Elective Modules (30 ECTS)

MZO W1 Morphology, Anatomy and Function (15 ECTS)

• 300070 UE Microscopic anatomy of vertebrates
• 300370 UE [ de en ] Functional morphology of Insects
• 300383 VU Evolution of the Vertebrate Body Plan

MZO W2 Systematics and Phylogeny (15 ECTS)

• 300061 UE [ de en ] Phylogenetic methods - introduction to theory and applications - Methods and concepts of molecular and morphological phylogenetics
• 300079 VU [ en ] Comparative animal genome informatics
• 300127 VO [ en ] Genomic approaches to variation and adaptation: a road map
• 300527 UE Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens

MZO W3 Evolution and Theoretical Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300094 VU [ en ] Scientific Thinking: Understanding Evolution - How does science construct our knowledge of the natural world ?
• 300099 SE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Reproductive Biology
• 300114 SE [ en ] Interaction and Evolution of Organisms - Evolutionary Systemsbiology 1
• 300160 UE [ en ] Practical introduction to programming for biologists
• 300183 VO Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
• 300302 UE [ de en ] Practical Course in Developmental Biology
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W4 Biodiversity and Field Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300066 VO Ant biology and ecology
• 300082 VU [ en ] Introduction to ecological modelling - (Data Analysis and modelling)
• 300087 UE Identification of aquatic invertebrates in Central European freshwaters - (Zoology)
• 300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300129 VO [ en ] Ecology of Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene
• 300214 VU Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles (Zoology)
• 300226 VO [ de en ] Biology and Biodiversity of European Marine Coastal Habitats
• 300464 VU Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe (Microcrustaceans) (Zoology)