Master Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition (878)

Compulsory Modules (25 ECTS)

MVN 1 Basic Module Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (15 ECTS)

• 300310 VO 3 ECTS Neurobiology II - Neurobiologie II
  Hummel, We 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 300336 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Biology of Cognition
  Tebbich, Tu 10:30-12:00 (12×)
• 300464 VO 3 ECTS Behavioral Ecology
  Millesi, Th 11:15-13:00 (13×)
• 300683 VO 3 ECTS Physiology of the Senses
  Tichy, Th 09:00-11:00 (12×)

MVN 2 Fundamentals of Scientific Research in Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (10 ECTS)

• 300031 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Seminar for Masters, Diploma and PhD-students in Biology of Cognition
  Bugnyar
• 300041 SE 3 ECTS Seminar for Masters, Diploma and PhD-students in Neurobiology
  Hummel
• 300203 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Seminar for Masters, Diploma and doctoral-students in Behavioural Biology
  Millesi

Block of Elective Modules Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition (35 ECTS)

MVN W-1 Behavioural Physiology (10 ECTS)

• 300337 UE 10 ECTS Further practice in behavioral physiology
  Millesi

MVN W-2 Behavioural Endocrinology (5 ECTS)

MVN W-3 Reproduction and Biological Rhythms (5 ECTS)

• 300017 VO 3 ECTS Topics in Sexual Biology
  Kirchengast, Th 12:00-14:00 (13×)
• 300074 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Advanced topics in courtship behaviour and sexual selection
  Fusani

MVN W-4 Sound Communication in Animals (10 ECTS)

MVN W-5 Animal Communication (5 ECTS)

• 300231 VO 3 ECTS Behavioural biology of aquatic vertebrates - fishes, whales and dolphins
  Ladich, Fr 10:15-12:00 (13×)
• 300335 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] Bio-Acoustics II - Advanced Bioacoustics
  Fitch

MVN W-6 Social Mechanisms (5 ECTS)

• 300117 SE 2 ECTS Ethological and ecoethological Seminar (Grünau)
  Kotrschal

MVN W-7 Human Animal Relationship (5 ECTS)

• 300053 SE 2 ECTS Current topics in human-animal relationships - Discussion of new scientific results. Seminar with lecture human-animal relations
  Kotrschal, We 06.06. 09:00-14:30
• 300557 VO 3 ECTS Human-Animal Interactions (Anthrozoology) - evolutionary functions and mechanisms, animals as social partners, species management
  Kotrschal, We 09:00-14:30 (2×), Th 09:00-14:30 (2×)

MVN W-8 Neurobiology for Advanced Students (10 ECTS)

MVN W-9 Neuroanatomy (10 ECTS)

• 300216 UE 10 ECTS Molecular and cellular neurobiology
  Hummel

MVN W-10 Actual Research Topics in Neurobiology (5 ECTS)

• 300675 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Neurobiology Seminar: Ongoing resarch
  Hummel

MVN W-11 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (5 ECTS)

• 300280 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Principles of Brain Evolution
  Hummel
• 300311 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Molecular mechanisms of brain disorders
  Hummel

MVN W-12 Cognition for Advanced Students (10 ECTS)

• 300110 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Current topics in cognitive biology 2
  Bugnyar

MVN W-13 Cognition Methods (10 ECTS)

• 300656 UE 10 ECTS Practical course in animal cognition - Introduction into the methods of learning experiments with animals
  Bugnyar

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

• 300067 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Insect herbivory - organisms and measurement
  Fiedler, Tu 13.03. 12:00-13:00, Th 19.04. 17:00-20:00, We 05.09. 09:00-12:00
• 300068 UE 10 ECTS Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
  Wanninger
• 300094 UE 10 ECTS [ en ] Proteomics in systembiology
  Wienkoop
• 300250 VO 2 ECTS Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
  Schwaha
• 300323 SE 3 ECTS Thesis Seminar: Parasitology - Lectures on actual parasitological topics, lecture works english slides
  Auer
• 300362 UE 10 ECTS [ en ] Applied data analysis
  Zimmermann

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 300035 EX 3 ECTS Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
  Rabeder
• 300062 UE 4 ECTS Computer-assisted presentation techniques
  Weber
• 300085 SE 1 ECTS [ en ] COSB Colloquium - Vorträge im Center for Organismal Systems Biology
  Schäfer
• 300105 SE 3 ECTS Writer's workshop for biologists - Principles of scientific publication
  Gollmann
• 300112 SE 3 ECTS Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
  Weckwerth
• 300149 SE+UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
  Lichtscheidl-Schultz
• 300218 UE 4 ECTS [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
  Gruber
• 300221 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
  Reipert
• 300433 VO 3 ECTS Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
  Aspöck
• 300438 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Seminar in biometry for beginners - Basics of biometrical analysis
  Nemeschkal
• 300517 SE+UE 3 ECTS Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy - (parallel courses)
  Lang
• 300530 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
  Metscher
• 300659 SE 1 ECTS [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts
  Keckeis