Master Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management (879)

Compulsory Modules (45 ECTS)

MNB 1 Conservation Biology (5 ECTS)

MNB 2 Conservation: Cultural, Social, Economic Perspectives (5 ECTS)

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions (5 ECTS)

MNB 4 Conservation Training (5 ECTS)

• 300174 UE ( REMOTE ) Conservation training

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration (5 ECTS)

• 300192 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practical Restoration Ecology

MNB 6 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Species (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation Needs) (10 ECTS)

• 300014 UE ( ON-SITE ) Species of conservation interest: montane/ alpine Habitats
• 300102 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300268 UE ( ON-SITE ) Excursions on vegetation ecology - Excursions on Conservation, Vegetation and Landscape Ecolgy in Austria
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300431 UE ( ON-SITE ) Specific knowledge of protected assets: Species of habitats in the foothills zone
• 300658 EX ( ON-SITE ) Diversity of Bryophyes, Vulneribility and Conservation

MNB 7 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Communities, Habitats and Landscapes (10 ECTS)

• 300238 VO ( ON-SITE ) Habitatmapping - Assessment of conservation value
• 300242 UE ( ON-SITE ) Habitatmapping - Habitat of cultural landscapes
• 300635 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ecosystems and Vegetation of natural Landscapes - Fieldcourse Ötschergräben/Gesäuse

Block of Elective Modules Conservation Biology and Biodiversity (15 ECTS)

MNB W-1 Management of Protected sites (5 ECTS)

• 300271 UE+EX ( ON-SITE ) Management of Protected Sites - large scale nature reserves in Central Europa

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy (5 ECTS)

MNB W-3 Ex-situ Conservation (5 ECTS)

• 300159 VO [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Conservation Genetics - Konzepte und Anwendungen am Beispiel ausgewählter Arten , z.B. Wölfe, Tiger, Seeadler, Kondore

MNB W-4 Spatial Analysis and Presentation Techniques (5 ECTS)

• 300063 UE ( REMOTE ) Spatial analytic methods in Conservation Biology - Introduction to GIS (GIS 1)
• 300170 VO ( REMOTE ) Spatial analytic methods in Conservation Biology - Introduction to GIS (GIS 1)

MNB W-5 Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences (5 ECTS)

• 300309 UE ( REMOTE ) Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences

MNB W-6 Bioindication (5 ECTS)

• 300013 VO Aspects of freshwater bioindication - Methods of assessment
• 300102 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the ecology, classification and determination of wild bees
• 300103 UE ( REMOTE ) Dragonflies- ecology, taxonomy and bioindication
• 300104 VO ( REMOTE ) Bioindicaton and Biomonitoring
• 300183 UE ( REMOTE ) Practical Course in bioindication and monitoring

Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists (30 ECTS)

• 300078 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Biogeographical Excursions
• 300132 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Basics and current progress in theory of evolution
• 300165 UE [ de en ] Algae - their world explored

Courses of the Additional Scientific Qualifications for Biologists

• 280145 LP [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) MA-ERD-W-3.26 Conservation Paleobiology and Historical Ecology (PI)
• 280250 SE [ en ] Transformative Change towards Sustainable Futures - Environmental Engagements: talks (PI)
• 290071 PR [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Practical Training in Geoecology and Quaternary Research
• 300046 UE [ de en ] Transmission Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues -Techniques and Preparation
• 300057 SE+EX [ en ] Heavy Metals in Plants and Soils - Seminar for Master and PhD students
• 300062 UE ( ON-SITE ) Computer-assisted presentation techniques
• 300064 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
• 300080 VO [ en ] Symbiosis concepts and model systems (Part 2)
• 300094 UE [ en ] Proteomics in System Biology
• 300108 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Macroecology and spatial phylogenetics of animals
• 300117 VO+UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to ecological modelling
• 300124 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Current topics in macroecology, biogeography and spatial biodiversity research
• 300127 UE Introductory course on animal gene expression
• 300138 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ascertaining major components of the Austrian flora in the field
• 300142 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Evolutionary Biology - Departmentalseminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300149 SE+UE [ de en ] Light and video microscopy in theory and practice (parallel courses)
• 300169 VO [ en ] Introduction to coding in R (VO): A hands-on approach
• 300171 UE ( REMOTE ) Writing scientific theses
• 300177 SE+UE [ de en ] Biogeochemical cycles in freshwater ecosystems
• 300182 VO ( REMOTE ) Ecology and diversity of secondary plant metabolites
• 300193 RV Silent Spring - sixth mass extinction of species: reasons and consequences
• 300218 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300227 EX ( ON-SITE ) Speleological excursions Caves of Austria and neighboring countries
• 300250 VO ( REMOTE ) Bryozoa - Morphology, biology, phylogeny and ecology
• 300283 UE+EX Identification of amphibian larvae in lab and field
• 300316 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Morphology, systematics and developmental biology of animals - Seminar for Master- and PhD-Students
• 300334 UE Field course "Amphibian Ecology"
• 300335 UE [ en ] Bio-Acoustics II - Advanced Bioacoustics
• 300362 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Applied Data Analysis
• 300447 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Tropical Ecology
• 300517 SE+UE ( MIXED ) Theory and Application of Confocal Microscopy
• 300530 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
• 300659 SE [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts