Bachelor Biology (630 [3] - Version 2015)

Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

• EXAM COMM ON-SITE STEOP:Module exam B-BIO 1 Introductory Lecture in Biology I

BIO 1 Biology 1 (8 ECTS)

• 300001 VO ( REMOTE STEOP ) STEOP:B-BIO 1 Introductory Lecture in Biology I - Anthropology, ecology, botany and zoology

BIO 2 Biology 2 (8 ECTS)

• EXAM COMM ON-SITE STEOP:Module exam B-BIO 2 Introductory Lecture in Biology II
• 300002 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) STEOP: B-BIO 2 Introductory Lecture in Biology II - biochemistry, cellbiology, genetics and microbiology

Block of Compulsory Modules (44 ECTS)

BIO 3 Chemistry 1 (5 ECTS)

• EXAM COMM ON-SITE B-BIO 3 General and Organic Chemistry

BIO 4 Physics and Statistics (5 ECTS)

BIO 5 Bioethics and Gender Issues (4 ECTS)

• 300354 VO ( REMOTE ) Man and Woman from an Evolutionary Viewpoint - (Gender)
• 300385 VO ( REMOTE ) Woman in science - (Gender)

BIO 6 Evolution (6 ECTS)

• 300133 VO Evolution

BIO 7 Organisms, Structure and Function (6 ECTS)

• 300034 VO ( REMOTE ) Animal Anatomy , Phylogeny and Evolution
• 300448 VO Plants, Structure and Function

BIO 8 Physiology and Ecology (6 ECTS)

• 300185 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to physiology: From microbes to plants and animals
• 300239 VO ( REMOTE ) Fundamentals of ecology

BIO 9 Molecular Biology and Genetics (6 ECTS)

• 301092 VO ( REMOTE ) Genetics for Biologists
• 301735 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Modelsystems of Molecular Biology

BIO 10 Chemistry 2 (6 ECTS)

• 300030 UE ( ON-SITE ) Chemical laboratory course for biologists
• 301141 SE ( REMOTE ) Calculation in Chemistry - Accompanying Seminar for Basic Chemical Lab Course

Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Anthropology (120 ECTS)

BAN 1 Human Anatomy and Physiology (20 ECTS)

• 300106 VO ( REMOTE ) Human physiology
• 300111 UE ( ON-SITE ) Tutorial, Morphology of the human skeleton - (in Parallelen)
• 300187 VO ( REMOTE ) Human Neuroanatomy
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull

BAN 2 Principles of Anthropology (15 ECTS)

• 300308 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Human Evolutionary Genetics: genomic, genes, diseases
• 300464 VO ( REMOTE ) Behavioral Ecology

BAN 3 Selected Topics in Anthropology (15 ECTS)

• 300420 VO ( REMOTE ) Populationanthropoloy and Demography
• 300548 VO ( REMOTE ) Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction

BAN 4 Methods in Anthropology and their Applications (20 ECTS)

• 300200 UE ( MIXED ) Basics in Anthropology course
• 300241 UE ( ON-SITE ) Preparation exercises for ancient human skeletal remains
• 300249 SE ( REMOTE ) Scientific working skills for the bachelor thesis
• 300377 SE ( REMOTE ) Presentation techniques
• 300497 UE ( REMOTE ) Scientific Writing - How to write a scientific text?

BAN 5 Statistics, Mathematics and Computing in Anthropology (15 ECTS)

• 300197 VU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to R for Anthropologists
• 300322 VU ( REMOTE ) Biological Data: introduction to statistics and SPSS

BAN 6 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2
• 300023 VO ( REMOTE ) Higher Plant diversity and phylogeny
• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology
• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution
• 300045 EX Flora and fauna of the March river flood plains - Seasonal changes
• 300147 UE ( ON-SITE ) Flowers: Structure, Function and Diversity
• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities
• 300220 VO Palaeoecology
• 300269 VO Palaeobiogeography
• 300292 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and Ecology of Vascular Plants
• 300379 VO ( REMOTE ) Population and community ecology
• 300386 UE Cells in the light microscope
• 300495 VO ( REMOTE ) Ecophysiology
• 300601 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and systematics of plants and fungi for ecologists - Exercise in three parallel courses
• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2
• 300616 UE ( REMOTE ) Life Cycles of Plants
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology

BAN 7 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 300190 PP ( MIXED ) Project Practice II: Human ecology and osteology - Parallel courses

Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Botany (120 ECTS)

BBO 1 Plant Cell Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300208 UE ( REMOTE ) Ultrastructure of cells
• 300386 UE Cells in the light microscope

BBO 2 Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics of Plants (10 ECTS)

• 301046 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Laboratory Course I B - Microbiology and Genetics

BBO 3 Plant Physiology (10 ECTS)

BBO 4 Evolution and Diversity of Algae, Mooses, Ferns and Fungi (10 ECTS)

BBO 5 Evolution and Diversity of Spermatophytes (10 ECTS)

• 300023 VO ( REMOTE ) Higher Plant diversity and phylogeny
• 300292 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and Ecology of Vascular Plants
• 300293 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and Systematics of Vascular Plants

BBO 6 Developmental Biology and Reproduction (10 ECTS)

• 300147 UE ( ON-SITE ) Flowers: Structure, Function and Diversity
• 300616 UE ( REMOTE ) Life Cycles of Plants
• 301704 VO ( MIXED ) Molecular Biology of plants II - Molecular Physiology and Development Development

BBO 7 Concepts and Methods in Botany (15 ECTS)

• 300012 UE Eco-physiological - horticultural training course - applied ecology

BBO 8 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2
• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology
• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution
• 300045 EX Flora and fauna of the March river flood plains - Seasonal changes
• 300096 EX ( ON-SITE ) Zoological basic excursions - (parallel courses)
• 300106 VO ( REMOTE ) Human physiology
• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities
• 300187 VO ( REMOTE ) Human Neuroanatomy
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull
• 300220 VO Palaeoecology
• 300269 VO Palaeobiogeography
• 300301 UE Central European habitat types - in mehreren Parallelen
• 300379 VO ( REMOTE ) Population and community ecology
• 300420 VO ( REMOTE ) Populationanthropoloy and Demography
• 300495 VO ( REMOTE ) Ecophysiology
• 300548 VO ( REMOTE ) Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction
• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology

BBO 9 Advanced Practical Course (10 ECTS)

• 300094 UE [ en ] Proteomics in System Biology
• 300115 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300138 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ascertaining major components of the Austrian flora in the field
• 300165 UE [ de en ] Algae - their world explored
• 300176 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and functional attributes of biological communities - along enviromental gradients
• 300199 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the fauna and flora of marine habitats
• 300648 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Molecular and cytogenetic tools in ecology & evolution

BBO 10 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 300048 PP Heavy metal stress: ecology of organisms - Ecology of organisms from heavy metal habitats: Strategies to cope with stress
• 300076 PP ( ON-SITE ) Diversity-ecology-functional relationships among vascular plants and animals in the Mediterr. biome
• 300110 PP ( ON-SITE ) Actual research topics in taxonomy, systematics and morphology of plants and fungi - Projektpraktikum

Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Microbiology and Genetics (120 ECTS)

BMG 1 Methods in Molecular Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301046 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Laboratory Course I B - Microbiology and Genetics
• 301626 UE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Biology Course I A

BMG 2 Principles of Microbiology and Genetics (10 ECTS)

• 300131 VO ( REMOTE ) Selected acpects of bacterial physiology
• 301150 VO ( REMOTE ) Chromosome Biology and Cytogenetics
• 301212 VO ( REMOTE ) General and Molecular Genetics I
• 301213 VO ( REMOTE ) General and Molecular Genetics II

BMG 3 Biochemistry (10 ECTS)

• 270175 UE Lab Course: Basic Techniques in Biochemistry - for Chemistry Students
• 301135 UE ( ON-SITE ) Laboratory Course II - Biochemistry - for Specialisation Microbiology/Genetics and Molecular Biology

BMG 4 Molecular Biology (5 ECTS)

• 301123 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Gene expression
• 301172 SE [ de en en ] ( REMOTE MIXED ) Seminar to Course III A

BMG 5 Advanced Methods in Molecular Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301171 UE [ de en en de ] ( ON-SITE ) Course III A - Laboratory Work in Molecular Biology

BMG 6 Advanced Chemistry (15 ECTS)

• 301288 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Molecular Biophysics - Practical Applications
• 301403 UE ( MIXED ) Semicompulsory Lab Course Organic Chemistry

Alternative A: Organic Chemistry

Alternative B: (Bio)physical Chemistry

BMG 7 Mathematics and Bioinformatics (10 ECTS)

• 301080 VU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Bioinformatics for biologists
• 301628 VO ( REMOTE ) Mathematics for Molecular Biologists
• 301629 UE ( REMOTE ) Laboratory course: Mathematics

BMG 8 Cell Biology, Immunobiology and Infection Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301037 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Cellbiology I
• 301707 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Molecular Infectionbiology

BMG 9 Molecular Developmental Biology and Evolution (5 ECTS)

• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution

BMG 10 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2
• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology
• 300101 UE ( MIXED ) Practical training in determination native animals - Morphology, systematics and diversity of Central European animals
• 300115 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull
• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology
• 301407 VO ( REMOTE ) Molecular Pathology - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease

BMG 11 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 301552 PP [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Advanced course in microbiology and genetics
• 301553 PP [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Advanced course in microbiology and genetics/Immunbiology and bioinformatics

Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Molecular Biology (120 ECTS)

BMB 1 Methods in Molecular Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301046 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Laboratory Course I B - Microbiology and Genetics
• 301626 UE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Biology Course I A

BMB 2 Advanced Molecular Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301123 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Gene expression
• 301212 VO ( REMOTE ) General and Molecular Genetics I
• 301213 VO ( REMOTE ) General and Molecular Genetics II
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology

BMB 3 Biochemisty (10 ECTS)

• 270175 UE Lab Course: Basic Techniques in Biochemistry - for Chemistry Students
• 301135 UE ( ON-SITE ) Laboratory Course II - Biochemistry - for Specialisation Microbiology/Genetics and Molecular Biology

BMB 4 Cell Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301037 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Cellbiology I
• 301038 VO ( REMOTE ) Cell Biology II
• 301253 UE ( ON-SITE ) Molecular Biology Laboratory Course III (Cell Biology)

BMB 5 Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry (10 ECTS)

• 301619 VO ( MIXED ) Analytical Chemistry 1 for Biologists

BMB 6 Organic Chemistry (10 ECTS)

• 301615 UE ( MIXED ) Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry - for the specialization Molecular Biology

BMB 7 Mathematics and Bioinformatics (10 ECTS)

• 301080 VU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Bioinformatics for biologists
• 301628 VO ( REMOTE ) Mathematics for Molecular Biologists
• 301629 UE ( REMOTE ) Laboratory course: Mathematics

BMB 8 Quantitative Methods in Molecular Biology (5 ECTS)

BMB 9 Structural Biology (10 ECTS)

• 301256 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Seminar for Structural Biology
• 301618 VO+SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Structural Biology II

BMB 10 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2
• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology
• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution
• 300101 UE ( MIXED ) Practical training in determination native animals - Morphology, systematics and diversity of Central European animals
• 300115 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull
• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms
• 301150 VO ( REMOTE ) Chromosome Biology and Cytogenetics
• 301407 VO ( REMOTE ) Molecular Pathology - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease

BMB 10 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 301553 PP [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Advanced course in microbiology and genetics/Immunbiology and bioinformatics
• 301554 PP [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Advanced course in Molecular Biology

Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Ecology (120 ECTS)

BOE 1 General Ecology (10 ECTS)

BOE 2 Physiological Principles of Ecology (5 ECTS)

• 300495 VO ( REMOTE ) Ecophysiology
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms

BOE 3 Structure and Diversity of Plants (5 ECTS)

• 300601 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and systematics of plants and fungi for ecologists - Exercise in three parallel courses

BOE 4 Animal Biodiversity (5 ECTS)

• 300101 UE ( MIXED ) Practical training in determination native animals - Morphology, systematics and diversity of Central European animals

BOE 5 Diversity of Microorganisms (5 ECTS)

• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2

BOE 6 Field Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300301 UE Central European habitat types - in mehreren Parallelen

BOE 7 Functional Ecology (10 ECTS)

• 300365 SE+UE Course in functional ecology - Biodiversity and ecosystem functions at heavily and slightly impacted reaches of the Wien River
• 300423 SE+UE ( REMOTE ) Field course in functional ecology - biodiversity and ecosystem fuctions
• 300424 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) Field course in functional ecology - Biodiversity & Landuse in grassland ecosystems

BOE 8 Vegetation Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Population Ecology and Conservation Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300379 VO ( REMOTE ) Population and community ecology

BOE 9 Microbial Ecology and Ecogenetics (10 ECTS)

• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities

BOE 10 Limnology, Oceanography and Ecosystem Ecology (10 ECTS)

• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology

BOE 11 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2
• 300023 VO ( REMOTE ) Higher Plant diversity and phylogeny
• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution
• 300045 EX Flora and fauna of the March river flood plains - Seasonal changes
• 300096 EX ( ON-SITE ) Zoological basic excursions - (parallel courses)
• 300106 VO ( REMOTE ) Human physiology
• 300147 UE ( ON-SITE ) Flowers: Structure, Function and Diversity
• 300187 VO ( REMOTE ) Human Neuroanatomy
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull
• 300220 VO Palaeoecology
• 300269 VO Palaeobiogeography
• 300292 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and Ecology of Vascular Plants
• 300386 UE Cells in the light microscope
• 300420 VO ( REMOTE ) Populationanthropoloy and Demography
• 300548 VO ( REMOTE ) Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction
• 300616 UE ( REMOTE ) Life Cycles of Plants
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology

BOE 12 Advanced Practical Course (10 ECTS)

• 300068 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
• 300094 UE [ en ] Proteomics in System Biology
• 300115 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300138 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ascertaining major components of the Austrian flora in the field
• 300165 UE [ de en ] Algae - their world explored
• 300176 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and functional attributes of biological communities - along enviromental gradients
• 300199 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the fauna and flora of marine habitats
• 300307 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Experimental evolutionary biology
• 300648 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Molecular and cytogenetic tools in ecology & evolution

BOE 13 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 300021 PP ( ON-SITE ) Vegetation- and Landscape ecology - Monitoring in protected areas
• 300043 PP [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Script Programming in genome analysis - common script languages for the analysis of sequence data
• 300048 PP Heavy metal stress: ecology of organisms - Ecology of organisms from heavy metal habitats: Strategies to cope with stress
• 300076 PP ( ON-SITE ) Diversity-ecology-functional relationships among vascular plants and animals in the Mediterr. biome
• 300122 PP [ en ] Practical course: Current topics in Bio-Oceanography: Role of Plastics in the Ocean - a two weeks course at a marine station in the Mediterranean Sea
• 300136 PP ( ON-SITE ) Population biology of native amphibians
• 300172 PP Groundwater ecology
• 300213 PP [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biodiversity and Ecology of the Black Sea
• 300221 PP ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and niche segregation of birds along an elevational gradient in the eastern Alps
• 300223 PP ( ON-SITE ) Animal communities of Central European floodplain forests: - Effects of flooding events and grassland management

Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Palaeobiology (120 ECTS)

BPB 1 Palaeodiversity of Plants (5 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300019 UE ( ON-SITE ) Exercises Palaeodiversity of plants

BPB 2 Palaeodiversity of Vertebrates (5 ECTS)

BPB 3 Palaeodiversity of invertebrates (5 ECTS)

BPB 4 Micropalaeontology (5 ECTS)

BPB 5 Laboratory Methods in Palaeontology (5 ECTS)

BPB 6 Field Methods in Palaeontology (5 ECTS)

• 300698 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Palaeontological field methods

BPB 7 Evolutionary Research in Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300151 VO ( REMOTE ) Human Evolutionary Biology
• 300269 VO Palaeobiogeography

BPB 8 Plant and Animal Diversity (10 ECTS)

• 300101 UE ( MIXED ) Practical training in determination native animals - Morphology, systematics and diversity of Central European animals
• 300601 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and systematics of plants and fungi for ecologists - Exercise in three parallel courses

BPB 9 General Ecology (10 ECTS)

BPB 10 Principles of Earth Sciences (15 ECTS)

• 280090 VO [ de en ] MA-ERD-W-1.1 Paleooceanography and Stratigraphie (NPI)
• 300220 VO Palaeoecology
• 300269 VO Palaeobiogeography

BPB 11 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2
• 300023 VO ( REMOTE ) Higher Plant diversity and phylogeny
• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology
• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution
• 300045 EX Flora and fauna of the March river flood plains - Seasonal changes
• 300096 EX ( ON-SITE ) Zoological basic excursions - (parallel courses)
• 300106 VO ( REMOTE ) Human physiology
• 300115 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300147 UE ( ON-SITE ) Flowers: Structure, Function and Diversity
• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities
• 300187 VO ( REMOTE ) Human Neuroanatomy
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull
• 300292 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and Ecology of Vascular Plants
• 300379 VO ( REMOTE ) Population and community ecology
• 300386 UE Cells in the light microscope
• 300420 VO ( REMOTE ) Populationanthropoloy and Demography
• 300548 VO ( REMOTE ) Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction
• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2
• 300616 UE ( REMOTE ) Life Cycles of Plants
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology

BPB 12 Topics in Palaeobiology (10 ECTS)

• 300211 UE ( ON-SITE ) Palaeobotanical field methods - Sampling, treatment and presentation
• 300212 UE ( ON-SITE ) Palaeontological field school

BPB 13 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

Alternative compulsory module group: Zoology (120 ECTS)

BZO 1 Animal Body Plans 1 (10 ECTS)

BZO 2 Animal Body Plans 2 (10 ECTS)

• 300011 UE ( ON-SITE ) Body plans of anmials, part 2

BZO 3 Animal Physiology 1 (10 ECTS)

• 300275 UE ( ON-SITE ) Animal Physiology Laboratory 1 - Reproduction, Metabolism and Immunology

BZO 4 Animal Physiology 2 (10 ECTS)

• 300214 UE ( ON-SITE ) Animal Physiology Laboratory 2 (10 parallel courses) - Nerve, Muscle, Senses

BZO 5 Behavioral Biology (5 ECTS)

BZO 6 Evolution and Development (5 ECTS)

BZO 7 Animal Biodiversity (5 ECTS)

• 300101 UE ( MIXED ) Practical training in determination native animals - Morphology, systematics and diversity of Central European animals

BZO 8 Field Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300301 UE Central European habitat types - in mehreren Parallelen

BZO 9 Animals in their Habitats (5 ECTS)

• 300045 EX Flora and fauna of the March river flood plains - Seasonal changes
• 300083 EX ( ON-SITE ) Biological field course in the Alps - Animal-Plant Interactions
• 300096 EX ( ON-SITE ) Zoological basic excursions - (parallel courses)

BZO 10 Cognitive Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300130 SE ( ON-SITE ) Selected topics in Cognitive Biology

BZO 11 Biological Elective Subjects (15 ECTS)

• 300003 VO ( ON-SITE ) Palaeodiversity of plants
• 300023 VO ( REMOTE ) Higher Plant diversity and phylogeny
• 300026 VO [ de en ] Fundamentals in Limnology
• 300036 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular Evolution
• 300106 VO ( REMOTE ) Human physiology
• 300147 UE ( ON-SITE ) Flowers: Structure, Function and Diversity
• 300178 VO ( REMOTE ) Microbial communities
• 300187 VO ( REMOTE ) Human Neuroanatomy
• 300191 VO ( REMOTE ) Anatomy of the skull
• 300220 VO Palaeoecology
• 300269 VO Palaeobiogeography
• 300292 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and Ecology of Vascular Plants
• 300379 VO ( REMOTE ) Population and community ecology
• 300386 UE Cells in the light microscope
• 300420 VO ( REMOTE ) Populationanthropoloy and Demography
• 300495 VO ( REMOTE ) Ecophysiology
• 300548 VO ( REMOTE ) Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction
• 300601 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and systematics of plants and fungi for ecologists - Exercise in three parallel courses
• 300609 VO ( REMOTE ) Biodiversity and molecular Ecology of Micororganisms 2
• 300616 UE ( REMOTE ) Life Cycles of Plants
• 300725 VO Ecophysiology and Genetics of Microorganisms
• 301322 VO ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology

BZO 12 Advanced Practical Course (10 ECTS)

• 300031 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical Course: Vertebrates - Comparative Morphology of Vertebrates
• 300068 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
• 300115 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300176 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and functional attributes of biological communities - along enviromental gradients
• 300188 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical course in Behavioural Biology, Gruenau - (social mechanisms) at the Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle in Gruenau
• 300199 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the fauna and flora of marine habitats
• 300247 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Experimental developmental biology
• 300307 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Experimental evolutionary biology
• 300337 UE ( ON-SITE ) Further practice in behavioral physiology

BZO 13 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 300076 PP ( ON-SITE ) Diversity-ecology-functional relationships among vascular plants and animals in the Mediterr. biome
• 300081 PP [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Research Project in Cognitive Biology
• 300095 PP ( ON-SITE ) Genetic analyses of the nervous system
• 300122 PP [ en ] Practical course: Current topics in Bio-Oceanography: Role of Plastics in the Ocean - a two weeks course at a marine station in the Mediterranean Sea
• 300136 PP ( ON-SITE ) Population biology of native amphibians
• 300172 PP Groundwater ecology
• 300213 PP [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biodiversity and Ecology of the Black Sea
• 300221 PP ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and niche segregation of birds along an elevational gradient in the eastern Alps
• 300223 PP ( ON-SITE ) Animal communities of Central European floodplain forests: - Effects of flooding events and grassland management
• 300703 PP ( MIXED ) Animal Acoustic Signals - Animal Acoustic Signals

B-WZB Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (15 ECTS)

• 300283 UE+EX Identification of amphibian larvae in lab and field

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 280145 LP [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) MA-ERD-W-3.26 Conservation Paleobiology and Historical Ecology (PI)
• 300006 VO ( REMOTE ) Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
• 300010 UE ( ON-SITE ) Advanced techniques of electronmicroscopy and ultrastructural research
• 300013 VO Aspects of freshwater bioindication - Methods of assessment
• 300016 SE ( REMOTE ) Code of practice in science communication - Professional Use of Print and New Media in your career
• 300018 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Scientific Literature and Communication for Biologists
• 300020 UE Microscopical course on freshwater algae - Microscopical course on freshwater algae in lakes aimed at EC Water Framework Directive
• 300032 SE ( REMOTE ) Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction
• 300037 VO ( REMOTE ) Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
• 300042 VO [ de en ] Water Framework Directive &Habitats Directives &European Standards related to the aquatic vegetation - Basics for assessing the ecological status of waterbodies in Europe
• 300049 VO ( REMOTE ) Biology, ecology and conservation biology of bats
• 300054 VO ( REMOTE ) Selected statistical Methods I: Time Series Analysis
• 300062 UE ( ON-SITE ) Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300064 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
• 300090 VO ( REMOTE ) Behavioural Ecology of Bird Song
• 300103 UE ( REMOTE ) Dragonflies- ecology, taxonomy and bioindication
• 300121 VO ( REMOTE ) An Introduction to Epigenetics
• 300127 UE Introductory course on animal gene expression
• 300131 VO ( REMOTE ) Selected acpects of bacterial physiology
• 300134 VO ( REMOTE ) Primary processes of plant nutrition assimilation
• 300153 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ecology and biodiversity of moths
• 300159 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Conservation Genetics - Konzepte und Anwendungen am Beispiel ausgewählter Arten , z.B. Wölfe, Tiger, Seeadler, Kondore
• 300162 UE+EX Austrian Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats
• 300177 SE+UE [ de en ] Biogeochemical cycles in freshwater ecosystems
• 300193 RV Silent Spring - sixth mass extinction of species: reasons and consequences
• 300206 VO [ en ] Introduction to Marine Pollution
• 300212 UE ( ON-SITE ) Palaeontological field school
• 300227 EX ( ON-SITE ) Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300230 UE ( MIXED ) Animal Behaviour Observation - Practical Course
• 300231 VO ( REMOTE ) Behavioural biology of aquatic vertebrates - fishes and whales
• 300237 SE ( REMOTE ) Botanical field research and collecting tours
• 300253 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Methods in Field Research - Focus: Birds and small Mammals
• 300254 UE Computer applications in biology
• 300265 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Safety in the laboratory
• 300278 VO ( REMOTE ) GMO - the ecological perspective - Genetically Modified Organisms - the ecological perspective
• 300291 VO ( REMOTE ) Electron Microscopy in Biology - Methods, Preparation and Interpreparation
• 300297 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Methods in plant diversity research
• 300302 SE ( REMOTE ) Laboratory Safety and Security Risk Management - biological, radiological and chemical safety and security in research
• 300304 UE ( ON-SITE ) Course in identifying bryophytes
• 300305 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to bryology
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300364 SE [ de en ] Evolutionary genetics - Concepts and applications in population genetics and phylogenetics
• 300374 UE [ de en ] Water Framework Directive: Introduction to Macrophyte survey - Practical application
• 300447 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Tropical Ecology
• 300453 VO+UE Management and Evaluation of Multifactorial Experiments - including Statistics , advanced Graphics Software, Production of Presentations and Web Content
• 300466 UE Rotifers from Europe - Systematic, biology and ecology of the limnetic, marine and semi-terrestrial rotifers of Europe
• 300517 SE+UE ( MIXED ) Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
• 300530 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
• 300545 SE ( REMOTE ) Efficient Learning - Revision course to Animal Anatomy, Phylogeny and Evolution (300034) (Parallel courses)
• 300658 EX ( ON-SITE ) Diversity of Bryophyes, Vulneribility and Conservation
• 300659 SE [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts
• 300727 SE Basic Principles for Communication and Presentation
• 301033 UE ( REMOTE ) Scientific Communication in the Laboratory - "Hands on - Minds on"
• 301407 VO ( REMOTE ) Molecular Pathology - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease
• 301632 UE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Exercises for Foundations of Bioinformatics