B-WZB Elective Module Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 300013 VO Biological Invasions - Neobiota and their relevance
• 300014 VO Bioacoustics - theory, equipment
• 300018 VO Animal Vocalization - Sound Production, Reception and Communication
• 300056 VO Methods of the population analysis I: parametry and univariat analytic methods
• 300057 VO Urban Ecology
• 300059 EX Vertebrate ecological special excursions: autumnal and hibernal aspects of bird communities
• 300062 UE Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300064 EX Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300065 VO Introduction into the fauna and ecology of the Amazon basin
• 300073 VO Research in National Parks - Seewinkel-Neusiedlersee
• 300076 VO Australian Fauna - examples of evolution, ecology and biogeography
• 300077 VO Introduction to Applied Limnology - Eutrophication, Pollution, Climate Change
• 300084 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
• 300085 SE COSB Colloquium - Vorträge im Center for Organismal Systems Biology
• 300087 SE Lab Safety - Fundamental Principles of Lab Safety: preventive measures and appropriate behaviour
• 300098 UE Introduction to Molecular Biological Techniques - Molecular Techniques
• 300105 SE Writer's workshop for biologists - Principles of scientific publication
• 300109 VO Biology of recent reefs
• 300111 UE Computer applications for biologists
• 300115 VO Soil science for Ecologists
• 300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300133 VO [ de en ] Comparative anatomy of aquat. and terrestr. plants
• 300144 VO Tropical Ecosystems - Rain Forests
• 300148 VO Introduction to Desert Biology. Life communities of subtropical and tropical deserts
• 300154 UE [ en ] Bioacoustics I - Introduction to vertebrate Bioacoustics
• 300156 VO Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
• 300162 UE Field course Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
• 300168 VO Introduction to Biomimetics
• 300169 SE Departmental Seminar Anthropology
• 300180 SE [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
• 300186 VO Biodiversity of tropical coral reefs - Introduction into species diversity of tropical reef invertebrates and vertebrates, with special reference to reef conservation and tourism
• 300202 UE Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
• 300203 VO Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, Pathophysiology und Medizin
• 300209 EX Excursion in east pannonical habitats - Importance of east pannonical habitats for palaearctic migration birds
• 300222 VO Comparative embryology of animals
• 300226 VO On co-existence and cooperation within the Austrian university system nowadays
• 300230 VO General basics of medicine for biologists, Part 1
• 300236 SE Research Seminar "Viennese Anthropologies"
• 300241 VO Tropical ecosystems of South and Central America
• 300251 SE Ecophysiology of visual systems
• 300257 VO Managing Research and Higher Education
• 300259 UE Selected GIS-problems and solutions for biologists - Course
• 300265 VO [ en ] Safety in the laboratory
• 300267 VO Business in Biotech
• 300268 UE Managing research and higher education (UE)
• 300285 SE+UE Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300293 VO Special Forensic Anthropology
• 300294 VO Biology and ecology of the Lepidoptera
• 300301 SE [ en ] Scientific English - Research reports, talks, style and grammar
• 300306 UE Comparative morphology and evolution of basal vertebrates
• 300308 VO Introduction to the special field course "Desert ecosystems (Southern Jordan)", SS 14 - SS 2014, Geography, history, climate, ecosystems, fauna and flora of Jordan
• 300314 VO Renewable Energies
• 300322 SE Current controversies in Vertebrate Palaeobiology
• 300351 VO Primary producers of freshwaters - ecophysiology with implications for the bio-assessment of aquatic systems and the response to climate change.
• 300386 UE HTML-Programming for the Internet
• 300390 EX Highlights of palaeontology 1 - excursion
• 300394 VO [ en ] Introduction to molecular techniques
• 300396 VO Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
• 300400 SE Preparation for the Bachelor-Thesis: From structure to citations
• 300408 SE+UE Ecological Floristics (field studies) - ( previously: eco floristic excursions)
• 300413 SE Seminar Mentoring of the Orientation Period Biology
• 300433 VO Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
• 300438 SE [ de en ] Seminar in biometry for beginners - Basics of biometrical analysis
• 300447 VO [ en ] Introduction to Tropical Ecology
• 300451 SE [ en ] From glaciers to oceans: Concepts in aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemistry - Students acquire conceptual knowledge in aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. A focus will be on concepts that are equally applicable to freshwater and marine ecosystems. The seminar will include paper reading, discussions and short presentations.
• 300461 VO Biology and ecology of European amphibians
• 300463 VO Immunbiology and immundiagnosis of parasitic infections of humans
• 300464 UE Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe (Microcrustaceans)
• 300466 VO [ de en ] Hygiene-related environmental microbiology: Medical Entomology - Epidemiology of water-borne medical parasites and aquatic vectors
• 300469 UE [ en ] Management and analysis of spatial Data
• 300470 UE [ de en ] Scientific Literature - Data retrieval and management
• 300477 SE Seminar reefs in Earth Sciences
• 300497 UE UE Scientific Writing - An Introduction to writing techniques and reading techniques - and their application in different stages of a scientific writing process
• 300504 SE How to write a scientific paper
• 300517 SE+UE Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy - (parallel courses)
• 300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
• 300531 SE [ en ] Writing Theses and Articles in English
• 300547 EX Excursions to Palaeolithic site
• 300548 SE Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants - Communication & nutritional ecology
• 300552 VO [ de en ] Physiology and Ecology of Cyanobacteria
• 300565 VO Basics and handling with intellectual property for biologists - Basics for Scientists
• 300601 VO The Flora of Europe - particulary of Austria
• 300630 VO Free radical processes in biology - Role of free radicals in biol. systems under normal physiological conditions, stress conditions and illness
• 300635 VO Ornitology III - breeding biology
• 300657 UE Identification course for aquatic invertebrates - in Central European freshwaters
• 300669 VO Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
• 300697 VO History of Anthropology
• 300716 UE Preparation and determination of Pleistocene animal remains - (parallel courses)