| Studyprogram | program code | subject code | subject | ect | admission restriction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuglekjennskap samlingsbasert | 30FKJ | BID1001 | Birds appearance Norway field based | 15* | Teaching in norwegian** |
| BID1002 | Birds sounds Norway field based | 15* | |||
| Fuglekjennskap nettbasert | FKJN | BID1003 | Birds appearance Norway online | 15* | Norwegian citizens** |
| BID1004 | Birds sounds Norway online | 15* | Norwegian citizens** | ||
| BirdID National | BIRDIDNAT | BID1005 | Birds appearance | 15 | Non-norwegian citizens |
| BID1006 | Birds sounds | 15 | Non-norwegian citizens | ||
| BirdID Western Palearctic | BIRDIDWP | BID2001 | Birds appearance Western Palearctic region | 15 | |
| BID2002 | Birds sounds Western Palearctic region | 15 |
* Overlapping syllabus and credits reduction: You can only get credits for one study program at 1000 level. This means that if you previously took our online subjects (FKJN/BIRDIDNAT) and later want to take the field course (30FKJ in Norwegian), you will not get more credits if you also take the final exam for the field course (BID1001/BID1002). The same applies the other way around, if you are first a field student and later choose to take the online exams.
** The teaching is in Norwegian. Non-norwegian persons who live in Norway and speak Norwegian, but who are not Norwegian citizens, can apply, but must then follow special admission rules. You can find these here.
If you are looking to take part in a field course in Norway (FKJN Fuglekjennskap Norge), with physical attendance and teaching throughout a whole year, the subjects BID1001 and BID1002 are the ones you register for. Note that this course is for Norwegian citizens. The teaching is in Norwegian.
All the other subjects consist of online studies with self-learning and online exams with no physical attendance.
The courses BID1003/BID1004 are online courses aimed at Norwegian citizens or people with other strong connections to Norway (e.g. permanent residence). If you live outside Norway, the courses BID1005/BID1006 apply to you. These offer syllabus for most other countries in Europe and you can do the online learning and exam in many european languages.
Once you have passed the subjects at the 1000 level, you are eligible for admission to the subjects BID2001/BID2002. These are online with self-learning. Once these subjects have been passed, you can take part in our excursions to Finnmark, Bulgaria and Morocco.
Sign up for spring semester exams before 1. may
Exam deadline spring semester is 1. june
Sign up for autumn semester exams before 1. november
Exam deadline autumn semester is 1. december
You will find the syllabus list for all our areas here
As with most other studies, there is also a work requirement for our subjects (on the same lines as term papers etc.) before you can take the final exam.
The work requirement consists of passing 10 “trial exams” before you can sit for the exam itself (exam mode in quiz). You have as many attempts as you wish to pass the work requirement, and you must not pass them one after the other. You will get access to start with the work requirement only when you are admitted as a student and have paid the fees, and if you start with training tasks in exam mode before you are admitted as a student, they will not count as an approved work requirement.
If you want to retake the exam after failing or to improve your grade, you must also retake the work requirement.
When you have been admitted as a student, received information by email, paid the fees and received an email with approval, you can start with the work requirement. You’ve probably already practiced a lot in the online training tasks, and the work requirement works in much the same way. Select the exam mode in quiz, and pass 10 sets of tasks (at least 40% score). You can follow your progress on My Page.
When you pass your tenth round of exam mode, you automatically gain access to the formal exam. Access lasts for 10 days, and the exam must be taken within this period, but not later than the semester deadline. In this way, you can regulate yourself when you want to activate the exam, by possibly waiting to complete the tenth round of the work requirement.
The formal exam works in the same way as the exam mode in the Quiz. Theory questions in the end come in addition for the subjects BID1001/BID1002/BID1003 and BID1004.
The species in the syllabus list must be recognized regardless of age, seasonal differences and gender.
Image exam
You must enter the name of the species by free writing and are given no multiple choice. Both Latin names and the names in the chosen language can be used in the same exam/quiz. There are 60 questions for each exam and you have 30 seconds for each task. For each correct answer you get 1 point. For each wrong answer you get -1 point. If you are unsure, it is a good idea to answer “don’t know”, then you get 0 points.
Sound exam
You answer by choosing among the options (multiple choice). There are 60 questions for each exam and you have 30 seconds for each task. For each correct answer you get 1 point. For each wrong answer you get -1 point. If you are unsure, it is a good idea to answer “don’t know”, then you get 0 points.
The theory part
Sound and image exams for Norway (BID1003 and BID1004) will, in addition to the 60 tasks with image or sound identification, contain 30 theory tasks each (read more about this by changing the language to norwegian).
Number of attempts at the exam
You have 3 attempts on each exam in each subject, and you must wait at least 3 months between each attempt. If you complete the work requirement, but fail to take the exam within the deadline, this counts as one exam attempt! If you fail to complete the work requirement, it will not count as one exam attempt.
The field course in Norway (FKJN Fuglekjennskap BID1001/BID1002) has an initial cost of NOK 2,000 which covers driving costs during all the gatherings in Norway. Travel to and from the place of study, board and food are paid for by the students themselves, but we have good agreements with many accommodation facilities that ensure reasonable prices. Semester fee+kopinor fee is paid for the semesters in which the student takes the exam.
For all online studies, the cost is only the semester and kopinor fee for norwegian students. For non-norwegian students, you are exempt from paying the semester- and kopinor fee, unless you are a citizen outside EU/EEA/Switzerland. Please read more about this under “Admission for non-norwegian citizens”.
On the field courses in Morocco, Bulgaria and Finnmark, the students pay for travel to and from the destination, and parts of the board and food during the excursion. We have good agreements with the accommodation facilities which ensure a low price for the students. Otherwise, see separate information pages for the individual destinations.
Syllabus area includes all of Europe, parts of West Asia and North Africa. BirdIDs’ bird book does not yet cover all the species in the Western Palearctic’s curriculum, so we recommend that supplementary literature such as e.g. Collins Bird Guide is used in addition to our online bird guide. All the species can be found in the training exercises in Quiz. The species must be recognized regardless of age, seasonal variations and gender. On the exam in the Western Palearctic, there are no additional theory questions.
This information will be published soon.
For all subjects at 1000 level, there are no prerequisites. The courses are based on beginners being able to acquire the theory needed to pass the courses.
For the subjects at 2000 level, the syllabus list is longer, but partially overlaps with the syllabus at 1000 level. It is therefore required that you pass courses at the 1000 level before you can take courses at the 2000 level.
BID1003/BID1004, BID1005/BID1006 and BID2001/BID2002 have an interactive online approach and consist of independent studies using our digital tools at www.birdid.no
A large degree of self-study is required in order to achieve the subjects’ learning outcomes.
Field studies in Norway (FKJN) with the subjects BID1001 and BID1002 have physical teaching in classrooms and in the field through 5 sessions which are carried out during one year.