Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Ecology (120 ECTS)

BOE 1 General Ecology (10 ECTS)

• 300024 VO ( ON-SITE ) Concepts in Ecology - Concepts in Ecology
• 300048 VO ( ON-SITE ) Ecology of the ecozones of the world

BOE 2 Physiological Principles of Ecology (5 ECTS)

BOE 3 Structure and Diversity of Plants (5 ECTS)

BOE 4 Animal Biodiversity (5 ECTS)

BOE 5 Diversity of Microorganisms (5 ECTS)

• 300317 VO Biodiversity and molecular ecology of microorganisms 1

BOE 6 Field Biology (5 ECTS)

• 300301 UE Central European habitat types - in mehreren Parallelen

BOE 7 Functional Ecology (10 ECTS)

• 300069 SE+UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Exercises in Functional Ecology: Exploring Groundwater Ecosystems

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

• 300017 VO ( ON-SITE ) Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology
• 300341 VO ( ON-SITE ) Conservation Biology and Landscape Conservation

BOE 9 Microbial Ecology and Ecogenetics (10 ECTS)

• 300309 VO ( ON-SITE ) Microbial genome plasticity

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

• 300027 VO Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry
• 300496 VO ( ON-SITE ) Marine Science

BOE 11 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300007 VO ( REMOTE ) Primatology
• 300013 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Animal Behavior
• 300014 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to animal development
• 300023 UE ( ON-SITE ) Concepts and methods in evolution, systematics and biogeography of plants
• 300025 VO ( ON-SITE ) Diversity und phylogeny of fungi, algae, mosses and ferns
• 300041 UE Exercise to Palaeodiversity of Invertebrates
• 300043 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Cognitive Biology
• 300053 VO ( ON-SITE ) Virtual Anthropology - Introduction into digital 3D-methods
• 300054 UE ( ON-SITE ) Diversity and systematics of cryptogams and fungi
• 300056 UE ( ON-SITE ) Plant Anatomy
• 300063 VO ( ON-SITE ) Funerary Archaeology in Austria - Concepts, Digital Methods, and the Archaeological Record
• 300068 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical courses in Zoology, part 1 - parallel courses
• 300078 VO ( REMOTE ) Hominid Evolution
• 300090 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the native fauna and their habitat
• 300100 VO Palaeodiversity of Invertebrates
• 300105 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Human Evolution and Archaeological Science
• 300128 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Developmental Biology and Reproduction of plants
• 300138 VO ( ON-SITE ) The last Ice Age - the world between 2,5 million and 10.000 years before present
• 300151 VO ( ON-SITE ) Foundations of Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Theory
• 300192 UE Exercise to Palaeodiversity of Vertebrates - Niedere Vertebrata
• 300215 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Evolutionary Medicine
• 300223 VO Past, present and future of reefs and reef crises
• 300228 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Human Behavioural Biology
• 300231 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction in Social Biology
• 300248 VO ( ON-SITE ) Cell Biology of Plants - Structure and Function of the Plant Cell
• 300289 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction Forensic Anthropology
• 300296 VO Mammal evolution - selected topics
• 300299 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Morphometrics
• 300343 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Genome structure and evolution
• 300376 UE ( ON-SITE ) Concepts and methods in reproductive, developmental and structural plant sciences
• 300385 VO ( MIXED ) Human Anatomy - Osteology and Arthrology - Einführung in die Anatomie des Menschen
• 300426 VO ( ON-SITE ) Introduction into Human Ecology - Introduction into Human Ecology
• 300431 VO [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Evolution and Human Organization
• 300476 VO ( ON-SITE ) Animal Physiology II: Nerves, Muscles, Senses
• 300481 VO Morphology and Palaeodiversity of vertebrates - Mammals and Birds
• 300483 UE Palaeontological Working Methods - Laboratory
• 300492 VO ( MIXED ) Human Anatomy 2 - Organ Morphology
• 300545 UE ( ON-SITE ) Fungal diversity in their habitats
• 300648 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Animal Physiology I: Energy, Respiration, Homeostasis
• 301212 VO ( ON-SITE ) Plant Molecular Biology I - Genetics and cellorganisation

BOE 12 Advanced Practical Course (10 ECTS)

• 300006 UE ( ON-SITE ) Soil Ecology - Ecology of soils with taxonomy of soil fauna and fungi
• 300092 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
• 300115 UE ( ON-SITE ) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300167 UE [ de en ] Ecology & Palaeobiology of coral reefs (Red Sea)
• 300286 UE Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) - Identification of uncultured microorganisms
• 300358 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Metabolomics

BOE 13 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 300163 PP Form and function of organisms - Participation in the workgroups
• 300182 PP ( ON-SITE ) Case studies on the ecology and biodiversity of tropical vertebrates - in a lowland rainforest in Costa Rica
• 300186 PP [ de en ] Dipping into ecological research
• 300365 PP ( ON-SITE ) Survey of bird communities in city parks