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BI1312

Principles of zoology, evolution and the natural history of domestic animals

The course includes lectures, demonstrations, literature seminars, project work.


In the course, the following general skills are trained: Oral request.


The course provides knowledge of evolutionary processes. The course covers, how evolutionary history and ecology have shaped the biology of the vertebrates particularly with regard to sport and companion animals. Compulsory components are project work and exercises.


Information from the course leader

Hej och välkomna till kursen BI1312 on the evolution and natural history of domestic animals!

Looking forward to meeting you all at 9:30 on Thursday 18th February 2021 over zoom (you'll get the zoom link for the course soon). Unfortunately the course will be taught and examined as a distance course this year…but I'm working to make it as interesting and relevant as possible.

The course literature book is a very good summary of the concepts we will discuss in the course, and expands on these details for those who are interested in this subject. But you can pass the course without it in case you were wondering :).

A preliminary course schedule is now on the homepage. The course is a combination of lectures that focus on core concepts and then guest lecturers who expand on these concepts by discussing their own research field (dogs, wolves, cats, snow leopards, horses, honey bees, to name a few).

By structuring the course in this way my aim is to make the course as fun and interesting as possible. Feel free to contact me at any time (matt.low@slu.se) if you have any questions about the course content. And yes I will be giving my lectures in English…but you are welcome to discuss, ask questions and do you exam in Swedish if you choose, and many of the species lectures will be given in Swedish. Don't worry, you'll do great.

Vi ses snart! /Matt

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is now closed

BI1312-30182 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for BI1312

Academic year 2019/2020

Principles of zoology, evolution and the natural history of domestic animals (BI1312-30236)

2020-02-20 - 2020-03-24

Academic year 2018/2019

Principles of zoology, evolution and the natural history of domestic animals (BI1312-30143)

2019-02-21 - 2019-03-25

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

  1. Domesticated: evolution in a man-made world Författare: Richard C. Francis [Domesticated: evolution in a man-made world ] (https://www.bokus.com/bok/9780393353037/domesticated/)

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 19027 SEK Cycle: Bachelor’s level (G1N)
Subject: Animal Science Biology Biology Animal science
Course code: BI1312 Application code: SLU-30182 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: Swedish Responsible department: Department of Ecology Pace: 100%