Master Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management (879)

Compulsory Modules (45 ECTS)

MNB 1 Conservation Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300342 VO 2 ECTS Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases
  Wrbka, Mo 14:15-15:45 (13×)
• 300367 VO 3 ECTS Conservation Biology
  Wrbka, Tu 11:15-12:45 (13×)

MNB 2 Conservation: Cultural, Social, Economic Perspectives (5 ECTS)

• 300118 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation
  Maas, Tu 15:00-16:45 (13×)
• 300205 VO 3 ECTS Cultural foundations of conservation
  Winiwarter, Fr 15:00-18:00 (9×)

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions (5 ECTS)

• 300670 VO 5 ECTS Legal basics and implementation in nature conservation - with an emphasis on EU Nature Directives
  Ellmauer, We 17:15-19:40 (14×)

MNB 4 Conservation Training (5 ECTS)

• 300174 UE 5 ECTS Conservation training
  Wrbka, Tu 09.10. 15:00-16:00

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration (5 ECTS)

• 300363 VO 3 ECTS Restoration Ecology and its Application in Nature Conservation
  Wrbka, Tu 13:15-14:45 (13×)

MNB 6 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Species (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation Needs) (10 ECTS)

MNB 7 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Communities, Habitats and Landscapes (10 ECTS)

• 300252 UE 3 ECTS Course in vegetation ecology - Analyse und Interpretation von Vegetationsaufnahmen
  Willner, Th 04.10. 09:00-10:00, Th 09:00-12:00 (8×)
• 300280 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to moor ecology
  Zechmeister, Th 16:15-18:00 (13×)
• 300297 VO 3 ECTS Habitats and Biotic Communities of Central Europe
  Wrbka, Mo 16:00-17:30 (4×), Mo 16:00-18:00 (7×)

Block of Elective Modules Conservation Biology and Biodiversity (15 ECTS)

MNB W-1 Management of Protected sites (5 ECTS)

• 300474 VO 2 ECTS Management of protected sites - National Parks in Austria- Conservation goals, Management and Perspectives
  Schön, Fr 14:00-16:00 (4×)

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy (5 ECTS)

• 300128 VO 2 ECTS Environmental Protection Politics - Professional Environmental Protection Processes in Project Development
  Mattanovich, Tu 02.10. 10:00-11:00, Mo 11:00-15:00 (2×)
• 300137 SE 3 ECTS Environmental Protection Politics - Professional Environmental Protection Processes in Project Development
  Mattanovich, Tu 02.10. 10:00-11:00, Mo 10:00-14:00 (5×)

MNB W-3 Ex-situ Conservation (5 ECTS)

• 300034 SE 2 ECTS Botanical ex-situ collections and species protection
  Kiehn, Mo 09:15-12:00 (6×)

MNB W-4 Spatial Analysis and Presentation Techniques (5 ECTS)

• 300012 VO 1 ECTS Geodata and spatial analysis - VO Introduction to GIS (GIS1)
  Kleinbauer, We 09:15-10:30 (10×)
• 300028 UE 4 ECTS Geodata and spatial analysis - UE Introduction to GIS (GIS1)
  Kleinbauer, We 03.10. 09:15-10:30, We 10:30-14:00 (11×)

MNB W-5 Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences (5 ECTS)

• 300292 VO 3 ECTS Environmental Mediation and Concepts of Participation
  Reiter, Fr 09.11. 09:00-14:00

MNB W-6 Bioindication (5 ECTS)

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

• 300092 UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
  Steiner
• 300104 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] *Hands on" Cryopreparation of Biological Samples for Ultrastructural Studies
  Reipert
• 300208 VO 3 ECTS [ de en ] Life history evolution: Why do elephants live longer than flies ?
  Grill, Tu 16:00-17:30 (15×)
• 300220 UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] Algal culturing techniques and ecophysiological experiments
  Schagerl
• 300323 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Current Trends in Parasitology = Journal Club - Current parasitological topics, lecture works english slides
  Walochnik
• 300525 SE+UE 3 ECTS Scientific research at the Museum of Natural History - significance of scientific collections for evolutionary studies
  Haring
• 300543 UE 3 ECTS Biology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods - Systematics, Biology and Ecology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods of Europe.
  Gaviria-Melo
• 450010 VU 4 ECTS [ de en ] Morphology and taxonomy of stony corals, notably from the Red Sea (PI)
  Kleemann, We 15:15-18:00 (15×)

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 280081 VU 5 ECTS [ de en ] MA-ERD-15 Morphology of Functions (PI)
  Kriwet, Th 13:00-17:00 (14×), We 21.11. 13:00-17:00
• 280082 VU 5 ECTS [ de en ] MA-ERD-15 Methods of Palaeobiology (PI)
  Kriwet, Tu 09:00-12:00 (15×)
• 300009 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Collection Sciences and Research
  Nemeschkal, Mo 15:30-17:30 (6×)
• 300016 VO 2 ECTS Animal Vocalization - Sound Production, Reception and Communication
  Ladich, Fr 11:15-12:00 (12×)
• 300021 VO 2 ECTS Bioacoustics - theory, equipment
  Kratochvil, Fr 10:15-11:00 (9×)
• 300029 VO 2 ECTS Introduction Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
  Waringer, Fr 10:15-11:00 (12×), Mo 09:15-10:00 (13×)
• 300035 EX 3 ECTS Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
  Rabeder
• 300036 VO 3 ECTS Biological Invasions - Neobiota and their relevance
  Rabitsch, We 17:00-19:00 (10×)
• 300058 VO 2 ECTS Urban Ecology
  Punz, Fr 13:00-15:00 (10×)
• 300062 UE 4 ECTS Computer-assisted presentation techniques
  Weber
• 300085 SE 1 ECTS [ en ] COSB Colloquium - Vorträge im Center for Organismal Systems Biology
  Schäfer, Mo 11:15-13:00 (9×)
• 300102 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Research Ethics - A hands-on approach - What do I have to consider when writing proposals and working in the laboratory?
  Rath
• 300105 SE 3 ECTS Writer's workshop for biologists - Principles of scientific publication
  Gollmann
• 300111 UE 4 ECTS Computer applications for biologists
  Seidel, We 11:15-14:00 (15×)
• 300112 SE 3 ECTS Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
  Weckwerth, Th 18.10. 18:15-19:45
• 300118 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation
  Maas, Tu 15:00-16:45 (13×)
• 300124 VO 3 ECTS The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
  Ranner, Fr 16:30-18:00 (11×)
• 300148 VO 2 ECTS Introduction to Desert Biology. Life communities of subtropical and tropical deserts
  Waitzbauer, Fr 15:00-16:30 (12×)
• 300149 SE+UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
  Lichtscheidl-Schultz
• 300154 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] Bioacoustics I - Introduction to vertebrate Bioacoustics
  Fitch
• 300162 UE 3 ECTS Field course Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
  Waringer, We 10:15-11:45 (15×)
• 300168 VO 2 ECTS Introduction to Biomimetics
  Drack, Mo 03.12. 16:30-19:00, Tu 04.12. 16:30-19:00, We 05.12. 16:30-19:15, Th 06.12. 16:30-19:15, Fr 07.12. 16:30-18:00
• 300169 SE 3 ECTS Departmental Seminar Anthropology
  Schäfer, Fr 10:00-12:00 (9×)
• 300180 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
  Hödl, Th 14:00-16:00 (13×)
• 300197 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Ecology of Marine Polar Systems
  Degen
• 300202 UE 3 ECTS Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
  Kratochvil
• 300218 UE 5 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
• 300241 VO 3 ECTS Tropical ecosystems of South and Central America
  Weissenhofer, Tu 14:00-18:00 (15×)
• 300251 SE 2 ECTS Ecophysiology of visual systems
  Schmid
• 300257 VO 2 ECTS Managing Research and Higher Education
  Fieder, We 10.10. 13:00-13:30, Fr 30.11. 11:30-17:00, Fr 07.12. 11:30-16:00
• 300290 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to pollination biology
  Paulus
• 300314 VO 2 ECTS Renewable Energies
  Lichtscheidl, Mo 17:15-19:00 (15×)
• 300351 VO 3 ECTS Algae in Freshwaters - Ecophysiology with implications for the bio-assessment of aquatic systems and the response to climate change.
  Teubner
• 300387 SE+EX 3 ECTS Field Trips in Microbiology
  Horn
• 300390 EX 2 ECTS Highlights of palaeontology 1 - excursion
  Nagel
• 300394 VO 2 ECTS [ en ] Introduction to molecular techniques
  Genikhovich
• 300433 VO 3 ECTS Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
  Aspöck
• 300438 SE 3 ECTS [ de en ] Seminar in biometry - Basics of biometrical analysis
  Nemeschkal
• 300461 VO 3 ECTS Biology and ecology of European amphibians and reptiles
  Waringer-Löschenkohl, We 11:15-13:00 (15×)
• 300462 SE 3 ECTS Phylogeny currently - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny
  Steiner
• 300463 VO 2 ECTS Immunbiology and immundiagnosis of parasitic infections of humans
  Auer
• 300466 VO 2 ECTS [ de en ] Hygiene-related environmental microbiology: Medical Entomology - Epidemiology of water-borne medical parasites and aquatic vectors
  Hassl
• 300469 UE 3 ECTS [ en ] Management and analysis of spatial Data - GIS III - Programming in ArcGIS, QGIS and R
  Moser, We 03.10. 14:00-15:00, Mo 03.12. 09:00-16:00, Tu 04.12. 09:00-16:00, We 05.12. 09:00-16:00, Th 06.12. 09:00-16:00
• 300504 SE 3 ECTS How to write a scientific paper
  Zechmeister, Fr 09:15-12:00 (7×)
• 300517 SE+UE 3 ECTS Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
  Koller-Peroutka
• 300527 UE 3 ECTS Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens
  Haring
• 300531 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Writing Theses and Articles in English - (parallel courses)
  Metscher, Tu 10:00-11:30 (14×)
• 300547 EX 1 ECTS Excursions to Palaeolithic site
  Rabeder
• 300548 SE 3 ECTS Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants
  Mayer, Th 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 300659 SE 1 ECTS [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts
  Keckeis
• 300669 VO 4 ECTS Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
  Stachowitsch, We 17:00-19:15 (13×), We 17:00-18:00 (2×)
• 300697 VO 1 ECTS History of Anthropology
  Teschler-Nicola, We 10.10. 14:00-15:00
• 301138 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Behavior, Rhythms and Neurological Diseases
  Teßmar-Raible, Tu 08.01. 08:00-13:00, Fr 11.01. 08:00-13:00
• 301211 VO 1.5 ECTS General and Molecular Microbiology II
  Skern, We 09:30-11:00 (7×)
• 301267 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Business in Biotech
  Laurer, Th 09:00-13:15 (4×), Tu 09:00-13:15 (2×)
• 301465 SE 3 ECTS [ en ] Current Trends in Bioanalytical Technologies
  Köcher, We 17:00-18:30 (15×)
• 301565 SE 3 ECTS Basics and handling with intellectual property for biologists - Basics for Scientists
  Herzog, Th 13:00-18:00 (2×), We 05.12. 13:00-18:00, Fr 07.12. 13:00-18:00, Th 17.01. 14:00-17:00, Th 24.01. 15:00-17:00
• 301584 UE 2 ECTS Project management in science communication
  Gschmeidler