Block of Elective Modules Zoology (30 ECTS)

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

• 300046 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300070 UE Special Course: Morphology of Mollusca - Morphology of Mollusca (only in combination with 300133)
• 300121 UE [ en ] Image analysis and reconstruction of morphological datasets
• 300133 VO Mollusca - Organization, Biology and Systematics of Mollusca
• 300138 VO [ en ] Biomechanics for Biologists
• 300144 UE Comparative morphology and evolution of basal vertebrates
• 300158 SE [ de en ] New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - (scientific results, instruments, methods)
• 300201 UE [ de en ] Morphology of arthropods
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300306 UE [ en ] Hands-on Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists

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

• 300067 VO+UE Fundamentals of phylogenetic systematics and cladistic analysis
• 300112 UE Bryozoa identification course
• 300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
• 300180 SE [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
• 300187 EX Birds on the water
• 300206 UE Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300214 UE Herpetology - Current research in ecology, evolution and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
• 300356 UE Entomological Laboratory - Taxonomic studies on selected insects
• 300461 VO Biology and ecology of European amphibians and reptiles
• 300543 UE Biology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods - Systematics, Biology and Ecology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods of Europe.
• 300548 SE Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology (15 ECTS)

• 300186 SE [ en ] Current topics in Molecular Evolution and Development
• 300191 UE [ en ] Bioinformatics for non-bioinformaticians - how to build and analyse a transcriptome
• 300685 VO [ en ] EvoDevo: Evolution of developmental processes

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology (10 ECTS)

• 300132 SE [ en ] Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
• 300138 VO [ en ] Biomechanics for Biologists
• 300203 VO Introduction to zoological taxonomy and species concepts
• 300206 UE Genetic tools in ecology and conservation
• 300357 UE [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Quantitative Biology
• 300386 VO Oscillations in biological systems

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

• 300127 VO [ en ] Genomic approaches to variation and adaptation: a road map
• 300511 VO [ de en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology

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
• 300240 UE [ de en ] Experimental and Applied Aquaristics of Tropical Coral Reefs
• 300329 VO [ en ] Biogeochemistry of the Ocean

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

• 300178 UE [ en ] Modelling spatial and temporal dynamics of (ecological) animal and plant populations - from theory to practice (UE)
• 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