Master Zoology (831)

Compulsory Modules (30 ECTS)

MZO 1 Basic Modul Zoology (15 ECTS)

• 300388 VO Form, Funktion and Evolution in Animals
• 300435 VO Animal biogeography - Principles of animal biogeography
• 300702 VO Animal Cells and Tissues

MZO 2 Methods and Research Training in Zoology (15 ECTS)

• 300068 UE Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
• 300088 UE Practical Course: Vertebrates - Comparative Morphology of Vertebrates
• 300106 UE DNA Barcoding - a new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research - Ein neuer Weg zur Artidentifikation in der Ökologie und Biodiversitätsforschung
• 300145 UE [ de en ] Developmental biology of marine invertebrates in Villefranche-sur-Mer
• 300149 SE+UE [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300152 UE [ en ] Digital Illustration for Biologists
• 300156 UE Advanced techniques of electronmicroscopy and ultrastructural research
• 300216 UE Molecular and cellular neurobiology
• 300247 UE Experimental developmental biology
• 300307 UE [ en ] Experimental evolutionary biology
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300648 UE [ en ] Molecular and cytogenetic tools in ecology & evolution

Block of Elective Modules Zoology (30 ECTS)

MZO W-1 Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Animals (15 ECTS)

• 300004 VO Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
• 300057 SE [ en ] Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research (2) - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300086 UE Comparative morphology and evolution of basal vertebrates
• 300142 SE [ en ] Zoology and Evolution - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 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
• 300250 VO Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300291 VO Electron Microscopy in Biology - Methods, Preparation and Interpreparation
• 300316 SE [ en ] Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students

MZO W-2 Biodiversity and Systematics of Animals (15 ECTS)

• 300049 VO Biology, ecology and conservation biology of bats
• 300050 EX EX to voices of Austrian birds
• 300064 VO Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
• 300067 UE [ en ] Insect herbivory - organisms and measurement
• 300068 UE Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
• 300080 VO [ en ] Symbiosis concepts and model systems (Part 2)
• 300087 UE From viruses to animals - nutritional interactions in the sea - Who eats whom in ten days at the sea
• 300123 VO [ en ] Bird Ecology
• 300128 UE [ en ] Marine Microbial Symbiosis Course
• 300142 SE [ en ] Zoology and Evolution - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300201 UE [ en ] Microbial Oceanography Course
• 300228 UE [ en ] Field methods in bird migration research
• 300230 UE Animal Behaviour Observation - Practical Course
• 300244 UE [ de en ] Advanced field course fish ecology
• 300250 VO Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300257 VO [ de en ] Primates and their societies
• 300295 UE [ en ] Field course "Biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems" - advanced level
• 300335 UE [ en ] Bio-Acoustics II - Advanced Bioacoustics
• 300356 UE Entomological Laboratory - Taxonomic studies on selected insects
• 300387 UE [ en ] Biodiversity of Stream Ecosystems
• 300428 UE+EX Plecoptera identification course - advanced level
• 300482 VO The world of mites - morphology, biology, ecology, phylogeny, medical and commercial relevance
• 300499 VO Voices of Austrian birds - Introduction to the songs and calls of Austrian birds

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300134 VO [ en ] Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates
• 300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300022 VO [ de en ] Principles of multivariate statistics for biologists
• 300073 VO Basics of biosystems theory

MZO W-5 Basic Modul of Evolutionary Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300076 VO [ en ] Beyond Networks: The Evolution of Dynamic Regulatory Systems
• 300127 VO [ en ] Genomic approaches to variation and adaptation: a road map
• 300329 VO Introduction into evolutionary biology - Principles of molecular evolution - from gene evolution to speciation
• 300344 VO [ en ] Introduction to Quantitative Biology and Systems Biology
• 470004 VO+SE [ en ] Molecular Population Genetics: making sense of sequence data

MZO W-6 Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (15 ECTS)

• 300310 VO Neurobiology II - Neurobiologie II
• 300336 VO [ en ] Biology of Cognition
• 300464 VO Behavioral Ecology
• 300683 VO Physiology of the Senses

MZO W-7 Ecological Field Methods: Animals (5 ECTS)

• 300067 UE [ en ] Insect herbivory - organisms and measurement
• 300253 UE [ de en ] Methods in Field Research - Focus: Birds and small Mammals

MZO W-8 Marine Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300175 VO [ en ] Microbial Oceanography
• 300202 UE [ de en ] Biodiversity of marine coastal habitats

MZO W-9 Interpretation of Ecological Data (5 ECTS)

• 300368 UE [ en ] Practical data analysis in ecology, biodiversity and zoology

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

• 300067 UE [ en ] Insect herbivory - organisms and measurement
• 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