokeen tulokset tilastollisesti sekä esittää tulokset kirjallisesti tieteellisen artikkelin tyyliin.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 24.01.2023
Teaching period: 31.01.2023 - 02.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Landscape Ecology
Opintojaksossa perehdytään viime vuosikymmeninä nopeasti laajentuneen maisema- eli alue-ekologisen (landscape ecology) tutkimuksen peruskäsitteisiin ja sovellutuksiin ympäristönsuojelun kannalta.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
LiDAR -Based Approach on Glacial Landscapes
Theoretical and methodological lectures, selected readings/scientific articles, scientific snap shot demonstrations and practical work including geomorphological mapping based on LiDAR laser scanning data. Students learn to take advantage of new possibilities of laser scanning in order to interpret the evolution of the Finnish glacial landforms, glacigenic relief and especially glacial hydrological system. Assessment of the usage of the soil and landforms from the viewpoints of human needs as well as protection and sustainable use of the environment.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography/Geology, Quaternary Geology track (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.09.2022
Teaching period: 14.09.2022 - 23.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
LIFE Ecology
Ge grunderna i ekologi - från individ, population till samhällen och biom. Ge exempel på vanliga tillämpningar av ekologisk kunskap.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
LIFE Evolution
Kursens syfte är att ge en översikt av evolution och tillämpningar av dessa. Kursen ger elementära grunder i evolutionslära, genetik och hur det biologiska mångfaldet påverkas av evolutionsprocesserna. Kursen gerr en översikt av livets träd och de viktigaste utvecklingslinjernas evolution.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2022, 16.01.2023 - 17.03.2023 (open university, online course), available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Linking data and ecological models
This course gives a broad view of the techniques, principles and philosophy of modern statistics, using gentle examples from the field of ecology. We discuss different ways of including randomness in statistical models, learn the concept of likelihood functions, and go through different general procedures for estimating parameters and their uncertainty. We learn the basic principles of frequentist, information theoretic and Bayesian statistics, and compare their results. The aim is to give the participants the basic knowledge needed for flexibly using statistical software.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 12.09.2022 - 10.10.2022
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 08.12.2022, every even numbered year (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Literature in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1
Holistic view and deep understanding of general topics in the field of the M.Sc. Programme using reference textbooks.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Literature in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2
Deeper understanding of one or more specialised topics in the field of the M.Sc. Programme, with a topic closely related to the theme of the MSc thesis. The reading may consist of (a) textbook(s) and/or review papers or other material.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biology, Biology Education Track
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 02.07.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Literature in Environmental Studies
Opintojaksolla on kaksi osaamistavoitetta: toisaalta perehtyminen kirjoitelman avulla johonkin ympäristönsuojelun erityiskysymykseen, sen taustoihin ja ratkaisumahdollisuuksiin, toisaalta ympäristötieteen laajojen kokonaisuuksien hallinta loppukuulustelun avulla.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024, 01.09.2022 - 31.05.2023, 12.09.2022 - 31.05.2023 (open university)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Literature in Farmland Ecology
Ca. 150-750 pages of updated and topical literature (such as book(s), reviews, compilations) in agroecology. Key organism groups in agricultural environment, their key roles in agricultural ecosystems, and the key processes of their population dynamics in agricultural landscapes. Contributions of the key functional groups to ecosystem services from and for agriculture. Management practices that are beneficial for biological diversity in agricultural environment.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (exam)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Literature, ecology and evolutionary biology
Tyypillisesti viiden opintopisteen kirjallisuus käsittää noin 500-700 sivua englanninkielisen tieteellisen oppikirjan tekstiä, joka tentitään pääsääntöisesti yleisessä tenttitilaisuudessa.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023 (electronic exam)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Macro fungi
Demonstrations of macrofungi in the field, basics of identification, ecology and distribution, Sieniatlas.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 26.08.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 15.10.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Macrophyte Ecology
General and in-depth information about patterns and processes in marine plant ecosystems in coastal waters. Structure and function of marine macrophyte communities in time and space. Links and differences between different types of marine macrophyte communities in the global ocean.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology (Åbo)/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (UTU)
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 23.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Management of environmental problems in aquatic ecosystems
The course focuses on identifying solutions to contemporary and prospective environmental problems in the Baltic Sea: cost-benefit analysis to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea, cost-effective mitigation of nutrient loads, impacts of global socioeconomic trends and changing climate on the Baltic Sea drainage basin and the sea, how to reduce the risks and damages of oil accidents, effective prevention of species invasions, how to reach sustainable fishing, energy production in the Baltic, national and international environmental policies.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 26.09.2022 - 25.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning
Theoretical and methodological background relevant to marine and coastal planning from scientific and practical perspectives. Emphasis is put on understanding the complex interaction between anthropogenic pressures and environmental vulnerability, as well as evaluating and comparing finished planning processes and plans.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2021 - 28.02.2022
Teaching period: 22.03.2022 - 26.04.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Marine Ecosystems I
Kursen går genom delar av samhällsekologin (succession, mönster i biodiversitet, flöden av energi och materia, födovävar) samt fokuserar på Östersjöns marina ekosystem samt människans roll i detta.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Environmental and Marine Biology/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 15.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Marine Ecosystems II
Overview of the most important marine ecosystems, basics in marine ecosystem processes. Biogeography, biodiversity in space and time, primary productivity, decomposition, predation, physical disturbance, eutrophication, species interactions, effects of human impact and ecosystem management.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 19.03.2023
Teaching period: 20.03.2023 - 22.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Marine environmental management
Ge en översikt av marinbiologin som arbetsfält i Finland, med tyngdpunkt på den marina miljöövervakningens organisation och styrning, samt en insikt aktuella miljöproblem och debatter. Kursen belyser områden såsom monitoring och områdes- eller regionplanering.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Maritime and Coastal Spatial Planning
Students learn to address at the same time aspects of the natural environment, human livelihood and use pressures. The course offers theoretical and methodological expertise that is relevant to marine and coastal planning from both scientific and practical-legislative perspectives.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University/University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography (UTU)/Environmental and Marine Biology/The Sea (Åbo)
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.06.2021 - 28.02.2022
Teaching period: 21.03.2022 - 08.05.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Metabolism, growth and structure of trees
Yhteyttäminen, energiatase ja kaasunvaihto lehden tasolla; ravinteidenotto; juuriston mikrobisymbioosit; veden ja ravinteiden kuljetus puussa; puun hiilitase; haihdunta; puiden lisääntymisfysiologia; kasvunjakomallit; puun elintoimintojen vuodenaikaisvaihtelu; puun vaste stressitiloihin ja kilpailuun.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 15.03.2023 - 05.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Methods in ecology I
The aim of the course is to introduce the students in scientific modes of argumentation and research methods in modern ecology. Both the empirical and theoretical methods and their relationship in theory formation are discussed. Hypothesis testing; observational method, experimental method and comparative method are the empirical methods introduced. Autumn period ends in a seminar where scientific publications are analysed.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Methods in ecology II
Continuation to course Ecological methods I. This course focuses on applying the scientific method in ecological research. The course consists mainly of computer exercises in the following subjects: sampling, sample size determination, experimental design and statistical analysis esp. analysis of variance, comparative methods (independent contrasts - analysis), multivariate methods (cluster analysis, ordination) and meta-analysis. Also other current issues can be included.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Methods in evolutionary genetics
The course will introduce students to the use of genetic data in research in ecology and evolutionary biology. Hands-on exercises and small projects to analyze and interpret data using computer programs are used. Topics include population genetics and diversity, phylogenetic analyses, molecular evolution. The course develops critical thinking and emphasizes data management and open science principles.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 03.10.2022
Teaching period: 17.10.2022 - 18.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Methods in genomics and genomics evolution
Genome structure and content, gene expression, comparative genomics, recombination and the evolutionary factors influencing these. Basics of the methods and their applicability to empirical studies especially in evolutionary questions.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2021 - 15.09.2021
Teaching period: 08.09.2021 - 15.12.2021
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Methods in molecular genetics
This laboratory course introduces modern PCR- and sequencing-based techniques in molecular genetics in the context of microbiology. Research question and the selection of methods can vary depending on the year and course. The autumn course is meant for students in evolutionary ecology and cell and molecular biology, and the spring course to other students working more on natural resources questions (environmental sciences and aquatic sciences). In addition to lab works, the course focuses on data analysis and bioinformatic analysis of the sequencing results using a program package.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 05.09.2022, 15.08.2022 - 31.01.2023
Teaching period: 19.09.2022 - 07.10.2022, 23.03.2023 - 21.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Methods in Remote Sensing
Johdatus ympäristön kaukokartoitukseen. Sähkömagneettinen säteily ja kaukokartoituksen fysikaalinen perusta. Kaukokartoitusjärjestelmät, -aineistot ja -ohjelmistot. Ilmakuvaus ja fotogrammetria. Kaukokartoituskuvien visuaalinen tulkinta. Monikanavainen ympäristön kaukokartoitus avaruudesta. Ilmakehä- ja geometriset korjaukset. Radiometriset, spektraaliset ja spatiaaliset käsittelymenetelmät. Monikanavakuvan luokitteleminen. Laserkeilauksen ja pistepilviaineiston käsittelyn perusteet. Kaukokartoituksen sovellukset yhteiskunnassa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Geography/Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 06.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Methods to study forest soils
Methods to sample forest soils, determine various soil physical, chemical and biological properties, calculate primary laboratory analysis results and convert between units, and quality check, present and interpret the results.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 08.09.2022
Teaching period: 19.09.2022 - 24.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Microbial ecology
Microbial ecology of soil and water, biogeochemical cycles of elements, microbial interactions, environmental monitoring, microbial bioremediation, wastewater management.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.12.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 02.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Microbial ecology
Diversity and role of microbes (bacteria, protists, fungi) in ecosystem function, including human health.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.12.2021 - 21.03.2022
Teaching period: 14.03.2022 - 30.06.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Microbial technologies and environmental omics
Student learns what are omics (genomics, metagenomics, proteopmics, metaboliomics) and how they are used in modern microbial research. Species and trophic interaction at microbial level, effect of microbiomes on hosts, environmental change and microbiome of extreme environments are discussed. Student will also learn how microbes can be used in environmental processes, using e.g. synthetic biology, diagnostics and biossensor development.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 09.04.2023
Teaching period: 01.05.2023 - 25.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Microbiology
Structural, physiological and genetic diversity of Bacteria and Archaea, and their interactions with human beings and the environment. Identification and classification of microbes using molecular tools. Diagnostics, pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences/Intermediate Studies in Biology as Optional Studies for Subject Teachers
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 05.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 19.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Mire ecology
Plant species (bryophytes and vascular plants), mire types, vegetation of boreal areas. Regional patterns in mire vegetation, mire types and underlying ecological gradients. Mire hydrotopography and peat stratigraphy. Red list status of mire vegetation.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.03.2021 - 31.03.2021
Teaching period: 01.04.2021 - 30.09.2021, available in 2023-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Missing data
Kurssi käsittelee tilastollista päättelyä puuttuvan tiedon tapauksessa. Puuttuvan tiedon ongelma kohdataan lähes kaikissa empiirisissa aineistoissa ja puuttuvalla tiedolla voi olla suuri vaikutus aineiston pohjalta tehtäviin päätelmiin. Kaikille kurssilaisille suunnatussa osiossa käytetään moni-imputointia puuttuvan tiedon käsittelyyn. Kurssilla käsitellään myös erilaisia tutkimusasetelmia puuttuvan tiedon näkökulmasta.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 22.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 23.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Mixed models
Basic concepts and assumptions of mixed linear models, as well as main principles of mixed modeling, using these methods in the analysis of observational data.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2021 - 15.10.2021
Teaching period: 22.12.2021 - 22.12.2021
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Mixed Models and Longitudinal Data Analysis
Kurssilla perehdytään menetelmiin, joita voidaan soveltaa tilanteissa, joissa aineisto sisältää korreloituneita havaintoja (klusteroidut havainnot, toistomittaukset, pitkittäistutkimusten aineistot, spatiaalinen data, jne.). Keskeisimpiä menetelmiä ovat sekamallit sekä yleistetyt estimointiyhtälöt (GEE). Kurssilla käydään läpi menetelmien perusteoriaa (mallien määrittely, parametrien estimointi, ennustaminen, testaus). Menetelmien soveltamista erilaisiin empiirisiin aineistoihin harjoitellaan R- ja/tai SAS-ohjelmistojen avulla. Aikataulun salliessa tarkastellaan edellä mainittujen menetelmien lisäksi pitkittäisaineistojen analysointia transitiomallien avulla.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 17.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 16.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Molecular and culturing methods of microbial ecology – field and laboratory course A
The aim of the course is to educate the basic laboratory and fieldwork skills, and understanding on basic concepts of microbial ecology. It focuses on biochemistry of metabolism of greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide in soil, plants and in various microecosystems of the biosphere. In the course, soil sampling, and diversity of functional genes is taught with microbial culturing and molecular biology techniques.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 26.03.2023
Teaching period: 18.04.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Molecular evolution
Methods to study the evolutionary history of organisms and the evolutionary forces that have affected the outcome (estimation of nucleotide substitution rates, reconstruction of phylogenetic trees with distance based methods and parsimony). Evolution of genome structure and size.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Molecular interactions
Laboratory practicals to elucidate gene expression in various organisms. The techniques used are, for example, quantitative (real-time) PCR, use of fluorescent marker proteins.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Molecular methods
Safety and working regulations in a molecular genetics laboratory, isolation of genomic DNA, amplification of DNA by PCR, digestion with restriction enzymes, primer design, DNA sequencing, genotyping with microsatellites, analysis of DNA-sequence and microsatellite alleles and writing scientific report.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Multi-Level Governance
Content of the theoretical concepts governance and multi-level governance (multi-level governance). Governance mechanisms of the EU and the role of different actors in these. Multi-level governance actors, structures and processes.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: The Sea
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 29.06.2023
Teaching period: 02.09.2022 - 30.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Multidisciplinary environmental research – Disciplinary perspectives to environmental questions
Luennot kattavat luonnontieteiden, humanististen tieteiden ja yhteiskuntatieteiden ympäristötutkimuksen menetelmiä, tuloksia, teorioita ja lähestymistapoja. Opiskelijat perehtyvät kiinnostuksensa mukaan valitsemiensa tieteenalojen ympäristötietoon ja vastaavat oppimistehtäviin.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 28.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Multidisciplinary view on insect outbreaks and host-pathogen dynamics
Connections among abiotic and biotic disturbance agents and health status of boreal forest ecosystem. Effects of climatic drivers, pests (insects, mammals, pathogens) and other disturbing factors on health, stability, diversity and socioeconomic values of forests. Modern methodology for disturbance monitoring and the basic principles of mitigation and adaptation of forest ecosystem to different kind of disturbance factors.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 04.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Multivariate Statistical Methods
When having even thousands or hundred thousands observations on the subjects of your study, how to proceed? The purpose of this course is to sum up the information on the multidimensional data. During the course, we learn traditional and novel methods with applications to real data and use R software.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Mycology Field Course
Identification of Finnish macrofungi.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2019 - 16.09.2019
Teaching period: 16.09.2019 - 20.09.2019, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Natural resources and multi-objective use of forests
Basic understanding of boreal forest ecosystems, their functions and biodiversity. The course themes also include forestry, forest use planning, forest legislation and management. Central theme is also alternative uses and values of forests, forest ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 06.09.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 20.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course
Natural resources and sustainable development
Jordens naturresurser, hållbar användning av naturresurser, naturresursrelaterade konflikter, samband mellan naturresurser och utveckling.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Geography as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Teaching period: 11.01.2023 - 07.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Natural systems in geography
Kurssin käytyään opiskelija osaa jäsentää luonnonmaantieteen tieteenalana ja sen kehityssuunnat (geomorfologia, hydrogeografia, klimatologia ja biogeografia), on perehtynyt luonnonmaantieteen keskeisiin osa-aloihin ja niitä vastaaviin kohteisiin (litosfääri, hydrosfääri, atmosfääri ja biosfääri), ymmärtää keskeiset luonnonmaantieteen teoriat ja käsitteet sekä terminologian.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 05.12.2022 - 28.02.2023
Teaching period: 19.01.2023 - 12.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Nature conservation: a geographic perspective
The student deepens his/her geographical way of thinking by reading the material of Physical Geography and by writing three applied essays. The topics of the essays are agreed separately with the course supervisor.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Sustainable Development/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject/Geography - Geography Minor Subject/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher/Geography - Tourism Studies
Category: Conservation
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.06.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Nature inventory course
Sampling ecological communities and population in theory and practice. Main themes include: sampling design and methods, ecological census techniques, sampling rare and threatened species, planning for ecological monitoring.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Nature under threat 1: Species and ecosystems
This course asks how and why species and ecosystems are increasingly becoming endangered, and what are the causalities behind the ongoing biodiversity loss.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Conservation
Course level: Other studies
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 05.02.2023
Teaching period: 06.02.2023 - 15.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Nature under threat 2: Red-list assessments in Finland and globally
Assessing endangerment of species and ecosystems is a key tool in measuring biodiversity loss, informing conservation, and following the impacts of conservation actions. This course clarifies how the risks of extinction and ecological collapse (for species and ecosystems, respectively) are evaluated as parts of red-list assessments that are conducted according to the IUCN methodology.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Biodiversity Education Network Studies
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 05.02.2023
Teaching period: 06.02.2023 - 15.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Indigenous Peoples Research Seminar
Kurssi perehdyttää ajankohtaisiin luonnonkäytön ja ympäristönsuojelun kysymyksiin ja tutkimusteemoihin. Opintojakso ohjaa opiskelijaa tutustumaan monipuolisesti luonnonkäytön politiikan, ympäristövaikutusten ja sosiaalisten vaikutusten arvioinnin keskeisiin kysymyksiin, sekä jäsentämään ajankohtaisia keskusteluja, joissa yhteen liittyvät sekä ympäristöpolitiikan että alkuperäiskansapolitiikan keskustelut, ongelmakohdat ja konfliktit.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: YTK - Saamen- ja alkuperäiskansatutkimus
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Naturecultural Environmental Sociology
Monitieteistä luontokulttuurien tutkimusta motivoi tarve hahmottaa uudella tavalla yhteiskunnan luontoperustaisuutta, ekososiaalisuutta, eli sitä, että yhteiskunta ja kulttuuri ovat perin pohjin kietoutuneet luonnonprosesseihin. Luontokulttuurien tutkimus problematisoi vakiintuneet luonnon ja luonnonvarapolitiikan, poliittisen ekologian, sukulaisuuden ja eettisyyden tietämisen ja tiedon kentät ja jopa historian tarjoten vaihtoehtoista, täydentävää, vastavuoroista ja eettisesti kestävää tietoa ja tietämistä. Luontokulttuurien tutkimus tarjoaa laaja-alaisen käsityksen maailmassa olemisesta yhdistäen luovasti eri alojen tietämystä. Opintojaksolla perehdytään ympäristösosiologiseen luontokulttuurien tutkimukseen, ajatteluun ja käsitteistöön käyttäen empiirisenä tutkimuskohteena luontokulttuurista elämää veden kanssa.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and its Applications
Basics of typical NGS protocols currently used in genetics, ecology and evolution research. Topics will include: experimental planning, available online databases, short read DNA alignment (de novo and reference based), data visualization and quality control, transcriptome and genomic data analysis. Students will become familiar with the nature of data produced by these technologies and will learn ways to excavate biologically relevant information to address a wide range of scientific questions.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)/MDP in Biosciences, Molecular Systems Biology (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 01.03.2023
Teaching period: 07.03.2023 - 28.04.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Northern Finland course
Kurssilla tutustutaan Pohjois-Suomen metsätalouden erityispiirteisiin ja olosuhteisiin, metsäekologiaan sekä metsätalouden, poronhoidon ja metsien virkistyskäytön yhteensovittamiseen. Keskeisiä teemoja ovat myös esim. arktinen ilmastonmuutos, poronlaidunnuksen vaikutukset, metsänuudistamisen lähtökohdat ja ongelmat, metsätuhot ja metsien käsittelyvaihtoehdot.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.04.2022 - 06.06.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Oceanography: from biology to environmental issues, part 1
Göra studenter förtrogna med oceanografiska processer: fysik, kemi, biologi, och aktuella miljöfrågor. Efter godkänd kurs förväntas studeranden kunna a) identifiera och beskriva olika oceanografiska processer och system, b) göra jämförelser beträffande likheter och olikheter för processer och funktioner mellan olika oceanografiska habitat och delsystem, c) identifiera och beskriva organismer i oceanernas olika habitat, samt deras funktioner och relationer till övrig biota.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Oceanography: from biology to environmental issues, part 2
Göra studenter förtrogna med oceanografiska processer: fysik, kemi, biologi, och aktuella miljöfrågor. Efter godkänd kurs förväntas studeranden kunna a) identifiera och beskriva organismer och samhällen i olika geografiska marina habitat, b) beskriva dessa populationers/samhällens funktioner och relationer till övrig biota, c) identifiera och beskriva hotbilder och aktuella miljöfrågor i den marina miljön, och kunna diskutera effekter av dessa.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Optional course in evolutionary biology
Aims at acquiring a deeper knowledge of Evolutionary biology. The changing topics course and completion methods are announced each academic year with the study schedule.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Optional examinations in environmental protection
Book reading to understand environmental protection in global context.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject
Category: Conservation
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 01.12.2022, 01.01.2023 - 16.06.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022, 01.01.2023 - 16.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Optional Literature in Environmental Science: Biodiversity
Kirjallisuuskuulustelu
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Optional Literature in Environmental Science: Environment and Society
Kirjallisuuskuulustelu
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Optional Literature in Environmental Science: Global Change and the Physical Environment
Kirjallisuuskuulustelu
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Past Environmental Change
Potential of past environmental information in detection and evaluation of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes and in environmental management. Principles of palaeoecology, environmental archives and proxies, dating methods and data treatment, palaeoecological applications.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 05.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 01.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Pathways to planetary well-being
Changes in social systems that are required for solving environmental problems and achieving sustainability, as well as the conditions, opportunities and problem areas for implementing these changes.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
People and Cultures of the Arctic
The course covers a broad range of aspects of northern societies and cultures in the Arctic region, including: discourses of construction of indigeneity, discursive understanding of the concept of “tradition” and issues of traditional ecological knowledge, relations between development projects and community’s social viability (forestry, oil and gas, tourism) and resource governing, local adaptations to environmental climate changes and urbanization, various ethnographic accounts of local communities’ cultural and ethnic identities.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: YTK - Arctic Studies Programme - Minor Subject/Arktinen maailmanpolitiikka, Yhteiskuntatieteiden maisterin tutkinto
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 19.10.2022
Teaching period: 26.10.2022 - 11.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Physical Geography of Fennoscandia
Physical geography of the Fennoscandia.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Geography - Geography Minor Subject/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher, Geography
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 15.01.2023
Teaching period: 01.09.2022 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Phytoplankton identification
Phytoplankton identification and ecology. Demonstrations and practical exercises to introduce the main types of freshwater phytoplankton and their identification.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Aquatic Sciences/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Teaching period: Every second year (2020-2021, 2022-2023)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Plant ecology field course
Vegetation in the coast of Bothnian Bay in Hailuoto and/or Oulu. Basics of boreal forest and mire vegetation classification and types at Oulanka Research Station. Vegetation research and basic methods of stock estimation. Mire vegetation development and ecological biodiversity.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.03.2023 - 24.04.2023
Teaching period: 01.03.2023 - 08.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Politics of Natural Resources and Conflicts
Kurssilla tarkastellaan luonnonvarojen yhteiskunnallista merkitystä sekä luonnonvarakonflikteja esimerkkitapausten avulla. Valta, vauraus ja hyvinvointi ovat keskeisiä luonnonvaroihin liittyviä yhteiskunnallisia ulottuvuuksia ja kiistankohteita. Luonnonvarat ja niiden ympärille rakentuvat konfliktit nähdään kurssilla monimuotoisina, yhteiskunnallisia suhteita välittävinä kokonaisuuksina, jotka heijastelevat globaaleja muutosvoimia ja niiden vaikutuksia paikallisesti ja alueellisesti. Opintojaksolla tutustutaan myös sosiaalisen toimiluvan käsitteeseen ja sosiaalisten vaikutusten arviointiin.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 06.10.2022
Teaching period: 15.09.2022 - 15.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Politics of Nature
Kurssilla tarkastellaan yhteiskuntatieteellistä luonnon poliittisuuden ja luontopolitiikan keskusteluja, teorioita ja näkökulmia perehtyen sekä luontopolitiikkaan yhteiskunnallisena ilmiönä että luontopolitiikkaan tutkimuskohteena.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Population Ecology
Populaatiotason ilmiöiden ja niitä koskevien teorioiden tarkastelu ja soveltaminen. Luennoilla käsiteltyjä asioita simuloidaan harjoituksissa IT-luokassa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 17.10.2022
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 12.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Population ecology modelling
How do the growth and viability of populations depend on factors such as stochasticity, class-structure, and density-dependence? We study these questions in a context of management and conservation, using computer simulations in Matlab.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Population Genetics
Topics include but are not restricted to: allele and genotype frequencies, Hardy–Weinberg principle, Linkage disequilibrium, population structure, coalescent, molecular diversity measures. Random genetic drift and effective population size. Migration, F statistics. Natural selection. Molecular population genetics. Phylogenetics. Ancient DNA studies and demographic history. Population genetics of complex traits.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 10.01.2023 - 02.03.2023, available in 2022-2024 (spring term)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Population genetics
Basic concepts of population genetics, including genetic variation, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the effects and interactions of different evolutionary factors (inbreeding, selection, mutation, genetic drift and migration) on genetic variation in populations. Linkage between the above-mentioned factors and adaptation and speciation occurring in wild populations. Simulation of the effects of different evolutionary factors on population allele frequencies using a simple computer program. Problem solving linked with population genetics. Small-scale population genetics data analysis.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 23.01.2023 - 07.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Position based analyses and services in geography
The course consists of several themes and technologies related to open geospatial data in the context of practical research work. The students also get acquainted with producing geospatial data. The exercises of the course provide hands-on learning experience on using QGIS and some of the plugins available for the software.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography/Geography - Geoinformatics Minor
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.10.2022 - 30.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Practical training
The aim of the course is for students to gain work experience in their own field of biology. Student applies the theoretical knowledge gained during the studies in practice.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 31.10.2022 - 28.02.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Practical Work Experience in Environmental and Marine Biology: Bachelor’s Level
Bekantgöra studenten med ämnesrelevant arbetsliv. Tillämpa ämnesspecifik teoretisk kunskap i praktiken.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Practical Work Experience in Environmental and Marine Biology: Master’s Level
Bekantgöra studenten med ämnesrelevant arbetsliv. Tillämpa ämnesspecifik teoretisk kunskap i praktiken.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Practicals in Fluvial and Coastal Environments
The course aims at increasing students practical and methodological skills to simulate and analyze the hydrological and hydraulic processes and water quality from the catchment to the estuary.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 01.03.2023
Teaching period: 10.03.2023 - 08.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Practicals in past environmental change
The course introduces several groups of organisms that are used to study long-term environmental changes (palaeobioindicators), as well as related laboratory methods, species identification, long-term preservation, and applications in palaeolimnology, -ecology, and -oceanography. The course contains lectures, expert visits, laboratory work, microscoping, and research projects to be carried out in groups. The target groups of organisms will depend on the teachers (e.g., diatoms, dinoflagellate and chrysophyte cysts, pollen, plant macrofossils, foraminifers, water fleas, midge larvae).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 09.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 05.04.2023, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Preparation of an insect collection
Preparation (including labeling) and identification of self-collected insects.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Prerequisite of life on Earth
Introduction to basic studies in biological and environmental science, which deals with key themes of the field mainly from a global perspective. The main topics are a scientific way of thinking, energy flow, atmospheric phenomena, climate and climate change, photosynthesis, biogeochemical cycles and biomes.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment/Basic Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 26.08.2022
Teaching period: 29.08.2022 - 23.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Principles of ecology
Kursen består av föreläsningar, stödda av övningar i datorsal, samt valbara hemuppgifter med syfte att behandla grundprinciper, begrepp och mekanismer inom ekologi.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 28.11.2022 - 08.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 09.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Principles of ecology
Opintojakso koostuu pääsääntöisesti luennoista, joita pitävät useat eri opettajat. Opintojakson ydinaines muodostuu seuraavista teemoista: populaatioiden vaihtelut, populaatioiden sääntely, eliöyhteisöt, lajien väliset vuorovaikutukset, elinkierrot, sopeumat, luonnonsuojelu, ekosysteemit, vesien ekologia.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 23.09.2022 - 08.11.2022 (online teaching), 28.11.2022 - 09.01.2023 (lectures)
Teaching period: 08.11.2022 - 30.11.2022 (online teaching), 09.01.2023 - 02.03.2023 (lectures)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Principles of Evolutionary Biology
Evoluutiobiologian keskeiset käsitteet, miten evoluutio luonnonvalinnan kautta tapahtuu, miten luonnonvalinta ja satunnaistekijät vaikuttavat geeni- yksilö- ja populaatiotasoilla, luonnonvalinnan periaatetta evoluutiobiologisiin kysymyksiin, evoluutiobiologiseen tutkimusaineistoon liittyviä tilastollisia analyysimenetelmiä. Kurssilla jaettava materiaali sekä pakollinen tentti kirjasta Herron J. C. & Freeman, S. Evolutionary analysis (5. tai uudempi painos).
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 28.11.2022 - 02.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 17.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Principles of scientific inquiry in forest ecology and biodiversity research
The process of scientific inquiry and argumentation, different methodological approaches, field surveys, experiments and their general requirements, hypotheses, controls, randomisations, replications, pseudoreplications, measurements and their confidences, precision and accuracy, power of statistical inference, sample size, indicators and monitoring.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Principles of sustainability of the use of natural resources
Kurssi koostuu neljästä teemallisesta kokonaisuudesta. 1) Mitä ovat luonnonvarat? Luennoilla käsitellään elollisia ja elottomia, uusiutuvia ja uusiutumattomia, aineellisia ja aineettomia luonnonvaroja ja ekosysteemipalveluita sekä näiden suhdetta luonnon monimuotoisuuteen. 2) Kestävyyden ja kestävän kehityksen aatehistoria, keskeiset käsitteet ja niiden väliset yhteydet sekä kansainväliset ja kansalliset instituutiot, sopimukset, hallinta ja politiikka. Luennoilla syvennytään lisäksi ekologiseen, taloudelliseen sekä yhteiskunnalliseen kestävyyteen. 3) Mittaaminen ja seuranta. Käydään läpi YK:n kestävän kehityksen mittaamisen kriteerit. Luennoilla perehdytään siihen kuinka luonnonvarojen hyödyntäminen ihmisentarpeisiin heikentää elinympäristöjen tilaa ja kuinka näitä asioita mitataan. 4) Luonnonvarojen tuotannon yleiset perusteet. Tämän kurssin viimeinen osa pohjustaa kaikille yhteisillä asioilla kolmea kurssia joissa keskitytään yksityiskohtaisemmin kalatalouteen, vesistöjen- ja terrestristen alueiden luonnonvaroihin.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: Until 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 03.10.2022 - 31.01.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Independent project
Problem-Solving in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management
The course consists of introductory lectures to different data sampling and data-analysis methods in ecology (and social sciences), combined with individual and group exercises, debates, seminar work and a final essay. Example topics, with real-world case-studies/data will include: Exploring differences in the threatened species of sample nations; Conducting a Population Viability Analysis; Diagnosing declining populations; Choosing the right sampling methods for fauna with different distributions: camera traps vs. distance sampling or mark-recapture; How protected area and condition affect biodiversity; How to balance extraction with protection; GIS for conservation; Conservation priority setting; Conservation Values: assessing public attitudes; International debates over natural resources and conservation.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 12.04.2023
Teaching period: 19.04.2023 - 16.06.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Public Environmental Law
Kursens målsättning är att bibringa studerandena grundliga insikter i miljöförvaltningen och miljövårdens rättsliga aspekter (både offentlig rätt och privaträtt). Kursens innehåll är Finlands miljöförvaltning, miljövården och miljövårdslagstiftning, miljöskador och ansvarsfrågor.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: Environmental governance
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 15.02.2023
Teaching period: 22.02.2023 - 24.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Qualitative Analysis
Laadullisen aineiston analysointi ja siihen liittyvien menetelmällisten ja teoreettisten lähtökohtien valinta osana tutkimuksen kokonaisuutta. Oman aineiston käyttämisen sekä tutkimuksellisen ajattelun eteenpäin vieminen tavalla, jossa tutkimuskysymyksen muoto otetaan huomioon. Systemaattisen vaiheistuksen hallinta aineistoa rajaamalla ja mielekkäitä kysymysiä tekemällä, analyysi valitulla tutkimusotteella, omien valintojen tunnistaminen ja avaaminen, tulkinnan hahmottaminen sekä tutkimusprosessin yhteys tutkimuskirjoittamiseen.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Arktinen maailmanpolitiikka, Yhteiskuntatieteiden maisterin tutkinto/Master's Programme in Northern Tourism/Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Qualitative Analysis
After completion of the course the student is able to analyze qualitative research material, and to recognize the ethical questions concerning the research material and qualitative analysis.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Northern Tourism/Tourism, Culture and International Management (TourCIM)/Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 03.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Qualitative methods for environmental studies
The course introduces students to qualitative research methods and methodologies that are useful in problem-oriented research on environmental issues and sustainability more broadly. The course covers the different stages of the research process from identifying a research question and developing a research design to interpreting results. The course will cover the following topics: approaches to qualitative research, case study research, interviews, qualitative content analysis, discourse analysis, ethnographic methods, and practice approaches.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.10.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 01.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Quantitative Methods
The quantitative research process step by step: data collection, questionnaire design, descriptive statistics, statistical tests, multivariable methods (cluster analysis, factor analysis, regression analysis, logistic regression analysis).
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Northern Tourism/Tourism, Culture and International Management (TourCIM)/Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 31.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
R-Course
R on korkean tason ohjelmointikieli, joka sisältää suuren määrän valmiita funktioita tilastolliseen analyysiin ja datan visualisointiin. Kurssi on jaettu aihekokonaisuuksiin, jotka liittyvät mm. ohjelmiston peruskäyttöön, aineistojen käsittelyyn ja tilastolliseen mallintamiseen.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Reconstructing Evolutionary Histories from Molecular Data
Theory and practice of phylogenetic inference from molecular data and introduction to some of the most used methods and computer programs such as parsimony, maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference and distance estimates.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 10.11.2022 - 21.12.2022
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 27.02.2023, available in 2022-2024, every odd numberd year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Religion and Ecology
The goal of the course is to give an idea of the many-faceted interplay between on the one hand religious traditions and on the other hand ecological thinking and attitudes. The course focuses on views on nature and the environment in different religious traditions. In addition religious aspects of humans' relation to the environment as it is expressed in for example environmental engagement and activism is explored.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Sustainability Studies
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 17.05.2022 - 30.06.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Remote sensing in Physical Geography
This course gives an overview of remote sensing in physical geography, allowing students to use remote sensing techniques when compiling research data, analysing earth surface feature and solving research problems.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 18.11.2022
Teaching period: 22.11.2022 - 16.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Research group training in ecology
Ekologisessa tutkimusharjoittelussa opiskelija tutustuu ekologisen ja evoluutiobiologisen tutkimuksen tekemisen arjen rutiineihin, tutustuu tutkimusryhmiin ja tutkijoihin, oppii tutkimustyön vaatimaa oma-aloitteisuutta ja ottamaan vastuuta tutkimustyön rutiineista niiden vaatimalla tarkkuudella, ymmärtää pitkäjänteinen tutkimustyön vaatimukset työn laadun ja ajankäytön suhteen, oppii tutkimusprojektin raportointia.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 22.12.2021 - 31.07.2022, 13.02.2023 - 06.03.2023 (work placement)
Teaching period: 01.02.2022 - 31.12.2022, 13.03.2023 - 31.12.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Work placement
Research in northern environment
This course focuses on the special characteristic of Physical Geography in northern Fennoscandia. Its aim is to combine the theoretical knowledge gained from the lectures and literature with the observations completed in the field to deepen the understanding of studied processes, focusing on the geomorphological, climatological and biogeographical phenomena in the context of global change. Study themes include periglacial processes, palsa mires, vegetation zones, treeline ecotone, microclimate, and geodiversity.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 03.04.2023 - 08.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.05.2023 - 30.09.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Research Methodology in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Getting acquainted with the methods that are appropriate for the objective of the MSc thesis.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Research methods for natural resources and environment 1
A field course that focuses on human impact on environment. Maps and Global Positioning devices are used for planning, implementing and reporting field work and collection of samples. The samples will be analyzed in the laboratory and reported in a seminar. Environmental state will be assessed with field work that may consists of fish biology, water quality monitoring, examination of sediments and benthic animals.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 07.02.2022 - 15.04.2022
Teaching period: 05.05.2022 - 12.08.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Research methods for natural resources and environment 2
Experimental research methods, planning of experiments, maintenance and handling of experimental organisms, laboratory measurements and analyses, data-analyses, written report, presentation.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 28.02.2022 - 29.05.2022
Teaching period: 15.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Research Seminar in Biology
Research presentations given by local and visiting scientists from various fields of biology.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Physiology and Genetics/Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)/Doctoral Programme in Biology, Geography and Geology
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 11.09.2022
Teaching period: 13.09.2022 - 02.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Research training
Work on special projects in the different biology research groups at the department or elsewhere or independent project work including field and/or laboratory work or work at the biological stations.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.06.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Research training
Work on special projects in the different biology research groups at the department or elsewhere or independent project work including field and/or laboratory work or work at the biological stations.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.06.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Research: from planning to impact
The course comprises of lectures as well as group and individual tasks dealing with the different parts of a typical funding application, science communication and scientific publication.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Doctor of Laws/Philosophy/Social Sciences, postgraduate degree
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 28.02.2023
Teaching period: 13.03.2023 - 18.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Restoration of degraded ecosystems: theory and practice
Multidisciplinary approach. Concepts and theory of restoration and rehabilitation; mechanisms of ecosystem degradation through inappropriate land-use practices, invasive exotics species, mismanagement, pollution or exploitation for timber and natural resources; species composition, structure, dynamics of degraded forests and land; practical methods of restoration and rehabilitation of degraded tropical, sub-tropical and boreal forest ecosystems and landscapes, including wetlands, agro-forest ecosystems and soils; evaluation of various case studies. There is a compulsory 1-2 day field trip.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 05.05.2023, every odd numbered year in spring (2021, 2023,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Sampling Methods
Kurssi on fifty-sixty perinteistä otantameininkiä (surveytä äärellisestä populaatiosta) ja jotain muuta, ja sitten vielä kyselytutkimuksista vähän. Tuo ”jokin muu” on klassisten otanta-asetelmien (yksinkertainen satunnaisotanta, systemaattinen otanta, ositettu otanta, ryväsotanta), jotka toki käydään läpi myös surveynä, soveltamista ”äärettömien perusjoukkojen”, esim. spatiaalisen otannan tapauksissa. Spatiaalinen (tutkittavaan alueeseen kohdistuva) otanta tulee vastaan mm. luonnonvarojen tai ympäristöntutkimuksessa. Tähän aihepiiriin liittyvät myös linjalaskenta- ja merkintä-uudelleenpyyntimenetelmät, samplingia nekin.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 13.03.2023
Teaching period: 22.03.2023 - 28.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
SAS Course
Kurssin jälkeen opiskelija tuntee SAS-ympäristön käyttömahdollisuuksia, hallitsee SAS-ohjelmoinnin perusteet, tuntee analytiikkaprojektin vaiheet ja osaa toteuttaa ne käytännössä.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 17.10.2022, 13.02.2023 - 24.04.2023
Teaching period: 24.10.2022 - 27.11.2022, 01.05.2023 - 28.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Scientific Biological Collection
Omatoiminen tieteellisen eliökokoelman valmistaminen ja kerättyjen näytteiden tunnistaminen. Eliöryhmäkohtaiset tarkemmat ohjeet tulee kysyä vastuuopettajalta.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Scientific collection of plants or fungi
Kasvi- tai sienilajien tunnistus ja dokumentointi. Opiskelija harjaantuu käytännön lajintuntemuksessa ja oppii hyödyntämään valokuvausta apuvälineenä lajilöytöjen dokumentoinnissa. Kokoelman teema sovitaan ohjaajan kanssa etukäteen.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
Scientific Information Retrieval
Use of several international scientific databases, finding search terms, how to design a search, systematic information searches for research purposes within their own discipline, use of reference management system for example Refworks or Mendeley. The course is most useful when starting the Master’s Thesis.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/Luokanopettaja, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Luokanopettaja, Kestävyys- ja luontokasvatus, Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinto/Research skills
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 09.01.2023, 01.12.2022 - 30.01.2023, 01.12.2022 - 06.03.2023, 01.12.2022 - 25.04.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 12.02.2023, 06.02.2023 - 04.03.2023, 13.03.2023 - 10.04.2023, 02.05.2023 - 14.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Seminar in Northern Ecosystems and Environment
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 12.12.2022 - 15.01.2023
Teaching period: 18.01.2023 - 24.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Seminar on Environmental Science
Seminaari rakentuu pääosin opiskelijoiden omista esitelmistä, joiden tulee pohjautua tutkimustietoon joltakin ympäristötieteen osa-alueelta. Seminaari pidetään syyslukukaudella.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 20.09.2022
Teaching period: 22.09.2022 - 25.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Site type classification of forests and peatlands and environmental factors and processes of forests
Site type classification with Finnish forest and peatland site types. Site factors and growth factors in general, climatic site factors, topography, soil composition and water and nutrient economy, plant-soil relations, soil organisms and biotic soil processes, soil formation.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Agriculture and Forestry/Basic studies in forest sciences (minor)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 06.11.2022
Teaching period: 09.11.2022 - 14.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Soil Ecology 1
Physical, chemical and biological processes underlying water, carbon and nutrient cycle in soils. Role of soil as a habitat for microbes, soil fauna and flora and basic knowledge on soil microbial communities and the methods used for studying them.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Soil Ecology 2
Laboratory methods how to study the soil processes related to carbon and nitrogen cycling carried out by soil biota. Methods how to study the occurrence of soil fauna in the ecosystems. Laboratory work is done in small groups with samples taken from different ecosystems (e.g. forest, agricultural soil). In addition, the student will learn how to report, discuss and present the findings in a seminar at the end of the course.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Soil organisms
The textbook (Huhta, V. & Hallanaro, E-L. 2019: Elämää maan kätköissä. Gaudeamus) offers basic knowledge of soils as a habitat, soil organisms, their biodiversity and role in decomposing process, as well as soils as a part of ecosystems. Microbial and animal groups living in soils are presented and their ecology is described. In addition, decomposition process of organic matter and methods to study soil animals are described.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 28.11.2022, 07.12.2022 - 28.04.2023
Teaching period: 30.08.2022 - 16.12.2022, 09.01.2023 - 16.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Solving Wicked Problems of the Future Ocean
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to ocean-related wicked problems and to discuss solutions that enable coexistence between marine and maritime life and the modern society that promotes sustainability. The focus is on what the marine wicked problems are and how they can be tackled in an interdisciplinary, science-based way, combining perspectives from marine ecology, maritime business, marine governance, and cultural studies.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/The Sea
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 13.09.2022
Teaching period: 20.09.2022 - 20.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Spatial Data Analysis
1. Johdanto - Spatiaalinen data, spatiaaliset mallit, kysymyksenasetteluja, spatiaalisen riippuvuuden hyödyt ja "haitat". 2. Jatkuvaparametrinen satunnaiskenttä - Satunnaiskenttä, Semivariogrammin estimointi, empiirinen semivariogrammi vs. kovariogrammi, variogrammimallin sovitus, aggregointi. 3. Spatiaalinen otanta - Spatiaaliset otanta-asetelmat, odotusarvon estimointi, otantavirhe, otantavirheen estimointi, sekamallilähestymistapa, koealaotanta. 4. Spatiaalinen interpolointi - Ongelmanasettelu, kriging. 5. Gaussisen satunnaiskentän simulointi - Choleskyn hajotelma, ehdollinen simulointi. 6. Alueellinen data ja diskreetit satunnaiskentät - Alueellinen data, riippuvuusluvut, simultaaninen autoregressio, ehdollinen autoregressio, Markovin kentät. 7. Hierarkkiset alueelliset mallit.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 22.08.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 23.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Spatial land-use planning
Theory and practical applications of land use planning with a focus on conservation. The theoretical background and practical applications of spatial land use planning. Specific examples for conservation planning. The course involves learning-by-doing with Zonation software, which gives tools to utilize spatial data analysis in land-use planning.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 25.02.2023 - 13.03.2023
Teaching period: 28.03.2023 - 10.05.2023, every second year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Special course in aquatic invertebrates
Basic knowledge on quantitative sampling and species level identification of benthic invertebrates in various inland waters (mainly streams).
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Teaching period: Every third year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Speciation theory
Current knowledge on speciation including recent major advances, with a combined view of empirical and theoretical research, but also theory at greater depth by investigating influential models of speciation.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 03.10.2022 - 31.10.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 20.12.2022, every even numbered year in autumn (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
SPSS Course
The structure of the program. Generating a data file and modifying it. Splitting a file and selecting a subset of a variable. Merging files. Statistics, tests and analyzing methods used in the basic courses of statistics. Describing data using graphs and tables. Connections to other programs. The interpretation of the results is learned in the basic courses of statistics in this course more important is how to do things using SPSS.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
State and Future of the Baltic Sea Environment
Opintojaksossa perehdytään Itämeren erikoispiirteisiin ja ympäristöongelmiin.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 02.07.2022 - 31.07.2022
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Statistical methods for analyzing environmental data
An advanced course related to analyzing environmental and spatial data with R Statistics software. Main topics include statistical inference, multivariate methods (for modeling, classification, clustering, and dimension reduction), meta-analysis, analyses of time series, community composition analyses, and analysis methods for spatial data.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Science
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 12.12.2022 - 03.03.2023
Teaching period: 06.03.2023 - 24.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Statistical methods in ecology
The main topics to be covered in the context of generalized linear mixed models involve methods for model construction, fitting, selection and validation, commonly applied link functions and error structures, multivariate models, and covariance structures relevant for e.g. hierarchical data, spatial data, temporal data and coancestry data.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 28.11.2022 - 09.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 30.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Statistics
Critical view of the potential flaws in experimental designs. Overview of the most commonly applied statistical procedures, basic to more advanced statistical analyses and methods to interpret and visualize research outcomes. The course will emphasize how different statistical procedures and models are chosen, depending on the structure and distribution of the data. The course will also briefly discuss some more advanced themes, such as GAM, mixed-effects models, time series and multivariate statistics.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 03.10.2022 - 23.12.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Statistics for Behavioral Sciences 1
Kursdeltagarna bekantar sig med grundläggande idéer inom statistik och ges verktyg för att effektivt sammanställa och beskriva statistik från insamlat data så att korrekta och välmotiverade slutsatser ska kunna dras. I kursen behandlas hur man kan dra slutsatser om huruvida det finns ett samband mellan två variabler. Till dessa samband hör lineära samband mellan två kontinuerliga variabler och gruppskillnader på en intressant beroende variabel. Kursen begränsar sig till analyser av fall där det endast två variabler är av intresse. Till de statistiska analyser som behandlas hör korrelation, regression, chi-kvadrat test, t-test och variansanalys med en oberoende variabel samt icke-parametriska motsvarigheter till dessa.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Bachelor's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/Cell and Molecular Bioscience/Studies and teacher competence in Biosciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 11.09.2022
Teaching period: 01.09.2022 - 31.10.2022, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Stress Ecology
Basic physiological responses of macrophytes, fish and marine invertebrates to environmental stress. Concepts of reactions norms (e.g., thermal performance curves). Detailed insights into specific drivers (stressors) such as ocean warming, ocean acidification, hypoxia, changes in salinity caused by altered freshwater inputs, eutrophication, and species to ecosystem responses to these drivers. The interplay of multiple divers, and their additive, synergistic or antagonistic effects on species to community responses. The role of variability of divers or climatic extremes for species to ecosystem responses. Physiological to behavioral strategies of stress avoidance and mechanisms of acclimation and adaptation to steady environmental stress and pulse-stress.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental and Marine Biology/The Sea
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 30.06.2021 - 01.10.2021
Teaching period: 07.10.2021 - 23.12.2021, every odd numbered year in autumn (2023, 2025,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Structure, dynamics and diversity of boreal forests
Sukkessio- ja luonnonmetsätutkimuksen historia, sukkessiot ja häiriöt metsäekosysteemissä, metsiköiden ja metsäalueiden rakenne ja dynamiikka, boreaalisen metsän maisemaekologia, metsän lajistollinen monimuotoisuus ja tärkeimmät lajiryhmät, luonnonmetsiä koskevan tiedon käyttö metsäekosysteemien kestävässä hoidossa ja käytössä.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Forest Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 17.02.2023 - 09.03.2023
Teaching period: 14.03.2023 - 04.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Summer School Climate change effects on Northern Ecosystems
Lecture on climate change and its effects on northern forests as well as on methods how to study these, calculation exercises, lab and field work.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Teaching period: Available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Survival Models
Elämästä ei selviä hengissä, mutta mitkä tekijät vaikuttavat riskiin kuolla? Tätä ja muita samankaltaisia kysymyksiä voidaan tutkia elinaika-analyysilla. Kurssilla esitellään elinaika-aineiston peruskäsitteitä kuten välttöfunktio, vaarafunktio ja kumulatiivinen vaarafunktio. Näiden estimointia käsitellään luokittelemattomien, luokiteltujen ja sensuroitujen havaintojen tapauksissa. Välttöfunktioiden estimointiin ja vertailuun käytetään parametrittomia, semiparametrisia ja parametrisia menetelmiä (esim. elinaikataulukot, Kaplan-Maierin estimaatit, rank-testit, Coxin suhteellisen vaaran malli, parametriset mallit, jne.). Menetelmien käyttöä harjoitellaan R- ja/tai SAS-ohjelmistojen avulla.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 02.01.2023
Teaching period: 11.01.2023 - 19.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Sustainability and environmental change
Key concepts and phenomena of sustainable development and environmental change. These include among others: Agenda2030, greenhouse effect, causes and effects of climate change, climate migration, sustainable tourism, and environmental change in the Arctic.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology and Geography/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject/Faculty of Science - Basic Studies in Environmental Conservation Minor Subject/Geography - Geography Minor Subject/Geography - Subsidiary entity for subject teacher, Geography
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 25.03.2023
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 13.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Sustainable development and environmental change
The course deals with the key concepts and phenomena of sustainable development and environmental change. These include among others: Agenda2030, greenhouse effect, causes and effects of climate change.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Open University
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Other studies
Language: Finnish
Teaching period: 01.11.2022 - 31.01.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Sustainable forest ecosystem management
History and definitions of sustainability concepts, sustainability and forest policy, ecosystem approach, resilience thinking, managing forests as complex adaptive systems, ecosystem services, cultural sustainability, tactical models of implementation of sustainable forest ecosystem management.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Forest Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 07.10.2022 - 27.10.2022
Teaching period: 01.11.2022-15.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Sustainable management of natural resources: ecological economics. Book examination.
After reading a selected book a student should be able to understand renewable resources and their sustainable use from the perspective of economics.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biological and Environmental Science
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 31.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.09.2022- 31.07.2023 (electronic exam)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Sustainable tourism development in Northern environments
The course will address tourism in the circumpolar north from a societal perspective. It will present different views on the phenomenon and its dimensions, resources and implications for nature, places and cultures involved. The place of northern tourism in times of globalization and emergent global issues like climate changes will be explored, together with the relevant governance aspects.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography (also Double Degree Programme)/Geography - Arctic Tourism Studies/Faculty of Science - Climate Change and Northern Sustainability Minor Subject
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 16.01.2023
Teaching period: 09.01.2023 - 03.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Sustainable Water Management
Causes, consequences, remedies, and restoration of eutrophication, acidification, chemical pollution and other disturbances in aquatic ecosystems as well as waste water treatment technologies. The current global water reserves are highlighted, and future ones are speculated in the light of climate change.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Advanced studies in Biology (minor)
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 27.11.2021 - 31.01.2022
Teaching period: 16.02.2022 - 10.05.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...)
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Symbiosis
Concept of symbiosis and the extent of diversity of symbiotic interactions both at the community and molecular level.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 02.12.2022 - 06.03.2023
Teaching period: 15.03.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Systematics and Anatomy
Efter godkänd kurs känner studenten till organismvärldens viktigaste beståndsdelar, speciellt organismers morfologi, anatomi, systematik och evolution genom laborationer och demonstrationer av utvalda typorganismer, föreläsningar samt seminarier. Kursen ger studenten de kunskaper inom systematik och anatomi som är nödvändiga för de fortsatta studierna inom miljö- och marinbiologi.
Universities: Åbo Akademi University
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology (teacher's line)/Environmental and Marine Biology
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Teaching period: 05.09.2022 - 15.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Laboratory work
Systematics and morphology of organisms exercises
The morphology and anatomy of macro- and microscopic specimens of different animal groups are studied by the students in systematic order. Demonstrations connect the morphological traits of studied specimens and organism groups to a wider evolutionary context and illustrate the importance of different structures for the organisms in their living environment.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 24.09.2022
Teaching period: 31.10.2022 - 31.12.2022, available in 2022-2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Systems and planetary well-being
The course explores the properties and interactions of natural and social systems from a systemic perspective, emphasising sustainability issues.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 29.06.2022 - 15.07.2023
Teaching period: 29.06.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Systemschange.now – Systems Thinking in Global Change Research
Introduction to systems thinking and basic concepts. The Earth system. Humans and Changes in Social-Ecological Systems.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Geography/MDP in Sustainable Cities and Communities
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 04.01.2023
Teaching period: 18.01.2023 - 22.03.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Syventävä lajintuntemus: selkärankaiset (In-depth knowledge of species: vertebrates)
Opintojakson jälkeen opiskelija osaa tunnistaa ulkonäöltä ja äänistä ja nimetä tieteellisillä nimillä suurimman osan Suomessa esiintyvistä maaselkärankaisista (linnut, nisäkkäät, matelijat ja sammakkoeläimet). Hän osaa tehdä sen myös maastossa.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Taxonomy and ecology of plants
Species identification by means of macroscopic or microscopic characters. Making a collection of specimens, sampling and handling of the material. Preparation of herbarium specimens. Field instruction on species mapping and quantitative approach. Species' characters (morphological and chemical). Inventory methods on red listed species. Alternative themes (lichens, polypores and other fungi, and bryophytes).
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Teaching period: Arranged if resources allow every second year
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Terrestial Plant Ecology, Field Course
Retkeily erilaisissa maastokohteissa, joissa lajien tunnistamista, kasvillisuustyyppien kartoitusta ja tehtäviä.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 15.05.2023
Teaching period: 22.05.2023 - 14.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Terrestrial animals field course
The fauna in different kinds of terrestrial habitats is studied using several ecological sampling and research methods. The course is hold at the Oulanka Research Station, Kuusamo, and deals with identification and ecology of invertebrates, mammals (especially small mammals), gallinaceous birds and birds of prey. The exercises take place partly in the field and partly in the laboratory. Data gained during the course is analyzed and the results are presented in a final seminar.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology - Subsidiary Entity for Subject Teacher
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.03.2023 - 25.04.2023
Teaching period: 25.04.2023 - 14.08.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Terrestrial Invertebrate Ecology
Eri elinympäristöjen maaselkärangattomiin tutustuminen sekä keruumenetelmiin, näytteiden käsittelyyn ja säilöntään perehtyminen. Maasto-osuus koostuu aineiston hankkimisesta havainnoimalla tai keräämällä näytteitä, laboratorio-osuus on havaintojen ja kerätyn aineiston käsittelyä ja raportointia.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 19.04.2023
Teaching period: 17.07.2023 - 28.07.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology
Maasto-osuus koostuu retkistä erilaisiin ympäristöihin, joissa harjoitellaan lajintuntemusta elämyksellisen oppimisen avulla. Samalla kerätään havaintoihin perustuvia tutkimusaineistoja. Laboratorio-osuudessa käsitellään havaintoja ja kerättyä aineistoa sekä esitetään kurssitöiden tulokset.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Biology as a Minor Subject
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2022 - 19.04.2023, 01.03.2023 - 14.04.2023
Teaching period: 08.05.2023 - 12.05.2023, available in 2022-2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
The Basic Course on Plant and Animal Physiology
Kurssin käytyään opiskelija osaa ne perustiedot kasvifysiologiasta ja eläinfysiologiasta jotka jokaisen biologin olisi hallittava. Kasvifysiologiassa käydään läpi perusteet seuraavista kokonaisuuksista: anatomia, fotosynteesi, veden otto ja kuljetus, ravinteiden otto ja kuljetus, kasvihormonit, valon vaikutus kasvien kehitykseen, kasvien monisoluisuuden strategia, siemenkasvin elämänkierto sekä kasvien stressivasteet. Eläinfysiologiassa käydään läpi perusteet seuraavista kokonaisuuksista: kehitys- ja lisääntymisfysiologia, rakenteen ja toiminnan yhteys, bioenergetiikka, homeostaasi, hermofysiologia, aistinfysiologia, lihasfysiologia, hormonisäätely, ravintotalous, verenkierto ja hengitys, sisäisen ympäristön säätely, immunologia.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 28.11.2022 - 17.01.2023
Teaching period: 17.01.2023 - 07.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
The basics of digital competence
Tieto- ja viestintäteknologian keskeiset käsitteet ja ilmiöt, digitaalinen osaaminen liittyen tiedonhankintaan ja -hallintaan, viestintään ja yhteistyöhön, yksityisyyteen, turvallisuuteen ja eettisyyteen. Digitaalinen sisällöntuotanto, oman digitaalisen osaamisen arviointi ja kehittäminen sekä tieteenalakohtaiset digitaaliset taidot.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 10.01.2023
Teaching period: 30.08.2022 - 26.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
The development and protection of Finnish natural landscapes
Tämän kurssin tavoitteena on perehdyttää opiskelijat Suomen luonnossa ja ympäristössä (ilmasto, metsät, suot, järvet, Itämeri) tapahtuneisiin pitkän aikavälin muutoksiin sekä ihmisen osuuteen muutoksissa. Kurssi auttaa opiskelijoita soveltamaan tietoa ympäristön- ja luonnonsuojelun keskeisissä kysymyksissä ja ongelmissa.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 05.09.2022
Teaching period: 13.09.2022 - 04.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
The four seasons of plants: Excursion to Åland Islands
Retkeily järjestetään toukokuussa kolmen päivän ajan. Osallistujat tutustuvat kasvillisuuden kevätaspektiin Ahvenanmaalla. Osallistujat saavat lisätietoa lehtoniityn kasvillisuudesta ja hoitotoimenpiteistä, tutustuvat rantaniittyjen kasvillisuuteen ja kulttuurimaiseman kasveihin.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.01.2023 - 31.05.2023
Teaching period: 01.05.2023 - 31.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
The four seasons of plants: Identification of woody plants in winter
Opintojakso suoritetaan omatoimisesti joulukuu – huhtikuun välisenä aikana. Kurssin käytyään opiskelija osaa tunnistaa kotimaisia puuvartisia puita ja pensaita maastossa, tarkempia tuntomerkkejä katsotaan oksanäytteistä. Opiskelija laatii oppimisprosessistaan päiväkirjan.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.03.2023
Teaching period: 01.12.2022 - 30.04.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
The four seasons of plants: Organizing an own excursion
Oma luontoretki voidaan toteuttaa eri vuodenaikoina. Opiskelija valitsee retkikohteen, aihepiirin ja kohderyhmän. Opiskelija osaa kurssin käytyään suunnitella ja toteuttaa aihepiiriin liittyvän retkeilyn valitulle kohderyhmälle.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
The four seasons of plants: Wintergreen plants
Opintojakso suoritetaan omatoimisesti joulukuu – maaliskuun välisenä aikana. Opiskelija perehtyy talvivihreisiin kasveihin ja talventörröttäjiin. Kurssin käytyään opiskelija osaa tunnistaa talvivihreitä kasveja maastossa ja on tietoinen niiden ekologiasta, kasvupaikoista ja elomuodoista. Opiskelija tunnistaa ja valokuvaa talvivihreitä kasveja ja talventörröttäjiä, ja laatii niistä loppuraportin.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/Swedish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 30.03.2023
Teaching period: 01.12.2022 - 30.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project
The functioning of ecosystems
Soil science, energy and matter fluxes in ecosystems, functioning on soil and aquatic ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, anthropogenic effects on ecosystems.
Universities: University of Eastern Finland
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Environmental Science/Basic and intermediate studies in Biology (minor)/Basic studies in Environmental Science and Biology (minor)/Basic and Subject Studies for Sustainable Future
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 27.01.2023
Teaching period: 03.02.2023 - 08.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Threatened vascular plants of Finland
Kursilla opiskelija harjaantuu tunnistamaan Suomen vesissä ja rannoilla kasvavia putkilokasvilajeja ja perehtyy niiden levinneisyyteen ja ekologiaan.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Time Series Analysis
Aikasarjalla tarkoitetaan peräkkäisinä ajanhetkinä mitattua havaintojoukkoa. Kurssilla esitellään aikasarja-analyysin peruskäsitteitä sekä perehdytään aikasarjojen graafiseen kuvailuun, mallin valintaan, estimointiin sekä ennustamiseen.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Topical issues in environmental research
The course will exposure students with multiple wicked global environmental problems and questions with conflicting views through critical reading of demanding scientific articles and scientific discourse.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 13.02.2023 - 13.03.2023
Teaching period: 15.03.2023 - 03.05.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Tourism in the Era of Environmental Crisis
Matkailu globaalin ympäristökriisin aikakaudella, ilmastonmuutos, antroposeeni, lähimatkailu, kestävä matkailu, pohjoinen luonto, monilajisuus, vaihtoehtoiset matkailun tarinat.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Master's Programme in Sustainability Education/YTK - Humanistinen ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen ympäristötutkimus/Matkailututkimus, Yhteiskuntatieteiden kandidaatin tutkinto
Category: General knowledge
Course level: Master's/Other studies
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 03.10.2022 - 01.02.2023
Teaching period: 02.02.2023 - 09.02.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Training at Herbarium and Zoological Museum
During the training period at the herbarium and/or zoological museum, the student will gain experience from preparing and handling specimens for collections, digitizing specimen information, using data from the collections or the museum databases, and helping with various project-related tasks.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/MDP in Biosciences, Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Training work
Urban Biodiversity
Community ecology and biodiversity concepts and measurements. Urban ecology concepts and paradigms. Methodological approaches to tackle urban biodiversity questions. General responses of wildlife groups to urbanization.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 12.12.2022 - 12.01.2023
Teaching period: 16.01.2023 - 06.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Urban Ecosystem Ecology
This course builds upon introducing and understanding two concepts of urban ecology: 1) ecology in cities, and 2) ecology of cities. The topics being developed are: Introduction to Urbanisation; human impacts at a global level. Are cities ecosystems? Urbanisation and water resources. Urban water management. Urban ecology in Finland I – beetles. Urban ecology in Finland II – vegetation. Urban ecosystems – how do plants adapt in? Carbon and nutrient cycles in terrestrial urban ecosystems. Contemporary global research performed by the Lahti team.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master's Programme in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 12.12.2022 - 15.01.2023
Teaching period: 07.02.2023 - 30.03.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Water and water systems
The basics of aquatic environments (lakes and oceans) as habitats, of aquatic food webs, of water use and of assessment of ecological status. The main topics are limnology, water optics, hydrological cycle, water chemistry, organisms and their adaptations to life in water, biodiversity, biological interactions, fishing and fisheries science, aquaculture, aquatic parasites, environmental threats in fresh waters and the Baltic Sea, developmental history of Finnish lakes and the Baltic Sea, water quality and ecological status, urban hydrology, oceanography.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Biology/Natural resources and the environment/Basic Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 03.10.2022
Teaching period: 17.10.2022 - 07.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Water ecosystems and aquatic natural resources
Special characteristics of Finnish freshwaters and their sustainable use. The main topics are freshwater ontogeny, geographical distribution, catchment connections, aquatic biodiversity, water resources, ecosystem services, environmental problems, conservation, monitoring, management and basics of related legislation.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Natural resources and the environment/Intermediate Studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences/Intermediate Studies in Biology as Optional Studies for Subject Teachers
Category: Ecosystem studies
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 26.09.2022
Teaching period: 11.10.2022 - 30.11.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Webropol course for doctoral candidates
On the Webropol course, emphasis is laid on creating questionnaires for different academic purposes and publishing them, and on describing and handling the data by means of the reporting tool in Webropol and SPSS.
Universities: University of Lapland
Study programme: Doctor of Laws/Philosophy/Social Sciences, postgraduate degree
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Other studies
Language: English
Enrolment period: 08.08.2022 - 16.09.2022
Teaching period: 23.09.2022 - 23.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Wildlife in the farming environment
Concepts of associated biodiversity of agroecosystem, resources and their spatial and temporal patterns in an agroecosystem. Effects of farming practices on wildlife populations. High Nature Value farmland. Basic principles and motivations for nature conservation on farmland. Legal and fiscal tools in the EU/Finland for wildlife conservation on farmland. Basic tools for evaluation of the biodiversity status of a farm. Approaches for designing a management plan for a farm/specific habitat. Advisory information on conservation planning in farmland in the home country.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Master´s Programme in Agricultural Sciences/Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 19.08.2022 - 01.09.2022
Teaching period: 07.09.2022 - 24.10.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Wildlife management and game animal ecology
The ecology of game species, their life histories, population dynamics and predator-prey relationships. Hunting ecology: man as predator, management of the game species. The impact of forestry on the game species’ populations. Students are also introduced to wildlife management in practice and to the social aspects of wildlife-human relationship.
Universities: University of Oulu
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Master's
Language: Finnish/English
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 02.09.2022
Teaching period: 06.09.2022 - 31.12.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Wildlife management in theory and practice
The field course part focuses on different wildlife habitats - forests, wetlands and agricultural land - and their management. Also human-wildlife conflicts are dealt with. The emphasis is on field work. The literature part gives theoretical background for wildlife ecology and management practices.
Universities: University of Helsinki
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Forest Sciences/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Applied ecology
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: English
Enrolment period: 15.08.2022 - 31.08.2022
Teaching period: 12.09.2022 - 16.09.2022
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course
Winter Ecology
Kurssi koostuu luennoista, retkeilyistä sekä maasto- ja laboratoriotyöskentelystä ja tulosten raportoinnista. Kurssi toteutetaan Kevon tutkimusasemalla Utsjoella sekä lähiympäristössä. Kurssilla tutustutaan lumiolosuhteisiin ja lumen mitatukseen, sekä eläinten ja kasvien olosuhteisiin ja esiintymiseen maastossa.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Master's Programme in Biology, Biology Education Track/Bachelor's Programme in Biology
Category: Ecology, adaptations and evolution
Course level: Master's/Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.12.2021 - 31.01.2022
Teaching period: 21.03.2022 - 15.06.2022, every even numbered year in spring (2022, 2024,...) provided there are enough participants
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Field course and laboratory work
Workshop for different organism groups
During course sessions, identification of certain taxonomic groups of organisms and their basic biology and ecology are learnt.
Universities: University of Jyväskylä
Study programme: Master's Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Category: Group studies
Course level: Master's
Language: English/Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 28.07.2023
Teaching period: 02.08.2022- 31.07.2023
Open university studies (2022-23-24): No
Useful additional information: Independent project, field course and laboratory work
Writing a Nature Consulting Report
Luontoinventoinnin toteuttaminen käytännössä taustatiedon keruusta, maastotöistä ja raportoinnista työn luovuttamiseen sen tilaajalle.
Universities: University of Turku
Study programme: Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Sciences as a Minor Subject
Category: Tools and techniques
Course level: Bachelor's
Language: Finnish
Enrolment period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Teaching period: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2024
Open university studies (2022-23-24): Yes
Useful additional information: Field course