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Biodiversity Measurement & Informatics – (M.Sc.)
University of Glasgow
Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
| Location: | Glasgow / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Glasgow
* You will gain key skills in: monitoring and assessing biodiversity critical for understanding the impacts of environmental change; quantitative analyses of ecological and epidemiological data critical for animal health and conservation; and ethics and legislative policy critical for promoting humane treatment of both captive and wild animals.
* You will study topics on identifying organisms using both morphological and molecular techniques, sampling and survey methods in different habitats and quantitative analyses of biodiversity at the population and species levels.
* The programme is offered by the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine which includes top quality researchers who focus on combining ecology and evolution with more applied problems in animal health and welfare. This direct linking of veterinarians and life sciences is rare but offers unique opportunities to provide training that spans both fundamental and applied research.
* Our facilities include the Scottish Centre for Ecology & the Natural Environment – the foremost field station in Scotland for teaching, training and research in ecology and environmental sciences; the University Marine Biological Station in Millport; and Cochno Estate which specialises in large animal clinical sciences and public health.
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Programme overview
* MSc: 12 months full-time
* PgDip: 9 months full-time
You will be taught through lectures and seminars and will have the opportunity to work in wet and computing labs. Fieldwork and project work will be enhanced by a number of UK study trips.
The programme will have an important emphasis on developing your practical skills and critical awareness of the problems of highly internationalised research fields. You will choose from courses designed to provide you with the literary and quantitative skills necessary to pursue a biological career in any subject.
Core courses
* Key research skills (scientific writing, introduction to R, advanced linear models, experimental design and power analysis)
* Research project.
Optional courses
* Freshwater sampling techniques
* Marine sampling techniques
* Vertebrate identification
* Invertebrate identification
* Molecular analyses for DNA barcoding and biodiversity measurement
* Phyloinformatics
* Evolution: pattern and process
* Measuring biodiversity and abundance
* Conservation genetics and phylodynamics
* Introduction to Bayesian statistics
* Spatial processes
* Multi-species models
* Single-species population models
* Programming in R
* Infectious disease ecology and the dynamics of emerging disease
* Animal ethics
* Animal welfare science
* Legislation related to animal welfare
* Enrichment of animals in captive environments
* Care of captive animals
* Biology of suffering
* Assessment of physiological state.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A second class Honours degree or equivalent (eg GPA of 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject. Professional experience may be taken into account.
In your application, please submit a statement (up to 200 words) outlining why you want to study this programme and what you hope to get out of it.
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You can contact Professor Dan Haydon to ask a question about Biodiversity Measurement & Informatics at University of Glasgow.
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