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

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

• 300010 UE Advanced techniques of electronmicroscopy and ultrastructural research
• 300031 UE Practical Course: Vertebrates - Comparative Morphology of Vertebrates
• 300115 UE [ de en ] DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 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)
• 300163 UE [ en ] Methods in pollination biology
• 300167 UE [ de en ] Ecology & Palaeobiology of coral reefs (Red Sea)
• 300216 UE Molecular and cellular neurobiology
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 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)

• 300005 VO Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300250 VO Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology

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

• 300037 VO Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
• 300049 VO Biology, ecology and conservation biology of bats
• 300050 EX EX to voices of Austrian birds
• 300080 VO [ en ] Symbiosis concepts and model systems (Part 2)
• 300102 VU Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300103 UE Dragonflies- ecology, taxonomy and bioindication
• 300119 VO [ en ] Bird Ecology
• 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
• 300283 UE+EX Identification of amphibian larvae in lab and field
• 300295 UE [ en ] Field course "Biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems" - advanced level
• 300387 UE [ en ] Biodiversity of Stream Ecosystems
• 300499 VO Voices of Austrian birds - Introduction to the songs and calls of Austrian birds

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300074 VO [ de en ] Principles of multivariate statistics for biologists

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

• 300329 VO Introduction into evolutionary biology - Principles of molecular evolution - from gene evolution to speciation

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)

• 300253 UE [ de en ] Methods in Field Research - Focus: Birds and small Mammals

MZO W-8 Marine Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300167 UE [ de en ] Ecology & Palaeobiology of coral reefs (Red Sea)
• 300175 VO [ en ] Microbial Oceanography
• 300236 UE [ en ] Selected marine biological topics in Vienna

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)

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
• 300132 SE [ en ] Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
• 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
• 300659 SE [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts
• 450009 SE Advanced Paleoecology (PI)
• 450010 VU Stratigraphic Paleoecology - Principles and applications (PI)