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Department of Life Sciences (570)
Track Environment and Life Sciences- dual Major track (8032)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
69123
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
5
2
1
+
570
69166
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
5
2
1
+
570
69174
GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
6
1
1
+
570
72153
Introduction to Cell Biology
4
1
0
570
72155
GENERAL GENETICS A
5
2
1
570
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
1
570
76222
computer based safety training- 1
0
3
0
570
77304
General Phys.: Elect. & Optics For Biology Students
5
2
1
+
570
Total Compulsory Points: 34
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68105
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE
4
1
2
591
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
2
591
89309
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIORONMENTAL SCIENCES
3
1
1
591
Total Compulsory Points: 11
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
77148
General Physics - Mechanics - For Biology students
5
1
1
+
591
80125
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 1
4
1
1
+
591
80127
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 2
4
2
1
+
591
Total Compulsory Points: 13
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68140
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION IN THE NEGEV
1.5
2
1
591
89105
GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP FOR ENV STUDENTS
1
1
0
591
Total Compulsory Points: 2.5
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72131
GENETICS LAB - HONOR'S PROG.
2
2
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
591
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
89110
SELECTED ENVORONMENTAL TOPICS
2
2
591
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72121
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CELL
6
1
0
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
3
570
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
0
570
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
2
+
570
Total Compulsory Points: 12
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68105
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE
4
1
2
591
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
2
591
89309
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIORONMENTAL SCIENCES
3
1
1
591
Total Compulsory Points: 11
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68104
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
3
591
68105
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE
4
1
2
591
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
2
591
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
3
591
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
3
591
76414
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR LIFE SCIEN.
0
3
2
570
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
3
591
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
3
591
89301
Field course in environmental analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
3
591
Total Compulsory Points: 27
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68140
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION IN THE NEGEV
1.5
2
1
591
89105
GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP FOR ENV STUDENTS
1
1
0
591
Total Compulsory Points: 2.5
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72128
-Introduction to Biology and Evolution of Organisms
5
1
570
72332
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72336
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY
5
1
570
72362
INT. TO MICROBIOLOGY - HONOR'S PROG.
4
1
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72541
: Research seminar in life sciences- semester A
2
1
570
72542
: Research seminar in life sciences - semester B
2
2
570
and
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
1
570
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72343
PHYSIOLOGY: ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72345
TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
5
2
570
72346
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
570
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
570
72373
CELL BIOLOGY
5
1
570
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72131
GENETICS LAB - HONOR'S PROG.
2
2
570
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40111
Introduction to environmental Geography
2.5
1
591
40481
The environment: A multifaceted issue
2
1
591
69639
Molecular structure determination by spectral st
4
2
591
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
591
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
591
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
591
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
591
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
6
9
591
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
591
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
89305
BACTERIA IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
1
591
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
591
89788
Geochemistry Organic Environmental 2
2
2
591
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
591
40458
SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
70350
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70350
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
84540
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
9
591
89540
Solid Waste Management
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
591
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76224
computer based safety training- 3
0
3
0
570
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
0
570
Total Compulsory Points: 2
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68104
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
3
591
68105
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE
4
1
2
591
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
3
591
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
3
591
76414
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR LIFE SCIEN.
0
3
3
591
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
3
591
89505
Directions in Environmental Sciences
3
9
3
591
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
3
591
89301
Field course in environmental analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
3
591
Total Compulsory Points: 26
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72541
: Research seminar in life sciences- semester A
2
1
570
72542
: Research seminar in life sciences - semester B
2
2
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
1
570
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72343
PHYSIOLOGY: ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72345
TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
5
2
570
72346
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
570
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
570
72373
CELL BIOLOGY
5
1
570
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40825
The transition to a low carbon society: a 3-day field workshop in the desert
2
1
591
70915
Lake records of the Levant and the Western US
2
1
591
70917
Generating alternate realities, Monte Carlo methods for earth and environmental sciences
2
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
2
1
591
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
591
70916
The magic U radioactive decay-series
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76701
RED SEA PLANKTON
4
1
591
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
591
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
570
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
570
76711
Marine Venoms and Defence Systems
5
1
570
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
591
76715
Biology and Systematics of Marine Invertebrates
4
2
570
76716
Marine Microbiology
7
2
591
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
570
76733
The Nano-Injection System of Cnidaria
4
2
570
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
570
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
591
90610
Quantitative Methods in Marine Ecology
7
2
591
76731
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
591
76732
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
591
84840
Geology & Geophysics of the Marine Environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72329
GUIDED PROJECT IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
5
9
570
72350
HUMAN GENETICS
3
1
570
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
570
72605
VEGETATATION AND FLORA OF ISRAEL
3
1
570
72616
Introduction to Biotechnology
2
1
570
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
6
9
570
72625
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
5
1
570
72651
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL CELLS
2
2
570
72653
AN INSIGHT INTO PLANT DEVELOPMENT
2
2
570
72665
IMMUNOLOGY
4
1
570
72683
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF EUKARYOTES
2
1
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
570
77210
ASTROPHYSICS AND LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
3
1
570
78867
From Classic to Contemporary Neuroscience
2
1
570
86899
Cell Biology of host-bacteria lpathogen interaction
3
2
570
88805
Biology of non-coding RNAs
2
1
570
88895
Practical statistics using R
4
2
570
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
570
89777
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2
1
570
90106
The evolution of the animal kingdom
4
2
570
90705
Guided Reading in Community Ecology
3
2
570
90820
conservation biology
5
2
570
90889
Evolution Systematics and Ecology of arachnids
5
2
570
90889
Evolution Systematics and Ecology of arachnids
5
2
570
93880
Biology of the Energy Producing Organelles
3
2
570
94510
Introduction to Bioinformatics
5
1
570
94623
Microbiology-lab
3
2
570
94667
Stem Cells
2
1
570
94679
Molecular Genetics of Bacteria: A Practical Course
5
2
570
94871
Chemosensory System Physiology and Information Processing
3
2
570
72151
The Protein Universe
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
72171
Workshop: The Evolutionary Basis of Human Behavior
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
570
72352
DIFFERENTIATION MECH. & CANCER TRANSFORMATION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
72359
BIOLOGY OF FUNGI
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
72582
Astrobiology of Planet Earth
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
72633
TOPICS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
570
72637
Adaptation of plants and other organisms to environmental conditions
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
72639
PLANTS IN THE SERVICE OF MAN
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
570
72646
FISH FAUNA OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4.5
2
570
72664
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA AND BACTERIOPHAGES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
72677
BIOINFORMATICS-COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS OF BIO. SEQ
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
570
72687
BIOINFORMATICS-COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS OF BIO. SEQ - lab
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
72707
molecular signaling in prokaryotes
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
72708
molecular signaling in prokaryotes-presentation
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
72722
"real life" biotechnology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
570
72745
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AS A BASIS FOR GENE THERAPY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
72756
Biological Clocks
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
72925
Neural Plasticity
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
72930
Analytical Biotechnology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
570
72930
Analytical Biotechnology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
570
86802
Molecular processes in the nervous system
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
90407
Ecology of sexual system
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
94853
Human Endocrinology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40111
Introduction to environmental Geography
2.5
1
591
40481
The environment: A multifaceted issue
2
1
591
40825
The transition to a low carbon society: a 3-day field workshop in the desert
2
1
591
40825
The transition to a low carbon society: a 3-day field workshop in the desert
2
1
591
49601
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
2
2
591
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
591
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
1
1
591
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
591
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
591
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
4
1
591
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
4
2
591
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
3
1
591
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
591
70917
Generating alternate realities, Monte Carlo methods for earth and environmental sciences
2
2
591
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
591
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
591
72605
VEGETATATION AND FLORA OF ISRAEL
3
1
591
72616
Introduction to Biotechnology
2
1
591
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
6
9
591
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
6
9
591
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
591
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
2
1
591
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
591
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
591
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
3
1
591
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
591
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
6
2
591
89305
BACTERIA IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
1
591
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
591
89777
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2
1
591
89788
Geochemistry Organic Environmental 2
2
2
591
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
591
90820
conservation biology
5
2
591
49624
Ethics, Technology and environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
68806
Eco-hydrologic modeling with R
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
591
70350
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
591
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
591
84003
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
84540
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
9
591
89507
GUIDED RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
9
591
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
89540
Solid Waste Management
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2.5
1
591
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Life Sciences
( 570)
Total Point in program Environmental Sciences
( 591)
Compulsory
Compulsory in the teaching program
21
39
Compulsory basic studies
25
13
Compulsory elective
24-25
Elective in the teaching program
7-8
10
Total in the teaching program
82
62
Programming studies
4
Cornerstone Program
6
6
Additional teaching program
62
82
Total for the degree (minimum)
150
150
Total for the degree (maximum)
150
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