The study of Biology in Freiburg offers a solid biological-scientific
education with a thematically very broad course offering
and attractive possibilities to develop a specialty.
General biological introductory knowledge over the
whole spectrum of Biology is offered in mandatory modules
or subjects of the Biology core curriculum in the first
through fourth semesters.
Biology mandatory
courses/subjects:
- Cell Biology & Evolutionary Bases of Life
- Introduction to Genetics & Molecular
Biology
- Introduction to Botany
- Introduction to Zoology
- Physiology
- Scientific Theory & Ethics
- Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunobiology
- Developmental Biology
- Ecology
The chemical, physical and mathematical fundamentals,
which are indispensable for the study and the scientific
practice of Biology, are offered in the Natural Sciences
core curriculum courses in the first year of study.
These courses are mandatory for all students in the
Bachelor’s study program.
Natural sciences core curriculum courses:
- Introductory & Inorganic Chemistry
- Physics I
- Mathematics I
- Organic Chemistry
- Physics II
- Mathematics II
- Physical Chemistry
For an interdisciplinary orientation there is a selection
of profile courses from the teaching offerings of other
faculties, e.g., Humanities, Geo-Sciences, Forest- and
Environmental Sciences, Medicine, Economic Sciences,
Physics or Psychology, as elective required courses.
Additional profile courses from the offering in Biology,
e.g. special methods courses, round out the possibility
of forming one’s own profile. Additional career-orientated
key qualifications are offered both in the Biology Faculty’s
own courses as well as in offerings of the Centre
for Key Qualifications (ZfS) and are components
of the mandatory core program.
The third year of study serves for orientation and
specialization as well as for setting a main focus in
one biological specialty as preparation for the Bachelor’s
thesis. For this purpose, in the fifth semester, 3 courses
are selected from a total of 17 advanced subjects, which
reflect the whole breadth of the research landscape
of the Freiburg Biology Faculty. Here it is mandatory
that a major subject is selected from the field in which
later the Bachelor’s thesis is to be completed.
Advanced major subjects offered:
- Behavioural and Sensory Physiology
- Biochemistry - Synthetic Biology &
Proteomics
- Cell Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Functional Morphology, Biomechanics and
Bionics
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Limnology
- Microbiology
- Neurobiology
- Neurogenetics
- Geobotany
- Molecular Plant Physiology
- Plant Biotechnology
In the sixth semester, in preparation for doing the
Bachelor’s thesis, a project course is offered
in which the student learns in the laboratory or in
field work the practical skills which will be needed
for the completion of the Bachelor’s thesis. To
be completed over a period of three months in one of
the advanced major subjects, the Bachelor’s thesis
and the following final colloquium culminate the course
of study after 3 years.
The teaching curriculum consists of lectures, laboratory
practicals, excursions, exercises and seminars, which
are combined to make up the individual courses. The
study contents of each course are evaluated during actual
study. Each course is assigned credit points (CP) according
to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Upon
successful completion of a course the student can apply
for these credits, making it easier to get universal
recognition for courses taken at an institution of higher
education anywhere in Europe.
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