Master Zoology (831 [2] - Version 2021)

Compulsory Modules (60 ECTS)

MZO1 Foundations of Zoology (15 ECTS)

300143 VO (ON-SITE) Principles in metazoan systematics, evodevo and evolutionary research

300472 VO [en] (ON-SITE) Reproductive biology

300702 VO (ON-SITE) Animal Cells and Tissues

MZO2 Scientific Methods (10 ECTS)

300115 UE (ON-SITE) DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research

300218 UE [de en] (ON-SITE) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists

300232 UE [en] (ON-SITE) Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction

300416 UE [en] (ON-SITE) 3-D Imaging and Modeling Using MicroCT

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] (MIXED) Scientific Writing Workshop

300104 UE [en] (REMOTE) Science Communication

300531 UE [en] (ON-SITE) Writing Theses and Articles in English - (parallel courses)

MZO4 Individual Spezialization (30 ECTS)

290109 VO [en] Climate Change and Climate Crisis - Staying within Planetary Boundaries

300071 VO (ON-SITE) Climate Change - Biodiversity, Global Change and Climate Policy - (climate change)

300092 UE [de en] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology

300097 UE [en] (ON-SITE) Natural History Collections - an introduction to management and utilization

300106 UE [en] Analyses of single cell transcriptome data - Genome/transcriptome assembly and annotation

300108 UE [en] Genome analysis for Ecologists

300121 UE [en] Image analysis and reconstruction of morphological datasets

300131 UE [de en es] (ON-SITE) Tropical Botany: Ants-Plants-Microorganisms - Modellsysteme für multitrophische Interaktionen

300142 SE [en] (ON-SITE) Evolutionary Biology - Departmentalseminar for Masterstudents

300164 SE [en] (ON-SITE) Current topics in Speciation Genomics

300175 VO [en] (ON-SITE) Introductory lecture into techniques of EVO-DEVO

300206 UE (MIXED) Genetic tools in ecology and conservation

300218 UE [de en] (ON-SITE) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists

300306 UE [en] Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists

300394 VO [en] (ON-SITE) Introduction to molecular techniques

300527 UE (ON-SITE) Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens

300669 VO (ON-SITE) Management of endangered species - practical species protection in marine and terrestrial ecosystems

Elective Modules (30 ECTS)

MZO W1 Morphology, Anatomy and Function (15 ECTS)

300070 UE (ON-SITE) Special Course: Morphology of Mollusca - Morphology of Mollusca (only in combination with 300133)

300126 SE Integrative Zoology - Seleceted Topics

300133 VO (ON-SITE) Mollusca - Organization, Biology and Systematics of Mollusca

300166 VO (ON-SITE) Entomology - Introduction to insect science

MZO W2 Systematics and Phylogeny (15 ECTS)

300079 VU [en] (ON-SITE) Comparative animal genome informatics

300126 SE Integrative Zoology - Seleceted Topics

300127 VO [en] (MIXED) Genomic approaches to variation and adaptation: a road map

300462 SE (ON-SITE) Phylogenetics actually - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny

MZO W3 Evolution and Theoretical Biology (15 ECTS)

300126 SE Integrative Zoology - Seleceted Topics

300302 UE [de en] (ON-SITE) Practical Course in Developmental Biology

300685 VO [en] (ON-SITE) EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W4 Biodiversity and Field Biology (15 ECTS)

300124 VO (ON-SITE) The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview

300126 SE Integrative Zoology - Seleceted Topics

300129 VO [en] (ON-SITE) Ecology of Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene

300157 VU (ON-SITE) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees

300214 VU (ON-SITE) Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles

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