Master Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management (879)

Compulsory Modules (45 ECTS)

MNB 1 Conservation Biology (5 ECTS)

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

• 300274 VO [ en ] Conservation Planning - tools for mainstreaming biodiversity management - Scientific approaches to prioritize conservation actions at global, regional and local scale

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions (5 ECTS)

MNB 4 Conservation Training (5 ECTS)

• 300174 UE Conservation training

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration (5 ECTS)

• 300192 UE Practical Restoration Ecology

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

• 300173 UE Species of conservation interest: montane/ alpine Habitats
• 300268 UE Excursions on vegetation ecology - Excursions on Conservation, Vegetation and Landscape Ecolgy in Austria
• 300431 UE Specific knowledge of protected assets: Species of habitats in the foothills zone

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

• 300058 VO [ en ] Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
• 300238 VO Habitatmapping - Assessment of conservation value
• 300242 UE Habitatmapping - Habitat of cultural landscapes
• 300635 UE Ecosystems and Vegetation of natural Landscapes - Fieldcourse Ötschergräben/Gesäuse

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

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

• 300271 UE+EX Management of Protected Sites - large scale nature reserves in Central Europa

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy (5 ECTS)

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

• 300159 VO [ de en ] Conservation Genetics - Konzepte und Anwendungen am Beispiel ausgewählter Arten , z.B. Wölfe, Tiger, Seeadler, Kondore
• 300614 VO Importance of Zoos for Conservation of endangered species - Practice-related analysis of the historical development and approach in current programms

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

• 300029 VO VO: Digital Spatial Analysis - Digital Spatial Analysis (GIS / Remote Sensing / Geo-statistics) als instrument of Conservation Biology and applied Landscape Ecology
• 300063 UE Spatial analytic methods in Conservation Biology - Introduction to GIS (GIS 1)
• 300170 VO Spatial analytic methods in Conservation Biology - Introduction to GIS (GIS 1)
• 300345 UE Digital Spatial Analyses - GIS II (for advanced students)

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

• 300309 UE Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences

MNB W-6 Bioindication (5 ECTS)

• 300104 VO Bioindicaton and Biomonitoring
• 300183 UE Practical Course in bioindication and monitoring
• 300658 EX Diversity of Bryophyes, Vulneribility and Conservation

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

• 300005 UE [ en ] Species distribution modelling
• 300067 UE [ en ] Insect herbivory - organisms and measurement
• 300068 UE Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
• 300094 UE [ en ] Proteomics in systembiology
• 300250 VO Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300323 SE Thesis Seminar: Parasitology - Lectures on actual parasitological topics, lecture works english slides
• 300362 UE [ en ] Applied data analysis

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 300035 EX Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300062 UE Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300085 SE [ en ] COSB Colloquium - Vorträge im Center for Organismal Systems Biology
• 300105 SE Writer's workshop for biologists - Principles of scientific publication
• 300112 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
• 300149 SE+UE [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300221 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300433 VO Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
• 300438 SE [ de en ] Seminar in biometry for beginners - Basics of biometrical analysis
• 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
• 300659 SE [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts