Master Zoology (831)

Compulsory Modules (30 ECTS)

MZO 1 Basic Modul Zoology (15 ECTS)

• 300388 VO ( REMOTE ) Form, Funktion and Evolution in Animals
• 300435 VO ( REMOTE ) Animal biogeography - Principles of animal biogeography

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

• 300010 UE ( ON-SITE ) Advanced techniques of electronmicroscopy and ultrastructural research
• 300031 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical Course: Vertebrates - Comparative Morphology of Vertebrates
• 300046 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 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
• 300149 SE+UE [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300163 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Methods in pollination biology
• 300216 UE ( ON-SITE ) Molecular and cellular neurobiology
• 300218 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300247 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Experimental developmental biology
• 300307 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Experimental evolutionary biology
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300352 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) How to get 3D data from biological objects with X-Ray Tomography and analyse them - Special Methods of Structural Botany 1
• 300648 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Molecular and cytogenetic tools in ecology & evolution

Block of Elective Modules Zoology (30 ECTS)

• 300165 UE [ de en ] Algae - their world explored

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

• 300006 VO ( REMOTE ) Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
• 300127 UE Introductory course on animal gene expression
• 300250 VO ( REMOTE ) Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology

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

• 300037 VO ( REMOTE ) Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
• 300049 VO ( REMOTE ) Biology, ecology and conservation biology of bats
• 300050 EX ( ON-SITE ) EX to voices of Austrian birds
• 300068 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity of marine zooplankton and the evolution of animal life cycles
• 300102 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300103 UE ( REMOTE ) Dragonflies- ecology, taxonomy and bioindication
• 300108 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Macroecology and spatial phylogenetics of animals
• 300128 UE [ en ] Marine Microbial Symbiosis Course
• 300153 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ecology and biodiversity of moths
• 300230 UE ( MIXED ) Animal Behaviour Observation - Practical Course
• 300244 UE [ de en ] Advanced field course fish ecology
• 300250 VO ( REMOTE ) Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300257 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) 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
• 300466 UE Rotifers from Europe - Systematic, biology and ecology of the limnetic, marine and semi-terrestrial rotifers of Europe
• 300499 VO ( REMOTE ) Voices of Austrian birds - Introduction to the songs and calls of Austrian birds

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology (15 ECTS)

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

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300074 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Principles of multivariate statistics for biologists
• 300120 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Systems conditions for Evolution
• 300124 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Current topics in macroecology, biogeography and spatial biodiversity research
• 300132 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Basics and current progress in theory of evolution

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

• 300120 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Systems conditions for Evolution
• 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 ( REMOTE ) Neurobiology II - Neurobiologie II
• 300336 VO [ en ] Biology of Cognition
• 300464 VO ( REMOTE ) Behavioral Ecology
• 300683 VO ( REMOTE ) Physiology of the Senses

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

• 300108 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Macroecology and spatial phylogenetics of animals
• 300253 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) 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 ] ( ON-SITE ) Biodiversity of marine coastal habitats

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

• 300117 VO+UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to ecological modelling
• 300124 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Current topics in macroecology, biogeography and spatial biodiversity research
• 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
• 300368 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Practical data analysis in ecology, biodiversity and zoology

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

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
• 300117 VO+UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to ecological modelling
• 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)
• 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
• 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