A. 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
- 290418 UE Exercises in geomorphology, group A
- 290417 UE Exercises in geomorphology, group B
- 290416 UE Exercises in geomorphology, group C
- 290421 UE Exercises in geomorphology, group D
- 290415 UE Exercises in climate geography, group A
- 290414 UE Exercises in climate geography, group B
- 290413 UE Exercises in climate geography, group C
- 290422 UE Exercises in climate geography, group D
- 290412 VO Introduction to Hydrogeography
- 290129 VO Information on the criteria to classify vegetation
- 290411 UE Exercises in soil geography, group A - (Studienplan 2002 - part of landscape ecology)
- 290399 UE Exercises in soil geography, group B - (Studienplan 2002 - part of landscape ecology)
- 290398 UE Exercises in soil geography, group C - (Studienplan 2002 - part of landscape ecology)
- 290423 UE Exercises in soil geography, group D - (Studienplan 2002 - part of landscape ecology)
- 290407 UE Exercises in landscape ecology, group A - Kartierungsbereich Wolkersdorf, Weinviertel
- 290311 UE Exercises in landscape ecology, group B - Kartierungsbereich Wolkersdorf, Weinviertel
- 290406 PR Field Class in Physical Geography in Obergurgl, group A
- 290405 PR Field Class in Physical Geography in Obergurgl, group B
- 290404 PR Field Class in Physical Geography, group C
1.2. Basics of Human Geography
- 290291 VO Introduction to Urban Geography
- 290290 UE Applied Urban Geography, group A
- 290289 UE Applied Urban Geography, group B
- 290288 UE Applied Urban Geography, group C
- 290343 UE Applied Urban Geography, Group D
- 290369 UE Exercise on rural geography: peripheries and remote areas, group A - (incl. a 2day-practical training)
- 290223 UE Exercise on rural geography: peripheries and remote areas, group B - (incl. a 2day-practical training)
- 290368 UE Exercise on rural geography: peripheries and remote areas, group C - (incl. a 2day-practical training)
- 290378 UE Exercise on rural geography: peripheries and remote areas, group D - (incl. a 2day-practical training)
- 290174 VU Introduction to General Economic Geography - Die Räumlichkeit der Wirtschaft (gilt nicht für Lehramtsstudierende)
1.3. Basics of Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- 290205 PS Principles of Cartographic Design, Group A
- 290204 PS Principles of Cartographic Design, Group B
- 290403 PS Principles of Cartographic Design, Group C
- 290355 PS Spatial Reference Systems
- 290221 PS Methods of GIS-based data acquisition, Group A
- 290220 PS Methods of GIS-based data acquisition, Group B
- 290219 PS Methods of GIS-based data acquisition, Group C
- 290218 PS Methods of GIS-based data acquisition, Group D
1.4. Basic Methods and Concepts in Geography
- 290260 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method, Group B
- 290246 VO Basic Concepts and Paradigms in Geography
- 290217 VU Introduction to Empirical Social Research for Geographers
- 290363 PS Methods of Regional Analysis
- 290152 VO Introduction into Statistical Data Analysis in Geography II
- 290150 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography II, Group A
- 290149 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography II, Group B
- 290148 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography II, Group C
- 290161 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography II, Group D
Level 2 of the Degree Programme
2. Branch of Study: "Theoretical and Applied Geography" (according to the 2002 Curriculum)
2.2.1. Advanced Methods in Geography
- 290245 PS Advanced Methods in Spatial Statistics
- 290146 UE Methods of survey and questionnaire research in geography and regional science - Group A
- 290192 PS Geographic Information Systems
- 290262 UE Field methods in physical geography (surface and subsurface investigations)
- 290349 UE Field methods in physical geography (Palaeopedology)
- 290393 UE Field methods in physical geography (Aquatische Ökologie)
- 290433 PS Evaluation Procedures, Spatial and Environmental Impact Assessment
- 290164 PS Project Management, Group A
- 290257 PS Project Management, Group B
- 290190 VO Moderation and Mediation
- 290419 PS Scientific Principles of Physical Geography (Dating Methods)
- 290434 UE Methods of Data Collection in Urban and Mobility Planning - The Market of Floridsdorf
- 290400 PS Qualitative Methods in the Context of Southeast Asian Field Research
- 290336 UE Methods of survey and questionnaire research in geography and regional science - Group B
2.2.2. Basics of Regional Science and Regional Planning
2.2.3. Contemporary Research Issues in Physical and Human Geography
- 290173 PS Recent Research in Physical Geography
- 290197 VO Recent Research Agendas in Human Geography
2.2.4. Electives: Designed to Enhance In-Depth Specialisation and Scientific Project Work Skills
2.2.4.1. Specialisation on Regional Development
- 290207 VU Theoretical fundamentals and organisational frames of regional development
- 290215 VU Regional Planning and Regional Policy in Austria
- 290433 PS Evaluation Procedures, Spatial and Environmental Impact Assessment
- 290167 VO Tourism and regional planning - Tourism and regional planning
- 290157 VU Tourism and open space planning - Tourism and open space planning
- 290059 SE Project Seminar (Applied Geography and Regional Planning): The Future of Vienna's Suburbia - Die Zukunft der Wiener Suburbia
- 290106 SE Project Seminar (Applied Geography and Regional Planning): "Borderlands" - Cross Border Cooperations
2.2.4.2. Specialisation on Spatial Aspects of Population Studies / Regional Demography
- 290376 VU [ en ] Demography of European Cities
- 290308 VO Population Geography of Austria - Selected Topics: Population Problems and Demographic Trends
- 290138 SE SE in Human Geography / Reg. Geography: Spatial Mobility in Selected Peripheral Regions in Austria - Determinants, Patterns and Consequences
2.2.4.3. Specialisation on Development Research / Third World Studies / Co-operation and Development: Emphasis on Asia
- 290379 SE Seminar in Human Geography / Regional Geography: The Republic of Turkey - A Regional Power between Europe and Asia.
- 290322 VO South Asia - Current Problems and Development Trends II
- 290267 VO Introduction to the Economic Geography of China - Regional Economic Development and Regional Disparities
- 290400 PS Qualitative Methods in the Context of Southeast Asian Field Research
2.2.4.4. Specialisation on Applied Geomorphology
- 290347 SE Seminar: Glaciers and sea level rise
- 290326 PRS Project seminar from Physiogeography: Natur Hazards and Risks in Mountainous Regions, Part II - only for those students who participated in previously offered part I
- 290304 VO Global change in mountain regions
- 290305 VU Applied Physical Geography: Examples from Global Change in Mountains
2.2.4.5. Specialisation on Landscape Ecology and Natural Environmental Research
- 290091 PS Introductary seminar course about special issues in climatology
- 290337 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
- 290189 UE Laboratory methods in physical geography for advanced students II
- 290427 SE Seminar: Current Aspects in Geoecology and Environmental Planning
2.2.4.6. Specialisation on Spatial Tourism and Leisure Research
- 290167 VO Tourism and regional planning - Tourism and regional planning
- 290157 VU Tourism and open space planning - Tourism and open space planning
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
- 290215 VU Regional Planning and Regional Policy in Austria
- 290308 VO Population Geography of Austria - Selected Topics: Population Problems and Demographic Trends
- 290138 SE SE in Human Geography / Reg. Geography: Spatial Mobility in Selected Peripheral Regions in Austria - Determinants, Patterns and Consequences
- 290330 VO "Twenty Years After" - Successfulness and Problems of the Transition Countries in SE - Europe
- 290142 RV Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe VI
- 290322 VO South Asia - Current Problems and Development Trends II
- 290267 VO Introduction to the Economic Geography of China - Regional Economic Development and Regional Disparities
- 290379 SE Seminar in Human Geography / Regional Geography: The Republic of Turkey - A Regional Power between Europe and Asia.
2.2.5.3. Other Electives
- 290396 VO Main Features of Regional Economy - with geographical applications
- 290375 VO [ en ] Economic and Social Geography of the USA
- 290267 VO Introduction to the Economic Geography of China - Regional Economic Development and Regional Disparities
- 290320 SE Seminar (Economic Geography): Technological Progress, Regional Disparities and Globalisation
- 290376 VU [ en ] Demography of European Cities
- 290384 VO [ en ] The American Industrial City. Focus on Detroit - Industrial City in the Postindustrial Age
- 290109 PS [ en ] Contemporary Problems in Urban Development - Comparing Urban Development: European and US-American Cities
- 290386 PS [ en ] Principles of Urban Planning and Urbanism
- 290383 SE [ en ] Seminar aus Humangeographie / Regionalgeographie: The North American City - Themes on the Urban Geography of the United States
- 290207 VU Theoretical fundamentals and organisational frames of regional development
- 290189 UE Laboratory methods in physical geography for advanced students II
- 290304 VO Global change in mountain regions
- 290305 VU Applied Physical Geography: Examples from Global Change in Mountains
- 290347 SE Seminar: Glaciers and sea level rise
- 290215 VU Regional Planning and Regional Policy in Austria
- 290433 PS Evaluation Procedures, Spatial and Environmental Impact Assessment
- 290167 VO Tourism and regional planning - Tourism and regional planning
- 290157 VU Tourism and open space planning - Tourism and open space planning
- 290434 UE Methods of Data Collection in Urban and Mobility Planning - The Market of Floridsdorf
- 290059 SE Project Seminar (Applied Geography and Regional Planning): The Future of Vienna's Suburbia - Die Zukunft der Wiener Suburbia
- 290230 PS Thematic Cartography: Fields of Application
- 290243 VO History of Cartography, Part IV
- 290282 VU Map Related Representations
- 290188 PS Multimedia Technology and Geocommunication II
- 290443 SE Seminar in Cartography and Geoinformation: 3D-GIS
- 290187 PS Geodatabases
- 290284 PS Applied Geoinformation
- 290293 PS GIS-based spatial analysis and modelling - (Performing projects referring to regional development and environmental protection)
3. Branch of Study: "Regional Research and Regional Planning" (2002 Curriculum)
2.3.1. Advanced Methods
- 290245 PS Advanced Methods in Spatial Statistics
- 290146 UE Methods of survey and questionnaire research in geography and regional science - Group A
- 290434 UE Methods of Data Collection in Urban and Mobility Planning - The Market of Floridsdorf
- 290192 PS Geographic Information Systems
- 290164 PS Project Management, Group A
- 290257 PS Project Management, Group B
- 290190 VO Moderation and Mediation
- 290336 UE Methods of survey and questionnaire research in geography and regional science - Group B
2.3.2. Processes of Spatial Development and Opportunities for Social Control
- 290059 SE Project Seminar (Applied Geography and Regional Planning): The Future of Vienna's Suburbia - Die Zukunft der Wiener Suburbia
- 290106 SE Project Seminar (Applied Geography and Regional Planning): "Borderlands" - Cross Border Cooperations
- 290167 VO Tourism and regional planning - Tourism and regional planning
- 290109 PS [ en ] Contemporary Problems in Urban Development - Comparing Urban Development: European and US-American Cities
- 290207 VU Theoretical fundamentals and organisational frames of regional development
2.3.3. Concepts and Tools of Regional Planning
- 290059 SE Project Seminar (Applied Geography and Regional Planning): The Future of Vienna's Suburbia - Die Zukunft der Wiener Suburbia
- 290251 VO Principles and Concepts of Regional Planning
- 290215 VU Regional Planning and Regional Policy in Austria
- 290386 PS [ en ] Principles of Urban Planning and Urbanism
- 290433 PS Evaluation Procedures, Spatial and Environmental Impact Assessment
2.3.4. Electives
- 290376 VU [ en ] Demography of European Cities
- 290308 VO Population Geography of Austria - Selected Topics: Population Problems and Demographic Trends
- 290138 SE SE in Human Geography / Reg. Geography: Spatial Mobility in Selected Peripheral Regions in Austria - Determinants, Patterns and Consequences
- 290157 VU Tourism and open space planning - Tourism and open space planning
- 290187 PS Geodatabases
- 290188 PS Multimedia Technology and Geocommunication II
- 290284 PS Applied Geoinformation
- 290282 VU Map Related Representations
- 290230 PS Thematic Cartography: Fields of Application
- 290243 VO History of Cartography, Part IV
- 290293 PS GIS-based spatial analysis and modelling - (Performing projects referring to regional development and environmental protection)
- 290443 SE Seminar in Cartography and Geoinformation: 3D-GIS
- 290384 VO [ en ] The American Industrial City. Focus on Detroit - Industrial City in the Postindustrial Age
- 290383 SE [ en ] Seminar aus Humangeographie / Regionalgeographie: The North American City - Themes on the Urban Geography of the United States
- 290332 VO Introduction to Economic Policy in Austria
- 290328 VO International Economics. Theory, Institutions and Policy
- 290396 VO Main Features of Regional Economy - with geographical applications
- 290320 SE Seminar (Economic Geography): Technological Progress, Regional Disparities and Globalisation
4. Branch of Study: "Cartography and Geographic Information Science" (2002 Curriculum)
2.4.1. Geodata Acquisition
2.4.2. Geographic Information Processing
- 290187 PS Geodatabases
- 290284 PS Applied Geoinformation
- 290192 PS Geographic Information Systems
2.4.3. Theory of Cartographic Design
- 290230 PS Thematic Cartography: Fields of Application
- 290282 VU Map Related Representations
- 290243 VO History of Cartography, Part IV
- 290361 PRS Cartographic Conception and Design (Project Seminar)
2.4.4. Methods and Techniques of Geo-communication
2.4.5. Special Research Issues in Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- 290443 SE Seminar in Cartography and Geoinformation: 3D-GIS
- 290354 SE Research Seminar for graduate degree students
- 290271 SE Research Seminar for graduate degree students
2.4.6. Recommended Free-choice Elective Courses
- 290293 PS GIS-based spatial analysis and modelling - (Performing projects referring to regional development and environmental protection)
- 290245 PS Advanced Methods in Spatial Statistics
Field Trips
1. Field Trips in Austria
- 290178 EX Excursion in Human Geography: Northern Borderland - Waldviertel, Lower Austria
- 290390 EX Physiogeographical Field Trip: Geomorphology - Mass Movements, Landslides, Natural Hazards
- 290350 EX Physiogeographical field trip: Kalkalpen
- 290448 EX Field Trip: Waterbalance and agriculture Marchfeld
- 290183 EX The Water Supply of Vienna - Structural System and Fundamentals of the Physical Region - Anlagenstruktur und naturräumliche Grundlagen
- 290287 EX Field Trip: Vegetation ecology in the limestone mountains of the "Gesäuse-area"
- 290011 EX Physiogeography Field Trip: Natural Hazards and Risk in Mountainous Regions - (only for participants of the former project seminar from WS2008/09 and SS 2009)
- 290374 PS Proseminar for preparating the field trip - Foreign Country: Namibia and Botswana - aktuelle ökologische und gesellschaftliche Problemfelder, Aspekte des Ressourcenmanagements
2. Field Trips Abroad (incl. Preparatory Seminars)
- 290117 EX Field Trip - Foreign Country: Barcelonette / France
- 290261 PS Proseminar for preparating the field trip - Foreign Country: Barcelonette / France - Geomorphologie in Hochgebirgen
- 290095 EX Scientific Excursion: Romania, Moldova and Southern Ukraine - Regional Development and Neighbourhood Policy in the Black-Sea-Region
- 290163 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Romania, Moldova and Southern Ukraine - Regional Development and Neighbourhood Policy in the Black-Sea-Region
- 290170 EX Scientific Excursion: Central and Southern Thailand (Focus on: Megacity Development - The Example of Bangkok Metropolis; Forms and Regional Economic Impacts of Tourism)
- 290169 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Ex: Central and Southern Thailand (Focus on: Megacity Develop. - The Example of Bangkok Metropolis; Forms and Regional Economic Impacts of Tourism)
- 290094 EX Field trip - Foreign Country: Western USA/Geoinformation
- 290093 PS Proseminar for preparating the field trip - Foreign Country: Western USA - aus der Perspektive der Geoinformation und Kartographie
- 290373 EX Field Trip - Foreign Country: Namibia and Botswana - aktuelle ökologische und gesellschaftliche Problemfelder, Aspekte des Ressourcenmanagements
- 290374 PS Proseminar for preparating the field trip - Foreign Country: Namibia and Botswana - aktuelle ökologische und gesellschaftliche Problemfelder, Aspekte des Ressourcenmanagements
Additional Courses
- 290380 PS Philosophy of Science for Geographers, Cartographers and Regional Planners
- 290397 AG Basic concepts and world views of Geography I
- 290142 RV Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe VI
- 290364 KO Colloquium for Geomorphology
- 290194 AG Working Group "Quaternary Research"
- 290006 KO Colloquium for Geography and Regional Research
- 290306 PV Colloquium Geomorphology for Graduate Degree Students
- 290052 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
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