Block of Elective Modules Zoology (30 ECTS)

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

• 300121 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Image analysis and reconstruction of morphological datasets
• 300135 UE ( MIXED ) Microscopic anatomy of vertebrates
• 300166 VO ( ON-SITE ) Entomology - Introduction to insect science
• 300306 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists

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

• 300067 VO+UE ( ON-SITE ) Fundamentals of phylogenetic systematics and cladistic analysis
• 300124 VO ( ON-SITE ) The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300128 VO ( ON-SITE ) Ant biology and ecology
• 300157 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300180 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biology of tropical amphibians
• 300187 EX ( MIXED ) Birds on the water
• 300206 UE ( REMOTE ) Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300214 UE ( ON-SITE ) Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
• 300461 VO ( REMOTE ) Biology and ecology of European amphibians and reptiles
• 300464 UE ( ON-SITE ) Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe and Russia - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe and Russia (Microcrustaceans)
• 300657 UE ( ON-SITE ) Identification course for aquatic invertebrates - in Central European freshwaters

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300175 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introductory lecture into techniques of EVO-DEVO
• 300183 VO ( REMOTE ) Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
• 300186 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Current topics in Molecular Evolution and Development
• 300191 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Bioinformatics for non-bioinformaticians - how to build and analyse a transcriptome
• 300204 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Comparative developmental anatomy of vertebrates
• 300489 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Growth and Proportion - Basics of biosystemstheory II
• 300685 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300132 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
• 300203 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to zoological taxonomy and species concepts
• 300206 UE ( REMOTE ) Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300357 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Mathematical Basics for Quantitative Biology

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

• 300127 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Genomic approaches to variation and adaptation: a road map
• 300204 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Comparative developmental anatomy of vertebrates
• 300511 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Concepts in Evolutionary Biology

MZO W-6 Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (15 ECTS)

• 300558 VO ( REMOTE ) Animal Communication

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

MZO W-8 Marine Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300240 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Experimental and Applied Aquaristics of Tropical Coral Reefs

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

• 300193 SE+UE [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
• 300205 VU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Analysis of Ecological Data - univariate methods