Block of Elective Modules Zoology (30 ECTS)

MZO W-1 Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Animals (15 ECTS)

• 300042 UE Microscopic anatomy of vertebrates
• 300120 SE Morphology, systematics and reproductive biology of arachnids - Ausgewählte Themen der Arachnologie
• 300142 SE [ en ] Zoology and Evolution - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300158 SE [ de en ] New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - (scientific results, instruments, methods)
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300219 SE [ en ] Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure 1 - Seminar for Master and PhD-students - in Special Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research
• 300221 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300306 UE [ en ] Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300316 SE [ en ] Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students

MZO W-2 Biodiversity and Systematics of Animals (15 ECTS)

• 300010 VO Social Systems - Social Systems in vertebrates with special emphasis on mechanismus - behaviour - brain-personality-stress, etc.
• 300015 VO Introduction Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
• 300067 VO+UE Fundamentals of phylogenetic systematics
• 300069 VO Mountain ecology
• 300079 VO Australian Fauna - examples of evolution, ecology and biogeography
• 300101 VO Ant biology and ecology
• 300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300125 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems (Part 1)
• 300142 SE [ en ] Zoology and Evolution - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300202 UE Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
• 300290 VO Introduction to pollination biology
• 300356 UE Entomological Laboratory - Taxonomic studies on selected insects
• 300464 UE Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe (Microcrustaceans)
• 300548 SE Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants
• 300657 UE Identification course for aquatic invertebrates - in Central European freshwaters

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300183 VO Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
• 300186 SE [ en ] Current topics in Molecular Evolution and Development
• 300191 UE [ en ] Bioinformatics for non-bioinformaticians - how to build and analyse a transcriptome
• 300489 VO [ de en ] Growth and Proportion - Basics of biosystemstheory II
• 300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300357 UE [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Quantitative Biology
• 300386 VO Oscillations in biological systems

MZO W-5 Basic Modul of Evolutionary Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300511 VO [ de en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology
• 300515 VO [ en ] Speciation and coevolution - Concepts und case studies
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W-6 Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition (15 ECTS)

• 300558 VO Animal Communication

MZO W-7 Ecological Field Methods: Animals (5 ECTS)

MZO W-8 Marine Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300066 VO [ en ] Aquatic biodiversity - control and consequences
• 300170 VO [ en ] Biological Oceanography
• 300197 VO [ en ] Ecology of Marine Polar Systems
• 300329 VO [ en ] Biogeochemistry of the Ocean

MZO W-9 Interpretation of Ecological Data (5 ECTS)

• 300129 UE [ en ] GIS applications for Biologists and Ecologists
• 300193 SE+UE [ de en ] Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
• 300269 VO [ en ] Analysis of ecological data (VO) - univariate methods
• 300445 UE [ en ] Analysis of ecological data (UE) - univariate methods