Compulsory Modules (60 ECTS)

MZO1 Foundations of Zoology (15 ECTS)

• 300143 VO [ de en ] Principles in metazoan systematics, evodevo and evolutionary research
• 300472 VO [ en ] Reproductive biology
• 300702 VO Animal Cells and Tissues

MZO2 Scientific Methods (10 ECTS)

• 300073 UE [ de en ] Modern Light Microscopy in Study and Research
• 300115 UE DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300160 UE [ en ] Practical introduction to programming for biologists
• 300200 UE [ en ] High-Throughput DNA Sequencing: - Whole Genome Sequencing, Target Enrichment and Phylogenetics/-genomics - a hands-on tutorial
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300306 UE [ en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy: A hands-on course including immunolabelling of cells and tissues - Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy
• 300416 UE [ en ] 3-D Imaging and Modeling Using MicroCT - Microscopy and software methods for 3D morphological analysis

MZO3 Data Analysis, Scientific Writing and Presentation Techniques (5 ECTS)

• 300065 VU [ en ] Quantitative analysis of time series and population data - (Data Analysis and modeling)
• 300101 SE [ en ] Scientific Writing Workshop
• 300104 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Science Communication
• 300171 UE [ en ] Science Writing
• 300531 UE [ en ] Writing Theses and Articles in English - Effective communication and presentation of scientific research

MZO4 Individual Spezialization (30 ECTS)

• 300003 VU [ en ] Measuring time: Scientific Dating methods
• 300020 SE Seminar on current topics in behavioural biology
• 300046 VO Mollusca - Organization, Biology and Systematics of Mollusca
• 300052 UE [ de en es ] Tropical Botany: Ants-Plants-Microorganisms - Modellsysteme für multitrophische Interaktionen
• 300070 UE Special Course: Mollusca - Morphology of Mollusca (only in combination with 300133)
• 300087 UE Identification of aquatic invertebrates in Central European freshwaters
• 300092 UE [ de en ] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
• 300094 VU [ en ] Scientific Thinking: Understanding Evolution - How does science establish our knowledge of the natural world ?
• 300097 UE [ en ] Natural History Collections - an introduction to management and utilization
• 300099 SE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Reproductive Biology
• 300106 UE [ en ] Analyses of single cell transcriptome data - Genome/transcriptome assembly and annotation
• 300108 UE [ en ] Genome analysis for Ecologists
• 300117 VO [ de en ] Mammalogy
• 300121 UE [ en ] Image analysis and reconstruction of morphological datasets
• 300131 VU [ en ] Statistics course based on R
• 300142 SE [ en ] Evolutionary Biology - Departmentalseminar for Masterstudents
• 300160 UE [ en ] Practical introduction to programming for biologists
• 300161 VO [ en ] Innovations in spiralian evolution
• 300164 SE [ en ] New insights into adaptation and speciation from genomic research.
• 300172 UE Evolution in the museum - Development, endangerment and protection of biodiversity
• 300180 SE [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
• 300187 EX Birds on the water
• 300199 UE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Exercise on behaviour observation and behavioural genetics using the example of Japanese macaques
• 300206 UE Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300306 UE [ en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy: A hands-on course including immunolabelling of cells and tissues - Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy
• 300433 VO Medical parasitology - Transfer of basic knowledge
• 300527 UE Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens
• 300669 VO Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems