Course Identification

Title:

Biology module: environmental biology

Code:

20236201

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Tamir Klein, Dr. Orit Ben- Zvi Assaraf

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2023

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:30, Musher, Lab 2

First Lecture:

18/10/2022

End date:

14/02/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

לתלמידי שני השנתונים

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

25

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

10%

Interim:

10%

Seminar:

10%

Final:

70%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

21/02/2023

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

N/A

Syllabus

Note: This is a forecast syllabus. Changes may apply.

18/10 No class

25/10 Climate change and global forests

1/11 No class (national elections)

8/11 (Retreat) Teachers meet to work on their assignments

15/11 Geo-Ethics and teachers’ group assignments

22/11 Population heat exposure

29/11 (DDD) Hosting at lab by students and postdocs

6/12 The eco-demographic crisis

13/12 Life cycle analysis and sustainability science

20/12 No class for teachers

27/12 Life cycle analysis teachers’ personal assignments

3/1 Ecological conservation

10/1 The Anthropocene: trees and water

17/1 The Anthropocene: trees and carbon

24/1 Ecology I: The Ecological pyramid

31/1 Ecology II: The rhizosphere. Guest lecture: Prof. Orit Ben Zvi

7/2 Biogeography: Flora of Israel

14/2 Solar power, electric cars

21/2 No class

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A