Branches of Study: "Theoretical and Applied Geography", "Regional Science and Regional Planning" and "Cartography and Geographic Information Science"

Level 1 of the Degree Programme (compulsory for all threee branches of study) (2002 Curriculum)

1.1. Basics of Physical Geography

• 290014 VO Introduction to Physical Geography
• 290173 VO Fundamentals of Science for Physical Geography
• 290164 VO Fundamentals in Geomorphology
• 290147 VO Introduction to the Geography of Climate
• 290148 VO Introduction in Soil Geography
• 290152 VO Introduction to Landscape Ecology

1.2. Basics of Human Geography

• 290085 VU Basic Concepts of the Social Sciences
• 290071 VO Rural Geography
• 290018 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group A
• 290019 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group B
• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society
• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography

1.3. Basics of Cartography and Geographic Information Science

• 290072 VO Introduction in Cartography
• 290073 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group A
• 290074 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group B
• 290075 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group C
• 290076 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group D
• 290183 VO Introduction in Geoinformatics
• 290119 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group A
• 290120 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group B
• 290069 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group C
• 290070 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group D
• 290216 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group E
• 290166 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group F
• 290138 PS Basics in Geoinformatics and Visualization II

1.4. Basic Methods and Concepts in Geography

• 290077 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group A
• 290078 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group B
• 290087 PS Introduction into Qualitative Data Collection
• 290105 VU Introduction into Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I
• 290106 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group A
• 290107 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group B
• 290108 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group C
• 290141 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group D

1.5. Regional Geography of Austria and Central Europe (only to be applied to students following the 1996 Curriculum; under these terms: examination subject e)

• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions

Level 2 of the Degree Programme

1. Branch of Study: "Geography" (according to the 1996 Curriculum; to be applied to students who do not switch to the 2002 Curriculum)

2.1.1. Comparative Physical Geography

• 290152 VO Introduction to Landscape Ecology
• 290144 PS Recent Research in Physical Geography
• 290154 VO+UE Material and energy balances
• 290050 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
• 290126 PS Climatic change
• 290083 PS Anthropogenic Climate Modification
• 290088 UE Introcuction Laboratory Methods Physical Geography, Group A
• 290122 UE Introcuction to Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography, Group B
• 290132 UE Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography for Advanced Students I (Methods of Chemical Analysis)
• 290181 VO Natural Hazards within the Alps
• 290125 VO+UE World Water Reserves and Water Supply
• 290165 PRS The evolution of landscape and environment in the loess regions of Lower Austria - Part I (Projektkonzeption) - SS 2008 mit Part II, 3-st.

2.1.2. Comparative Cultural and Social Geography

• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.1.3. Comparative Economic Geography

• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World

2.1.4. Thematic Cartography

2.1.5. Regional Geography of Europe and of One Region Outside Europe

• 290102 VO Regional and political geography of Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290115 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion - USA: Growth and Decline of US-american Cities - (verpflichtend für Exkursionsteilnehmer)
• 290016 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Landscapes of hope - transboundary cooperations on the SE-rim of the Alps (W-Hungary, Slovenja, NE-Italy)

2.1.6. Elective Courses (Providing for Specialisation)

2. Branch of Study: "Theoretical and Applied Geography" (according to the 2002 Curriculum)

2.2.1. Advanced Methods in Geography

• 290121 VU Advanced methods of statistical analysis (regional analysis)
• 290137 VO+UE Advanced Methods of Demography, Part I
• 290175 VO+UE Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
• 290088 UE Introcuction Laboratory Methods Physical Geography, Group A
• 290122 UE Introcuction to Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography, Group B
• 290063 PS Project Management
• 290095 VU New Media and Webdesign in Tourism

2.2.2. Basics of Regional Science and Regional Planning

2.2.3. Contemporary Research Issues in Physical and Human Geography

• 290144 PS Recent Research in Physical Geography
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)

2.2.4. Electives: Designed to Enhance In-Depth Specialisation and Scientific Project Work Skills

2.2.4.1. Specialisation on Regional Development

• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.2.4.2. Specialisation on Spatial Aspects of Population Studies / Regional Demography

• 140005 AR International Migration
• 140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)
• 290137 VO+UE Advanced Methods of Demography, Part I
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar

2.2.4.3. Specialisation on Development Research / Third World Studies / Co-operation and Development: Emphasis on Asia

• 140313 VO Lecture Series International Development: Problems, Mechanisms and Theories - in Development and Underdevelopment
• 140007 PS Developmental Theories
• 140008 PS Developmental Theories
• 140009 PS Developmental Theories
• 140318 VO Introduction to Development Economics
• 040589 VO Foundations of Development Economics
• 140316 VO Einführung in die Entwicklungssoziologie
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia

2.2.4.4. Specialisation on Applied Geomorphology

• 290181 VO Natural Hazards within the Alps
• 280614 VO Remote Sensing Techniques (W2_28_41) (NPI)
• 280615 UE Remote Sensing Techniques (W2_28_41) (PI)

2.2.4.5. Specialisation on Landscape Ecology and Natural Environmental Research

• 290154 VO+UE Material and energy balances
• 290050 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
• 290132 UE Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography for Advanced Students I (Methods of Chemical Analysis)
• 290165 PRS The evolution of landscape and environment in the loess regions of Lower Austria - Part I (Projektkonzeption) - SS 2008 mit Part II, 3-st.

2.2.4.6. Specialisation on Spatial Tourism and Leisure Research

• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290095 VU New Media and Webdesign in Tourism
• 290094 VO Themeparks and Leisure Parks as a Major Trend of the Global Tourism Industry
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?

2.2.5. Electives

2.2.5.1. Electives in Accordance with the Specialisations in Examination Subject d

2.2.5.2. Electives in Regional Geography

• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290102 VO Regional and political geography of Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• 290142 RV Lecture Series: Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe III
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?

2.2.5.3. Other Electives

• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290132 UE Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography for Advanced Students I (Methods of Chemical Analysis)
• 290165 PRS The evolution of landscape and environment in the loess regions of Lower Austria - Part I (Projektkonzeption) - SS 2008 mit Part II, 3-st.
• 290125 VO+UE World Water Reserves and Water Supply
• 290126 PS Climatic change
• 290083 PS Anthropogenic Climate Modification
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290206 VU Spatial Planning Law, Land Law, and Building Law
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290089 PS Programming in Geocommunication
• 290179 VO History of Cartography I
• 290130 SE Seminar on Methods and Techniques of Geocommunication - Geo-Data Directives in the EU and their Implementation
• 290049 VU Multimediatechnology and Geocommunication I
• 290047 PS Modeling in Geoinformation
• 290177 PS Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Information Systems

3. Branch of Study: "Regional Science and Regional Planning" (2002 Curriculum)

2.3.1. Advanced Methods

• 290121 VU Advanced methods of statistical analysis (regional analysis)
• 290175 VO+UE Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
• 290063 PS Project Management

2.3.2. Processes of Spatial Development and Opportunities for Social Control

• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)

2.3.3. Concepts and Tools of Regional Planning

• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290206 VU Spatial Planning Law, Land Law, and Building Law
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.3.4. Electives

• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290095 VU New Media and Webdesign in Tourism
• 290094 VO Themeparks and Leisure Parks as a Major Trend of the Global Tourism Industry
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290089 PS Programming in Geocommunication
• 290177 PS Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Information Systems
• 290179 VO History of Cartography I
• 290049 VU Multimediatechnology and Geocommunication I
• 290047 PS Modeling in Geoinformation
• 290130 SE Seminar on Methods and Techniques of Geocommunication - Geo-Data Directives in the EU and their Implementation
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290033 VO Introduction into Economics
• 290012 VU Special Topics of Economics
• 290110 SE Seminar in Economics - Myths in Economics and Economic Reality
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World

2.3.5. Additional Courses (Compulsory only for Students Following the 1996 Curriculum)

• 290033 VO Introduction into Economics
• 290012 VU Special Topics of Economics

4. Branch of Study: "Cartography and Geographic Information Science" (2002 Curriculum)

2.4.1. Geodata Acquisition

• 290127 VO Terrestrial data aquisition I
• 290128 VU Photogrammetry I

2.4.2. Geographic Information Processing

• 290177 PS Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Information Systems
• 290047 PS Modeling in Geoinformation

2.4.3. Theory of Cartographic Design

• 290179 VO History of Cartography I
• 290011 PRS Project Seminar: Cartographic Conception and Design

2.4.4. Methods and Techniques of Geo-communication

• 290089 PS Programming in Geocommunication
• 290049 VU Multimediatechnology and Geocommunication I
• 290021 VO Map production and publication techniques I
• 290043 UE Exercises in Map production and publication techniques I

2.4.5. Special Research Issues in Cartography and Geographic Information Science

• 290130 SE Seminar on Methods and Techniques of Geocommunication - Geo-Data Directives in the EU and their Implementation
• 290026 SE Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290045 SE Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students

2.4.6. Recommended Free-choice Elective Courses

Field trips (Excursions)

1. In Austria

• 290199 EX Field Trip: Network-Region Bodensee - Cross Border Cooperation and Regional Development
• 290116 EX Field Trip: Applied Climatology
• 290040 EX Scientific Excursion: Supply and Disposal Infrastructure in the Vienna Region I
• 290054 EX Scientific Excursion: Supply and Disposal Infrastructure in the Vienna Region II

2. Abroad

• 290115 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion - USA: Growth and Decline of US-american Cities - (verpflichtend für Exkursionsteilnehmer)
• 290016 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Landscapes of hope - transboundary cooperations on the SE-rim of the Alps (W-Hungary, Slovenja, NE-Italy)

Additional Courses

• 290036 RV Lecture series: Risk research - A interdisciplinary dialogue - (in Kooperation mit der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft)
• 290142 RV Lecture Series: Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe III
• 140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
• 290022 KO Colloquium for Geomorphology
• 290124 KO Colloquium on Quaternary Science
• 290064 KO Colloquium on Geography and Regional Research
• 290044 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290058 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290168 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290067 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290123 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290024 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290005 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290450 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290025 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290211 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290029 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290052 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students