The third year

During the third year of study undergraduates may individually choose their block and concept courses. In order to obtain the Bachelors degree students must successfully complete at least three concept and five block courses. A minimum of 60 credits are required for graduation.

Block Courses

Block Courses impart biological sciences as processes via lectures, experimental work, seminars and literature studies in particular areas of biology. They connect what is learned in the lectures, the labs, the seminars and the literature directly to the science of biology.

Block courses are offered at the University of Zürich (UZH; please see 'Studying Biology at UZH'). Registration for the ETH and UZH block courses is completed online through the external pageweb portal which is accessible during the pre-determined official course registration dates. Please access the school website corresponding to the desired course for in-depth information.

DownloadBlock course allocation criteria for BSc Biology students of ETH Zurich as of June 2020 (PDF, 41 KB)

Concept Courses 

Concept courses are taught in the form of traditional lectures. These lectures convey the in-depth and detailed knowledge required for biology, chemistry and other related fields.

A total of 13 different concept courses are offered. Four are offered as one year courses, five as autumn semester courses and another four as spring semester courses.

Autumn semester

  • 701-2413-00L Evolutionary Genetics
  • 551-0307-00L Molecular and Structural Biology I
  • 551-0309-00L Concepts in Modern Genetics
  • 551-0311-00L Molecular Life of Plants
  • 551-0313-00L Microbiology (Part I)
  • 551-0319-00L Cellular Biochemistry (Part I)
  • 529-0731-00L Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates
  • 551-0317-00L Immunology I
  • 551-1299-00L Introduction to Bioinformatics

Spring semester

  • 529-0732-00L Proteins and Lipids
  • 551-0324-00L Systems Biology
  • 551-0320-00L Cellular Biochemistry (Part II)
  • 551-0314-00L Microbiology (Part II)
  • 551-0326-00L Cell Biology
  • 551-0318-00L Immunology II
  • 376-0209-00L Molecular Disease Mechanisms
  • 551-0307-01L Molecular and Structural Biology II

Schedule

For information and coordination purposes the schedule of the third year of study is attached below.

DownloadSchedule 3rd year of study (JPEG, 100 KB)

 

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