The first semester starts with an introductionary summer school where students will have the opportunity to meet and interact with scholars and fellow participants of the MEME programme. In addition to the introductory programme, the summer school icludes an excursion and a two-day symposium with invited speakers and a poster session.
Starting in Groningen
In Groningen, the MEME programme is integrated into the Topprogramme Evolutionary Biology. In the first semester, you will participate in three mandatory courses adding up to 30 ECTS credits:
- Evolutionary Ecology Research – The course aims at making links between the evolutionary adaptations of species (both plants and animals) to their environment, and the structure and dynamics of the ecological communities that multiple species form together. Read more
- Genomics in Ecology and Evolution – The ability to make the connection between the ecological organism and the ecological genome is one of the main challenges in evolution. Linking these interactions in a spatio-temporal context is even harder. Read more
- Evolutionary Theory – The course will provide a solid state-of-the-art knowledge of the theoretical principles underlying ecology and evolution. Much emphasis will be on the interface between ecology and evolution. Read more
Starting in Uppsala
In Uppsala the MEME programme is integrated into the Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology. This programme starts with two mandatory courses of 15 ECTS each in the first semester:
- Evolutionary Processes - Evolutionary changes in a population can be derived to the following evolutionary processes: Mutation, genetic drift, selection and migration. During the course Evolutionary processes we will take a close look at each of these processes. Read more
- Evolutionary Patterns - The evolutionary processes can rarely be observed directly in natural systems, albeit their accumulated effects result in different patterns that we can observe. The course Evolutionary Patterns turns the perspective from Evolutionary Processes around and focuses on how the evolutionary history is manifested in patterns. Read more