Nature Conservation Academic Program

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The M.Sc. program is a two-year program.

Chairperson of the teaching committee at the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies and Co-Chairperson of the program from the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research: Prof. Michal Segoli; Chairperson of the teaching committee at the Life Science Department and Co-Chairperson from the Faculty of Natural Sciences: Prof. Ofer Ovadia.

Prereq​u​​​​​isites:

Students are required to have earned a B.Sc. in Life Sciences or an equivalent degree.

Students without sufficient background will be required to complete individually-prescribed courses for no academic credit, typically yet not exclusively, including the courses or their equivalents listed here.

Students are required to complete the following courses during the two-year program:

In the third and fourth semesters, students must register for 'Thesis Writing':

Students who have completed the above Thesis Writing courses and continue their studies for a fifth semester must register for the following course:

B.    Mandatory Track​​ ​​​​​Courses​​

Limited Choice Courses:

Limited choice courses belong to two course lists:

List C: Limited choice–program courses

List D: Limited choice –track courses

Students are required to complete at least 1 courses from list C and a total of 4 courses from lists C and D. 

C. Limited Ch​​oice – Program C​​​​​​​o​urses

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D. Limite​​d Choice – Tra​​​ck C​​ourses

E. Elective Courses within the Program
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Course #	Lecturer	Subject	Credits
001-2-3023	Prof. Carmi Korine & Prof. Berry Pinshow	Echolocation and Bat-Insect Interactions in Desert Habitats	3
001-2-3035	Prof. B. Pinshow, Prof. Scott Turner and Dr. Eugene Marais	Biophysical Ecology in the Namib Desert: Online Course	2
​001-2-3047	​Prof. Merav Seifan	​Global changes and the biodiversity crisis	​2
​001-2-3099	​Dr. Shirli Bar-David	​Molecular Ecology and Evolution	​2
001-2-3135	Prof. B. Pinshow, Prof. Scott Turner and Dr. Eugene Marais	Biophysical Ecology in the Namib Desert: Field Workshop  (it is not sure if or when it will be able to travel to Gobabeb Namib Research Institute for the workshop)	2
001-2-3041	Prof. Burt Kotler	Topics in Ecology	2
001-2-3078	Prof. Ariel Novoplansky	Personal Projects in Evolutionary Ecology	3
001-2-3091	Prof. Merav Seifan	Contemporary Topics in Israeli Nature Conservation –Workshop	3
001-2-3092	Prof. Oded Berger-Tal	The Use of Animal Cognition Principles in Conservation	3
001-2-3333	Prof. Boris Krasnov	Guided Reading on the Ecology of Parasites and Parasitism	2
001-2-3344	Dr. Shirli Bar-David	Guided Reading on Molecular Ecology	2
001-2-3355	Prof. Hadas Hawlana	Guided Reading in Microbial Ecology	2
​205-2-1609	​Dr. Shai Pilosof	​Networks in Biology-Ecology	​3
205-2-2281	Prof. Amos Bouskila	Behavioral Ecology of Equids	3
205-2-4162	Prof. Michal Segoli	Insect Ecology	3
205-2-7031	Prof. Amos Bouskila	Mathematical Models for the Study of Animal Behavior	3
205-2-7032	Prof. Amos Bouskila	Solving Problems with R	2

Courses from the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences at Eilat (IUI):

You may participate in one course per semester and in no more than two courses during the 2-year program. Students might register to more elective courses in the IUI, with the recommendation of the advisor and the approval of the teaching committee. 

For more information please refer to: http://www.iui-eilat.ac.il/Courses/Courses.aspx

Courses are in Hebrew except international courses.