Evolutionary Patterns

Education facts

Code: 1BG306

The course focuses on how evolutionary history is manifested in observable patterns in and among organisms, and how these patterns can be detected and analysed to draw conclusions about the underlying processes that causes them. The course has a broad perspective on evolutionary patterns, including patterns in time and space (biogeography and fossils), between species (phylogenies), within populations (population genetics), in the individual organism (developmental biology), and in the genome (molecular evolution). The course therefore includes methods from different fields of evolutionary biology.

Entry requirements

Completed courses of 150 credits including (1) 60 credits in biology and 30 credits in chemistry or 30 credits in earth science, or (2) 90 credits in biology. In both cases, participation in the course Evolutionary Processes. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Evolutionary Patterns

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %