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Department of Life Sciences (570)
Track Environment and Life Sciences- dual Major track (8032)For Year:
2025
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
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
1
+
570
76222
computer based safety training- 1
0
3
1
570
76408
Information & Library resources for science students
0
3
1
570
77133
Mechanics 1
5
1
1
+
570
77134
Electricity, magnetism and waves 2
5
2
1
+
570
Total Compulsory Points: 30
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72153
Introduction to Cell Biology
4
1
1
570
72155
GENERAL GENETICS A
5
2
1
570
Total Compulsory Points: 9
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
1
591
68140
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION IN THE NEGEV
1.5
2
1
591
69173
GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB FOR BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES STUDENTS
3
2
3
591
80125
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 1
4
1
1
591
80127
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 2
4
2
1
591
89110
SELECTED ENVORONMENTAL TOPICS
2
2
1
591
89309
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIORONMENTAL SCIENCES
3
1
1
591
Total Compulsory Points: 25.5
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68107
Reinforcement workshop in Chemistry
0
9
591
68109
Reinforcement workshop in physics and mathematics
0
9
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72131
GENETICS LAB - HONOR'S PROG.
2
2
570
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72121
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CELL
6
1
2
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
3
570
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
2
570
76408
Information & Library resources for science students
0
3
2
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
68104
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
2
591
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
3
591
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
3
591
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
2
591
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
3
591
Total Compulsory Points: 16
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
72542
: Research seminar in life sciences - semester B
2
2
570
72756
Biological Clocks
2
2
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
570
88805
Biology of non-coding RNAs
2
1
570
92848
IRON AS METAL OF LIFE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
3
1
570
93880
Biology of the Energy Producing Organelles
3
2
570
93900
Light Spectroscopy and its Application in Bilolgy
2
2
570
93904
Mechanisms of Drug Action
2
1
570
72925
Neural Plasticity
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
93908
Mechanisms of drug action in the Nervous System
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
and
You must choose at least 14 up to 15 credits from this list .
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
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72343
Nervous system physiology
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
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
82508
Global Warming Science
3
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
3.5
2
591
and
You must choose 20 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd. .
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40112
Environmental activism in Israel- social and political aspects
2
2
591
49601
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
2
1
591
52028
Time series analysis in the context of climate change
3
2
591
69625
CONCEPTS OF GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
4
1
591
70356
Introduction to modeling in Earth Sciences
4
1
591
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
591
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
591
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
1
591
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
591
70944
Mediterranean Shorelines During Ice Ages: Geological, Seismic, and Tectonic Constraints
3
2
591
71609
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
2
2
591
71612
WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION
3
1
591
72501
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
4
2
591
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
591
76761
Underwater Colorimetry
4
2
591
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
591
82314
Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans
4
1
591
82508
Global Warming Science
3
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
3.5
2
591
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
591
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
591
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
591
82901
Selected chapters from the intergovernmental panel on climate change report (IPCC report)
2
2
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
591
89861
Weather impact on environmental applications
2
1
591
90502
Restoration Ecology
4
1
591
68809
Aquatic Chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
591
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
72675
Ecology of the vertebrate fauna of Israel
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
591
89787
Environmental Organic chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
89788
Organic geochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
89843
English name: Practical environmental sciences
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
90820
conservation biology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72131
GENETICS LAB - HONOR'S PROG.
2
2
570
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
3
570
Total Compulsory Points: 2
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76224
computer based safety training- 3
0
3
3
591
89301
Water and the Environment
4
2
3
591
89505
Environment in a changing world
2
9
3
591
Total Compulsory Points: 6
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
72542
: Research seminar in life sciences - semester B
2
2
570
72756
Biological Clocks
2
2
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
570
88805
Biology of non-coding RNAs
2
1
570
92848
IRON AS METAL OF LIFE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
3
1
570
93880
Biology of the Energy Producing Organelles
3
2
570
93900
Light Spectroscopy and its Application in Bilolgy
2
2
570
93904
Mechanisms of Drug Action
2
1
570
72925
Neural Plasticity
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
93908
Mechanisms of drug action in the Nervous System
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
570
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
570
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
570
72343
Nervous system physiology
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
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
570
and
You must choose 20 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40112
Environmental activism in Israel- social and political aspects
2
2
591
49601
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
2
1
591
52028
Time series analysis in the context of climate change
3
2
591
69625
CONCEPTS OF GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
4
1
591
70356
Introduction to modeling in Earth Sciences
4
1
591
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
591
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
591
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
1
591
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
591
70944
Mediterranean Shorelines During Ice Ages: Geological, Seismic, and Tectonic Constraints
3
2
591
71609
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
2
2
591
71612
WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION
3
1
591
72501
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
4
2
591
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
591
76761
Underwater Colorimetry
4
2
591
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
591
82314
Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans
4
1
591
82508
Global Warming Science
3
2
591
82612
Energy and the Environment
3.5
2
591
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
591
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
591
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
591
82901
Selected chapters from the intergovernmental panel on climate change report (IPCC report)
2
2
591
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
591
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
591
89861
Weather impact on environmental applications
2
1
591
90502
Restoration Ecology
4
1
591
68809
Aquatic Chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
591
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
72675
Ecology of the vertebrate fauna of Israel
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
591
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
591
89787
Environmental Organic chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
591
89788
Organic geochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
89843
English name: Practical environmental sciences
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
591
90820
conservation biology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
591
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
71154
NATURAL COLLECTIONS AND ZOOS
2
1
570
72117
Field Lab in Ecology
4
2
570
72329
GUIDED PROJECT IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
5
9
570
72350
HUMAN GENETICS
3
1
570
72501
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
4
2
591
72582
Astrobiology of Planet Earth
2
1
570
72585
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3
1
570
72605
VEGETATATION AND FLORA OF ISRAEL
3
1
570
72639
PLANTS IN THE SERVICE OF MAN
4
2
570
72651
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL CELLS
3
2
570
72653
AN INSIGHT INTO PLANT DEVELOPMENT
2
2
570
72659
Population Genetics
4
1
570
72665
IMMUNOLOGY
4
1
570
72683
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF EUKARYOTES
2
1
570
72756
Biological Clocks
2
2
570
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
570
72940
Advanced Methods in Molecular Biology
4
5
570
72941
The Biology of Cancer
3
2
570
77210
Astrophysics and Life in the Universe
3
1
570
78852
Introduction to signal processing and data analysis
4
2
570
86899
Cell Biology of host-bacteria lpathogen interaction
3
2
570
86914
The Cytoskeleton: Structure, Signaling and Function
3
2
570
88805
Biology of non-coding RNAs
2
1
570
88893
Introduction to Systems Biology
4
1
570
88895
Practical statistics using R
4
2
570
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
570
90470
Models in Ecology
5
1
570
90502
Restoration Ecology
4
1
570
90708
Evolution and Development (evo-devo)
2
2
570
90721
Biological Systematics: from Theory to Practice
4
2
570
93880
Biology of the Energy Producing Organelles
3
2
570
93904
Mechanisms of Drug Action
2
1
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
72623
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior of birds
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
9
570
72625
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
570
72668
MOVEMENT ECOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
9
570
72688
Introduction to models in evolution
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
570
72942
Computational Biostatistics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
78867
From Classic to Contemporary Neuroscience
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
89777
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
90106
The evolution of the animal kingdom
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
570
90705
Ecology as a scientific discipline
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
570
90820
conservation biology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
570
90889
Evolution Systematics and Ecology of arachnids
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
570
98501
Neurobehavioral Birth Defects: Mechanisms and Reversal
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
570
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
19
25.5
Compulsory basic studies
30
Compulsory
Years 2-3 studies
22
Compulsory elective
24-25
20
Elective in the teaching program
10
Total in the teaching program
83-84
67.5
Programming studies
4
Cornerstone Program
4
4
Additional teaching program
67.5
83-84
Total for the degree (minimum)
154.5-155.5
154.5-155.5
years for the degree
3
3
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
300
300
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