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)

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)

• 300014 UE Species of conservation interest: montane/ alpine Habitats
• 300102 VU Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300268 UE Excursions on vegetation ecology - Excursions on Conservation, Vegetation and Landscape Ecolgy in Austria
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300431 UE Specific knowledge of protected assets: Species of habitats in the foothills zone
• 300658 EX Diversity of Bryophyes, Vulneribility and Conservation

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

• 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

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

• 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)

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)

• 300013 VO Aspects of freshwater bioindication - Methods of assessment
• 300102 VU Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300103 UE Dragonflies- ecology, taxonomy and bioindication
• 300104 VO Bioindicaton and Biomonitoring
• 300183 UE Practical Course in bioindication and monitoring

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 280114 UE [ en ] MA-ERD-17.30 Environmental Paleontology (PI)
• 290071 PR Practical Training in Geoecology and Quaternary Research
• 300057 SE [ en ] Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research (2) - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300062 UE Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300064 EX Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300085 SE [ en ] Colloquium of Organismal Systems Biology
• 300094 UE [ en ] Proteomics in systembiology
• 300099 VO [ en ] Beyond networks: the evolution of dynamic regulatory systems
• 300105 SE [ en ] Current topics in Evolutionary Systems Biology
• 300106 UE Rhizosphere
• 300138 UE Ascertaining major components of the Austrian flora in the field
• 300142 SE [ en ] Evolutionary Biology - Departmentalseminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300149 SE+UE [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300167 UE [ de en ] Ecology & Palaeobiology of coral reefs (Red Sea)
• 300171 UE Writing scientific theses
• 300180 SE [ de en ] Preparation for the UE Ecology & Palaeobiology of coral reefs (Red Sea)
• 300182 VO Ecology and diversity of secondary plant metabolites
• 300193 RV Silent Spring - sixth mass extinction of species: reasons and consequences
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300225 SE [ en ] Critical analysis skills for microbial ecology
• 300250 VO Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300283 UE+EX Identification of amphibian larvae in lab and field
• 300316 SE [ en ] Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300323 SE [ de en ] Current Trends in Parasitology - Current parasitological topics, lecture works english slides
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300362 UE [ en ] Applied Data Analysis
• 300438 SE [ de en ] Seminar in biometry - Basics of biometrical analysis
• 300517 SE+UE Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
• 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
• 450009 SE Advanced Paleoecology (PI)
• 450010 VU Stratigraphic Paleoecology - Principles and applications (PI)