Master Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition (878)

Compulsory Modules (25 ECTS)

MVN 1 Basic Module Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (15 ECTS)

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

MVN 2 Fundamentals of Scientific Research in Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (10 ECTS)

• 300065 SE ( REMOTE ) Seminar for Masters and PhD-students in Neurobiology
• 300203 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Seminar for Masters and doctoral-students in Behavioural Biology

Block of Elective Modules Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition (35 ECTS)

MVN W-1 Behavioural Physiology (10 ECTS)

• 300188 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical course in Behavioural Biology, Gruenau - (social mechanisms) at the Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle in Gruenau
• 300337 UE ( ON-SITE ) Further practice in behavioral physiology

MVN W-2 Behavioural Endocrinology (5 ECTS)

MVN W-3 Reproduction and Biological Rhythms (5 ECTS)

• 300022 VO ( REMOTE ) Topics in Sexual Biology

MVN W-4 Sound Communication in Animals (10 ECTS)

MVN W-5 Animal Communication (5 ECTS)

• 300231 VO ( REMOTE ) Behavioural biology of aquatic vertebrates - fishes and whales
• 300335 UE [ en ] Bio-Acoustics II - Advanced Bioacoustics

MVN W-6 Social Mechanisms (5 ECTS)

MVN W-7 Human Animal Relationship (5 ECTS)

• 300053 SE ( ON-SITE ) Current topics in human-animal relationships - Discussion of new scientific results. Seminar with lecture human-animal relations
• 300557 VO ( REMOTE ) Human-Animal Interactions (Anthrozoology) - evolutionary functions and mechanisms, animals as social partners, species management

MVN W-8 Neurobiology for Advanced Students (10 ECTS)

• 301904 UE [ en ] Neurophysiology and behavior of C. elegans

MVN W-9 Neuroanatomy (10 ECTS)

• 300216 UE ( ON-SITE ) Molecular and cellular neurobiology

MVN W-10 Actual Research Topics in Neurobiology (5 ECTS)

• 300675 SE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology Seminar: Ongoing resarch
• 301906 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Modern approaches in the analysis of neuronal circuits and behavior

MVN W-11 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (5 ECTS)

• 300280 SE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Principles of Brain Evolution
• 300311 SE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Molecular mechanisms of brain disorders
• 301905 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Information-processing in neuronal networks

MVN W-12 Cognition for Advanced Students (10 ECTS)

• 300008 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Current topics in cognitive biology 2
• 300217 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Comparative Behavioral Research

MVN W-13 Cognition Methods (10 ECTS)

• 300656 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Practical course in animal cognition - Introduction into the methods of learning experiments with animals

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

• 300078 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biogeographical Excursions
• 300132 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
• 300165 UE [ de en ] Algae - their world explored

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 280145 LP [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) MA-ERD-W-3.26 Conservation Paleobiology and Historical Ecology (PI)
• 280250 SE [ en ] Transformative Change towards Sustainable Futures - Environmental Engagements: talks (PI)
• 290071 PR [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Practical Training in Geoecology and Quaternary Research
• 300046 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300057 SE+EX [ en ] Heavy Metals in Plants and Soils - Seminar for Master and PhD students
• 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
• 300080 VO [ en ] Symbiosis concepts and model systems (Part 2)
• 300094 UE [ en ] Proteomics in System Biology
• 300108 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Macroecology and spatial phylogenetics of animals
• 300117 VO+UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to ecological modelling
• 300124 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Current topics in macroecology, biogeography and spatial biodiversity research
• 300127 UE Introductory course on animal gene expression
• 300142 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Evolutionary Biology - Departmentalseminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300149 SE+UE [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300164 UE [ en ] Introduction to coding in R (UE): A hands-on approach
• 300169 VO [ en ] Introduction to coding in R (VO): A hands-on approach
• 300171 UE ( REMOTE ) Writing scientific theses
• 300177 SE+UE [ de en ] Biogeochemical cycles in freshwater ecosystems
• 300182 VO ( REMOTE ) Ecology and diversity of secondary plant metabolites
• 300193 RV Silent Spring - sixth mass extinction of species: reasons and consequences
• 300217 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Comparative Behavioral Research
• 300218 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300227 EX ( ON-SITE ) Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300250 VO ( REMOTE ) Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300283 UE+EX Identification of amphibian larvae in lab and field
• 300316 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300335 UE [ en ] Bio-Acoustics II - Advanced Bioacoustics
• 300362 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Applied Data Analysis
• 300447 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Tropical Ecology
• 300517 SE+UE ( MIXED ) Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
• 300659 SE [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts