General description

A minor study program in Biodiversity (30 ECTS credits) provides students with knowledge in some research areas of Biodiversity, and the ability to understand and tackle some questions.

Admission requirements

The provisions laid out in the framework ordinance for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs and the provisions defined in the program regulations at the Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich, apply.

Educational goals

The minor study program «Biodiversity» (30 ECTS) provides a scientific understanding of the patterns, processes and functions of biological diversity.
Graduates are able to link this knowledge with ecological and evolutionary biological concepts and are able to address some questions in biodiversity research.

ECTS credits

30 ECTS Credits

Program structure

The minor program includes compulsory modules in biodiversity sciences, which cover the topics of ecology, evolutionary biology, environmental sciences and the basic subjects mathematics and chemistry, as well as elective modules in natural and environmental sciences.

Major/minor subject combinations

The minor program of study may be combined with any major program of study.

Examination and assessment regulations

The student's achievement is assessed at the end of each module.
Achievements are graded on a scale from 1 to 6, whereby 6 denotes the highest grade of achievement and 1 the lowest. A grade below 4 is insufficient. Achievements can also be graded with 'passed' or 'failed'.

Language of instruction

German, English