7. Zoology

7.1. Compulsory Modules

MZO 1 Basic Modul Zoology

• 300143 VO Principles in metazoan systematics, evodevo and evolutionary research
• 300472 VO [ en ] Behavioural ecology

MZO 2 Methods and Research Training in Zoology

• 300025 PP Histological techniques, microscopy & 3D-reconstruction
• 300040 PP DNA Barcoding - a new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300094 PP Functional Anatomy of Vertebrates - Analyses of selected Movement - Patters
• 300096 PP Arthropoda - morphology and evolution
• 300176 PP [ en ] Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle and Brain Development
• 300182 PP [ en ] Physiology and Ecology of Tropical Vertebrates
• 300232 PP Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction
• 300302 UE [ de en ] Practical Course in Developmental Biology
• 300338 PP Comparative Anatomy and Morphology of native Fishes
• 300365 PP Survey of bird communities in city parks
• 300418 UE [ en ] Research Training in Zoology
• 300561 PP [ en ] Molecular Phylogenetics - from the root to the tips of the animal tree - Methods and concepts of molecular phylogenetics: from DNA to interpreted phylogenies
• 300703 PP Animal Acoustic Signals - Animal Acoustic Signals

7.2. Block of Elective Modules: Zoology

MZO W-1 Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Animals

• 300079 SE [ en ] Zoology and Evolution - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300123 PP Project Course: Morphology of Mollusca - Morphology of Mollusca (only in combination with 300133)
• 300133 VO Mollusca - Organization, Biology and Systematics of Mollusca
• 300150 UE Introductory course on animal gene expression
• 300158 SE [ en ] New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - (scientific results, instruments, methods)
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologist
• 300219 SE [ en ] Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure 1 - Seminar for Master and PhD-students - in Special Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research
• 300221 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300306 UE [ en ] Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300316 SE [ en ] Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300356 UE Entomological Laboratory - Taxonomic studies on selected insects
• 300544 UE Museological technics - Introduction to the preparation of insects.

MZO W-2 Biodiversity and Systematics of Animals

• 300010 VO Social Systems - Social Systems in vertebrates with special emphasis on mechanismus - behaviour - brain-personality-stress, etc.
• 300015 VO Introduction Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
• 300067 VO+UE Fundamentals of phylogenetic systematics
• 300079 SE [ en ] Zoology and Evolution - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300099 VO Mountain ecology
• 300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300162 UE Field course Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
• 300180 SE [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
• 300202 UE Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
• 300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
• 300290 VO Introduction to pollination biology
• 300304 UE Trichoptera Identification Course - Trichoptera Identification Course (advanced level)
• 300439 VO [ en ] Bird Ecology
• 300543 UE Biology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods - Systematics, Biology and Ecology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods of Europe.
• 300548 SE Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants - Communication & nutritional ecology

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology

• 300183 VO Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
• 300186 SE [ en ] Current topics in Molecular Evolution and Development
• 300191 UE [ en ] Bioinformatics for non-bioinformaticians - how to build and analyse a transcriptome
• 300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology

• 300069 SE [ de en ] Seminar in biometry for advanced students
• 300188 VO [ de en ] Theoretical Morphology
• 300357 UE [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Quantitative Biology
• 300386 VO Oscillations in biological systems

MZO W-5 Basic Modul of Evolutionary Biology

• 300064 VO Evolutionary Biology
• 300511 VO [ de en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology
• 300515 VO [ en ] Speciation and coevolution - Concepts und case studies
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W-6 Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition

• 300558 VO Animal Communication

MZO W-7 Ecological Field Methods: Animals

MZO W-8 Marine Biology

• 300066 VO [ en ] Aquatic biodiversity - control and consequences
• 300170 VO [ en ] Biological Oceanography
• 300197 VO [ en ] Ecology of Marine Polar Systems
• 300329 VO [ en ] Biogeochemistry of the Ocean

MZO W-9 Interpretation of Ecological Data

• 300129 UE [ en ] GIS applications for Biologists and Ecologists
• 300193 SE+UE Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
• 300269 VO [ en ] Analysis of ecological data (VO) - univariate methods
• 300368 UE [ en ] Practical data analysis in ecology, biodiversity and zoology
• 300445 UE [ en ] Analysis of ecological data (UE) - univariate methods