Alternative Compulsory Module Group: Ecology (120 ECTS)

BOE 1 General Ecology (10 ECTS)

• 300024 VO Concepts in Ecology - Concepts in Ecology
• 300048 VO 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 ] Exercises in Functional Ecology: Exploring Groundwater Ecosystems

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

• 300017 VO Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology
• 300341 VO Conservation Biology and Landscape Conservation

BOE 9 Microbial Ecology and Ecogenetics (10 ECTS)

• 300309 VO Microbial genome plasticity
• 300311 VO Bioinformatics for the analysis of microbial genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes

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

• 300027 VO Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry
• 300496 VO Marine Science

BOE 11 Biological Elective Subjects (10 ECTS)

• 300007 VO Primatology
• 300013 VO Introduction to Animal Behavior
• 300014 VO [ en ] Introduction to animal development
• 300023 UE Concepts and methods in evolution, systematics and biogeography of plants
• 300025 VO Diversity und phylogeny of fungi, algae, mosses and ferns
• 300041 UE Exercise to Palaeodiversity of Invertebrates
• 300043 VO [ en ] Introduction to Cognitive Biology
• 300053 VO Virtual Anthropology - Introduction into digital 3D-methods
• 300054 UE Diversity and systematics of cryptogams and fungi
• 300056 UE Plant Anatomy
• 300063 VO Funerary Archaeology in Austria - Archaeological concepts, legal regulations, and digital methods
• 300068 UE Practical courses in Zoology, part 1 - parallel courses
• 300078 VO Hominid Evolution
• 300090 VO Introduction to the native fauna and their habitat
• 300100 VO Palaeodiversity of Invertebrates
• 300105 VO [ de en ] Human Evolution and Archaeological Science
• 300128 VO [ de en ] Developmental Biology and Reproduction of plants
• 300138 VO The last Ice Age - the world between 2,5 million and 10.000 years before present
• 300151 VO Foundations of Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Theory
• 300192 UE Exercise to Palaeodiversity of Vertebrates - Niedere Vertebrata
• 300223 VO Past, present and future of reefs and reef crises
• 300228 VO Introduction to Human Behavioural Biology
• 300231 VO Introduction in Social Biology
• 300248 VO Cell Biology of Plants - Structure and Function of the Plant Cell
• 300289 VO Introduction Forensic Anthropology
• 300299 VU [ en ] Introductory Morphometrics
• 300343 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Genome structure and evolution
• 300376 UE 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 Introduction into Human Ecology - Introduction into Human Ecology
• 300431 VO [ de en ] Evolution and Human Organization
• 300476 VO 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 Fungal diversity in their habitats
• 300648 VO [ en ] Animal Physiology I: Energy, Respiration, Homeostasis
• 301212 VO Plant Molecular Biology I - Genetics and cellorganisation

BOE 12 Advanced Practical Course (10 ECTS)

• 300006 UE ( MIXED ) Soil Ecology - Ecology of soils with taxonomy of soil fauna and fungi
• 300052 UE [ de en es ] Tropical Botany: Ants-Plants-Microorganisms - Modellsysteme für multitrophische Interaktionen
• 300092 UE [ de en ] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
• 300109 UE [ de en ] Biology and DNA-Barcoding of Freshwater Organisms
• 300286 UE Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) - Identification of uncultured microorganisms

BOE 13 Bachelor’s Thesis (10 ECTS)

• 300034 PP [ de en ] PP Tropical botany and pollination biology in Costa Rica
• 300163 PP Form and function of organisms - Participation in the workgroups
• 300182 PP 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 Survey of bird communities in city parks