Study Programme 29 - Geography

29.03. Bachelor's Degree Programme Geography (Curriculum 2007)

B1. Pflichtmodulgruppe Studieneingangsphase (STEP)

B1.1. Grundlagen und Konzepte der Physischen Geographie

• 290014 VO Introduction to Physical Geography
• 290173 VO Fundamentals of Science for Physical Geography
• 290062 UE Additional Exercises to the course: Fundamentals of Science for Physical Geography

B1.2. Grundlagen und Konzepte der Humangeographie

• 290085 VU Basic Concepts of the Social Sciences

B1.3. Einführung in die Kartographie und Geoinformation

• 290072 VO Introduction in Cartography
• 290073 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group A
• 290074 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group B
• 290075 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group C
• 290076 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group D
• 290183 VO Introduction in Geoinformatics
• 290119 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group A
• 290120 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group B
• 290069 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group C
• 290070 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group D
• 290216 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group E
• 290166 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group F

B1.4. Grundlagen und Konzepte der Raumordnung

B1.5. Basistechniken in der Geographie

• 290077 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group A
• 290078 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group B
• 290063 PS Project Management

B1.6. Exkursionen I - Einführungsexkursionen

• 290096 EX Introductory Field Trip I (Human and Physical Geography) (Group A): Vienna - (nur für Bachelor-Studierende in der Studieneingangsphase)
• 290101 EX Physio- und humangeographische Einführungsexkursion I (Gruppe B): Wien - (nur für Bachelor-Studierende in der Studieneingangsphase)
• 290134 EX Physio- und humangeographische Einführungsexkursion I (Gruppe C): Wien - (nur für Bachelor-Studierende in der Studieneingangsphase)
• 290084 EX Introd.Field Trip II (Human & Physical Geogr.) (Grp.A): Geography of the Lake Neusiedl National Park - (nur für Bachelor-Studierende in der Studieneingangsphase)
• 290155 EX Introd.Field Trip II (Physical Geogr.) (Grp.B): Northern Alpine Foreland, Granite & Gneiss Highlands - (nur für Bachelor-Studierende in der Studieneingangsphase)

B2. Pflichtmodulgruppe Physische Geographie

B2.1. Basismodul Physische Geographie

• 290148 VO Introduction in Soil Geography
• 290147 VO Introduction to the Geography of Climate

B2.2. Aufbaumodul Physische Geographie

• 290164 VO Fundamentals in Geomorphology

B2.3. Vertiefungsmodul Physische Geographie

B3. Pflichtmodulgruppe Humangeographie

B3.1. Bevölkerungsgeographie

• 290018 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group A
• 290019 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group B

B3.2. Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeographie

• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society

B3.3. Politische Geographie und Humanökologie

• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography

B3.4. Geographie verstädterter und ländlicher Räume

• 290071 VO Rural Geography

B4. Pflichtmodulgruppe Kartographie und Geoinformation

B4.1. Grundlagen der Kartographie

B4.2. Angewandte Geoinformation

B5. Pflichtmodulgruppe Raumforschung und Raumordnung

B5.1. Raumforschung und Raumordnung

• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level

B6. Pflichtmodulgruppe Methoden

B6.1. Methoden der Geoinformation

B6.2. Methoden der Physischen Geographie

B6.3. Methoden der Humangeographie

B6.4. Statistik und Regionalanalyse I

• 290105 VU Introduction into Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I
• 290106 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group A
• 290107 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group B
• 290108 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group C
• 290141 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group D

B6.5. Statistik und Regionalanalyse II

• 290121 VU Advanced methods of statistical analysis (regional analysis)

B7. Sonstige Pflichtmodule

B7.1. Bachelorseminare

B7.2. Exkursionen II - Fachexkursion Ausland

B7.3. Exkursionen III - Fachexkursionen Inland

• 290199 EX Field Trip: Network-Region Bodensee - Cross Border Cooperation and Regional Development

29.02. Teacher Training Programme "Geography and Economics" (School Curriculum Subject)

Level 1 of the Degree Programme (if not stated otherwise, 2002 Curriculum)

1.1 Basics of Physical Geography

• 290015 PS Introduction to Geomorphology, Group A
• 290007 PS Introduction to Geomorphology, Group B
• 290027 PS Introduction to Geomorphology, Group C
• 290207 PS Introduction to Geomorphology, Group D
• 290147 VO Introduction to the Geography of Climate
• 290148 VO Introduction in Soil Geography

1.2 Basics of Human Geography (including Economic Geography)

• 290071 VO Rural Geography
• 290018 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group A
• 290019 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group B

1.3 Basics of Cartography and Geographic Information Science

• 290072 VO Introduction in Cartography
• 290073 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group A
• 290074 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group B
• 290075 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group C
• 290076 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group D
• 290183 VO Introduction in Geoinformatics
• 290119 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group A
• 290120 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group B
• 290069 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group C
• 290070 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group D
• 290216 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group E
• 290166 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group F

1.4 Basic Methods in Geography

• 290077 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group A
• 290078 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group B
• 290097 PS Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis for TA students, Group A
• 290098 PS Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis for TA students, Group B

1.5 Basics of Economics

• 290079 VO Introductory Course: Basics in Economics
• 290033 VO Introduction into Economics

1.6 Basics of Didactics and Teaching Methodology in "Geography and Economics"

• 290080 PS Introduction to the Teaching of the Subject "Geography and Economics"
• 290081 PS Introduction to the Teaching of the Subject "Geography and Economics"
• 290204 PS ntroductory Course in Didactics: Didactic Concepts & Contents of the Subject "Geography & Economics"
• 290099 PS Proseminar Didactics of Teaching Geography II: Teaching Methods and the Use of Media - in the Subject "Geography and Economics" in Secondary and Grammar Schools

1.7 Regional Geography of Austria and Central Europe (only to be applied to students following the 1996 Curriculum; under these terms: examination subject d)

• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions

Level 2 of the Degree Programme (2002 Curriculum)

2.1 Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology

• 290152 VO Introduction to Landscape Ecology
• 290154 VO+UE Material and energy balances
• 290050 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
• 290181 VO Natural Hazards within the Alps
• 290126 PS Climatic change
• 290083 PS Anthropogenic Climate Modification
• 290125 VO+UE World Water Reserves and Water Supply

2.2 Human Geography (including Economic Geography)

• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography
• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World

2.3 Basics of Regional Science and Regional Planning

• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290206 VU Spatial Planning Law, Land Law, and Building Law
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.4 Austria, the European Union and Selected World Regions - Regional Structures and Problems of Regional Development

• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290102 VO Regional and political geography of Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.5 Advanced Study of Economics

• 290012 VU Special Topics of Economics
• 290110 SE Seminar in Economics - Myths in Economics and Economic Reality
• 290068 PS Course in Didactics of "Geography and Economics": Applied Didactics of Economics - within the Subject "Geography and Economics" in Secondary Education
• 290055 EX Excursion in Economics and Business Administration - (verpflichtend für Lehramtskandidaten nach den Studienplänen 1996 und 2002)

2.6 Advanced Didactics and Teaching Methodology in "Geography and Economics"

• 290013 UE Preparatory Course: How to Plan Teaching Units in "Geography and Economics"
• 290042 PS Proseminar for Didactics of Teaching Geography: Maps, School Atlasses & Internet in Teaching Geogr.
• 290056 PR Course in practical didactics: a joint university and school project in schoolgeography, Group A
• 290030 PR Course in practical didactics: a joint university and school project in schoolgeography, Group B
• 290143 PS Gender roles in the context of teaching geography. A theoretical & practical course in didactics. - (auch als Fachdidaktisches Praktikum oder Proseminar anrechenbar)
• 290214 KO Discussion Course Focused on the Latest Literature on Didactics in "Geography and Economics"

Level 2 of the Degree Programme (1996 Curriculum)

2.1 Comparative Physical Geography

• 290152 VO Introduction to Landscape Ecology
• 290154 VO+UE Material and energy balances
• 290050 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
• 290181 VO Natural Hazards within the Alps
• 290126 PS Climatic change
• 290083 PS Anthropogenic Climate Modification
• 290125 VO+UE World Water Reserves and Water Supply

2.2 Comparative Human Geography (including comparative Economic Geography)

• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World

2.3 Regional Geography of Europe and of Regions Outside Europe

• 290102 VO Regional and political geography of Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290115 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion - USA: Growth and Decline of US-american Cities - (verpflichtend für Exkursionsteilnehmer)
• 290016 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Landscapes of hope - transboundary cooperations on the SE-rim of the Alps (W-Hungary, Slovenja, NE-Italy)

2.4 Economics

• 290012 VU Special Topics of Economics
• 290110 SE Seminar in Economics - Myths in Economics and Economic Reality

2.5 Preliminary Examination Subject: Theories and Methods in Geography

2.6 Didactics and Teaching Methodology in "Geography and Economics"

• 290204 PS ntroductory Course in Didactics: Didactic Concepts & Contents of the Subject "Geography & Economics"
• 290013 UE Preparatory Course: How to Plan Teaching Units in "Geography and Economics"
• 290068 PS Course in Didactics of "Geography and Economics": Applied Didactics of Economics - within the Subject "Geography and Economics" in Secondary Education
• 290042 PS Proseminar for Didactics of Teaching Geography: Maps, School Atlasses & Internet in Teaching Geogr.
• 290056 PR Course in practical didactics: a joint university and school project in schoolgeography, Group A
• 290143 PS Gender roles in the context of teaching geography. A theoretical & practical course in didactics. - (auch als Fachdidaktisches Praktikum oder Proseminar anrechenbar)

Recommended Optional Courses resp. Free-choice Elective Courses (Level 2, 2002 and 1996 Curricula)

• 290048 PS The obligatory subject "Career Guidance for the School of Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Olds" - and PREPARATION for CHOICE of STUDY and OCCUPATION at higher schools
• 290214 KO Discussion Course Focused on the Latest Literature on Didactics in "Geography and Economics"

Field trips (Excursions)

1. In Austria

• 290199 EX Field Trip: Network-Region Bodensee - Cross Border Cooperation and Regional Development
• 290116 EX Field Trip: Applied Climatology
• 290040 EX Scientific Excursion: Supply and Disposal Infrastructure in the Vienna Region I
• 290054 EX Scientific Excursion: Supply and Disposal Infrastructure in the Vienna Region II
• 290055 EX Excursion in Economics and Business Administration - (verpflichtend für Lehramtskandidaten nach den Studienplänen 1996 und 2002)

2. Abroad

• 290115 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion - USA: Growth and Decline of US-american Cities - (verpflichtend für Exkursionsteilnehmer)
• 290016 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Landscapes of hope - transboundary cooperations on the SE-rim of the Alps (W-Hungary, Slovenja, NE-Italy)

Additional Courses

• 290036 RV Lecture series: Risk research - A interdisciplinary dialogue - (in Kooperation mit der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft)
• 290142 RV Lecture Series: Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe III
• 140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)
• 290022 KO Colloquium for Geomorphology
• 290124 KO Colloquium on Quaternary Science
• 290064 KO Colloquium on Geography and Regional Research
• 290044 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290058 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290168 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290067 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290123 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290024 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290005 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290450 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290025 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290211 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290029 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290052 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students

29.01. Geography

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

• 290014 VO Introduction to Physical Geography
• 290173 VO Fundamentals of Science for Physical Geography
• 290164 VO Fundamentals in Geomorphology
• 290147 VO Introduction to the Geography of Climate
• 290148 VO Introduction in Soil Geography
• 290152 VO Introduction to Landscape Ecology

1.2. Basics of Human Geography

• 290085 VU Basic Concepts of the Social Sciences
• 290071 VO Rural Geography
• 290018 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group A
• 290019 PS Introduction to Population Geography - Group B
• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society
• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography

1.3. Basics of Cartography and Geographic Information Science

• 290072 VO Introduction in Cartography
• 290073 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group A
• 290074 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group B
• 290075 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group C
• 290076 PS Introduction in Cartography, Group D
• 290183 VO Introduction in Geoinformatics
• 290119 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group A
• 290120 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group B
• 290069 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group C
• 290070 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group D
• 290216 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group E
• 290166 PS Introduction in Geoinformatics II, Group F
• 290138 PS Basics in Geoinformatics and Visualization II

1.4. Basic Methods and Concepts in Geography

• 290077 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group A
• 290078 VU Introduction Scientific Thinking and Method - Group B
• 290087 PS Introduction into Qualitative Data Collection
• 290105 VU Introduction into Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I
• 290106 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group A
• 290107 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group B
• 290108 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group C
• 290141 UE Applied Statistical Data Analysis in Geography I - Group D

1.5. Regional Geography of Austria and Central Europe (only to be applied to students following the 1996 Curriculum; under these terms: examination subject e)

• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions

Level 2 of the Degree Programme

1. Branch of Study: "Geography" (according to the 1996 Curriculum; to be applied to students who do not switch to the 2002 Curriculum)

2.1.1. Comparative Physical Geography

• 290152 VO Introduction to Landscape Ecology
• 290144 PS Recent Research in Physical Geography
• 290154 VO+UE Material and energy balances
• 290050 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
• 290126 PS Climatic change
• 290083 PS Anthropogenic Climate Modification
• 290088 UE Introcuction Laboratory Methods Physical Geography, Group A
• 290122 UE Introcuction to Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography, Group B
• 290132 UE Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography for Advanced Students I (Methods of Chemical Analysis)
• 290181 VO Natural Hazards within the Alps
• 290125 VO+UE World Water Reserves and Water Supply
• 290165 PRS The evolution of landscape and environment in the loess regions of Lower Austria - Part I (Projektkonzeption) - SS 2008 mit Part II, 3-st.

2.1.2. Comparative Cultural and Social Geography

• 290032 VO Introduction into Political Geography
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290118 VU Social Geography: Spatial Structures of Society
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.1.3. Comparative Economic Geography

• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World

2.1.4. Thematic Cartography

2.1.5. Regional Geography of Europe and of One Region Outside Europe

• 290102 VO Regional and political geography of Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290115 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion - USA: Growth and Decline of US-american Cities - (verpflichtend für Exkursionsteilnehmer)
• 290016 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Landscapes of hope - transboundary cooperations on the SE-rim of the Alps (W-Hungary, Slovenja, NE-Italy)

2.1.6. Elective Courses (Providing for Specialisation)

2. Branch of Study: "Theoretical and Applied Geography" (according to the 2002 Curriculum)

2.2.1. Advanced Methods in Geography

• 290121 VU Advanced methods of statistical analysis (regional analysis)
• 290137 VO+UE Advanced Methods of Demography, Part I
• 290175 VO+UE Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
• 290088 UE Introcuction Laboratory Methods Physical Geography, Group A
• 290122 UE Introcuction to Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography, Group B
• 290063 PS Project Management
• 290095 VU New Media and Webdesign in Tourism

2.2.2. Basics of Regional Science and Regional Planning

2.2.3. Contemporary Research Issues in Physical and Human Geography

• 290144 PS Recent Research in Physical Geography
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)

2.2.4. Electives: Designed to Enhance In-Depth Specialisation and Scientific Project Work Skills

• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

• 140005 AR International Migration
• 140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)
• 290137 VO+UE Advanced Methods of Demography, Part I
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar

• 140313 VO Lecture Series International Development: Problems, Mechanisms and Theories - in Development and Underdevelopment
• 140007 PS Developmental Theories
• 140008 PS Developmental Theories
• 140009 PS Developmental Theories
• 140318 VO Introduction to Development Economics
• 040589 VO Foundations of Development Economics
• 140316 VO Einführung in die Entwicklungssoziologie
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia

• 290181 VO Natural Hazards within the Alps
• 280614 VO Remote Sensing Techniques (W2_28_41) (NPI)
• 280615 UE Remote Sensing Techniques (W2_28_41) (PI)

• 290154 VO+UE Material and energy balances
• 290050 PS Landscape analysis and evaluation
• 290132 UE Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography for Advanced Students I (Methods of Chemical Analysis)
• 290165 PRS The evolution of landscape and environment in the loess regions of Lower Austria - Part I (Projektkonzeption) - SS 2008 mit Part II, 3-st.

• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290095 VU New Media and Webdesign in Tourism
• 290094 VO Themeparks and Leisure Parks as a Major Trend of the Global Tourism Industry
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?

2.2.5. Electives

• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290102 VO Regional and political geography of Ukraine and Southeast Europe
• 290142 RV Lecture Series: Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe III
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia
• 290035 SE Seminar (Human Geography / Regional Geography): Southeast Asia - mass tourism as a media for the reduction of spatial disparities?

• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290132 UE Laboratory Methods in Physical Geography for Advanced Students I (Methods of Chemical Analysis)
• 290165 PRS The evolution of landscape and environment in the loess regions of Lower Austria - Part I (Projektkonzeption) - SS 2008 mit Part II, 3-st.
• 290125 VO+UE World Water Reserves and Water Supply
• 290126 PS Climatic change
• 290083 PS Anthropogenic Climate Modification
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290206 VU Spatial Planning Law, Land Law, and Building Law
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290089 PS Programming in Geocommunication
• 290179 VO History of Cartography I
• 290130 SE Seminar on Methods and Techniques of Geocommunication - Geo-Data Directives in the EU and their Implementation
• 290049 VU Multimediatechnology and Geocommunication I
• 290047 PS Modeling in Geoinformation
• 290177 PS Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Information Systems

3. Branch of Study: "Regional Science and Regional Planning" (2002 Curriculum)

2.3.1. Advanced Methods

• 290121 VU Advanced methods of statistical analysis (regional analysis)
• 290175 VO+UE Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
• 290063 PS Project Management

2.3.2. Processes of Spatial Development and Opportunities for Social Control

• 290059 SE Ethnical and social Segregation and its effect on processes of integration in Vienna - Projektseminar
• 290037 VO Demographic Trends and Population Policy
• 290034 VO Geography of Gendered Divisions of Labour
• 290180 VO Labour Market, Employment and Economic Policy (with special consideration of labour migration)

2.3.3. Concepts and Tools of Regional Planning

• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290210 VU Instruments of Spatial Planning on Local and Regional Level
• 290206 VU Spatial Planning Law, Land Law, and Building Law
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning

2.3.4. Electives

• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290151 VO Regional development in Austria: introduction and case studies
• 290103 VU Nature Conservation Politics and Land Use Management in Europe
• 290162 SE Seminar (Humangeography): Concepts and Tools of the "New Regional Planning Principle"
• 290201 SE [ en ] Seminar: European Spatial Planning
• 290100 VO Introduction into the Economics of Tourism
• 290095 VU New Media and Webdesign in Tourism
• 290094 VO Themeparks and Leisure Parks as a Major Trend of the Global Tourism Industry
• 290053 SE Seminar (Human Geography): City Tourism between Culture and Commerce
• 290089 PS Programming in Geocommunication
• 290177 PS Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Information Systems
• 290179 VO History of Cartography I
• 290049 VU Multimediatechnology and Geocommunication I
• 290047 PS Modeling in Geoinformation
• 290130 SE Seminar on Methods and Techniques of Geocommunication - Geo-Data Directives in the EU and their Implementation
• 290136 VO Urban Development in Asia in a Cross-cultural Perspective
• 290196 VO Social Science and the City
• 290038 VO Economic structure of Austrian regions
• 290033 VO Introduction into Economics
• 290012 VU Special Topics of Economics
• 290110 SE Seminar in Economics - Myths in Economics and Economic Reality
• 290028 SE Seminar (Economic Geography) - Innovation and Economic Development in a globalizing World

2.3.5. Additional Courses (Compulsory only for Students Following the 1996 Curriculum)

• 290033 VO Introduction into Economics
• 290012 VU Special Topics of Economics

4. Branch of Study: "Cartography and Geographic Information Science" (2002 Curriculum)

2.4.1. Geodata Acquisition

• 290127 VO Terrestrial data aquisition I
• 290128 VU Photogrammetry I

2.4.2. Geographic Information Processing

• 290177 PS Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Information Systems
• 290047 PS Modeling in Geoinformation

2.4.3. Theory of Cartographic Design

• 290179 VO History of Cartography I
• 290011 PRS Project Seminar: Cartographic Conception and Design

2.4.4. Methods and Techniques of Geo-communication

• 290089 PS Programming in Geocommunication
• 290049 VU Multimediatechnology and Geocommunication I
• 290021 VO Map production and publication techniques I
• 290043 UE Exercises in Map production and publication techniques I

2.4.5. Special Research Issues in Cartography and Geographic Information Science

• 290130 SE Seminar on Methods and Techniques of Geocommunication - Geo-Data Directives in the EU and their Implementation
• 290026 SE Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290045 SE Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students

2.4.6. Recommended Free-choice Elective Courses

Field trips (Excursions)

1. In Austria

• 290199 EX Field Trip: Network-Region Bodensee - Cross Border Cooperation and Regional Development
• 290116 EX Field Trip: Applied Climatology
• 290040 EX Scientific Excursion: Supply and Disposal Infrastructure in the Vienna Region I
• 290054 EX Scientific Excursion: Supply and Disposal Infrastructure in the Vienna Region II

2. Abroad

• 290115 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion - USA: Growth and Decline of US-american Cities - (verpflichtend für Exkursionsteilnehmer)
• 290016 PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion: Landscapes of hope - transboundary cooperations on the SE-rim of the Alps (W-Hungary, Slovenja, NE-Italy)

Additional Courses

• 290036 RV Lecture series: Risk research - A interdisciplinary dialogue - (in Kooperation mit der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft)
• 290142 RV Lecture Series: Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe III
• 140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
• 290022 KO Colloquium for Geomorphology
• 290124 KO Colloquium on Quaternary Science
• 290064 KO Colloquium on Geography and Regional Research
• 290044 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290058 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290168 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290067 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290123 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290024 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290005 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290450 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290025 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290211 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290029 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students
• 290052 PV Colloquium for Graduate Degree Students

29.04. Doctoral programme (Branch "Geography", including Physical and Human Geography, Regional Science and Regional Planning, Cartography and Geographic Information Science)

• 290185 SE Research Seminar (for Graduate Students who will receive a doctorate)
• 290186 SE Seminar for Graduate Students (Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology)
• 290187 SE Seminar for Graduate Students (Human Geography and Regional Geography)
• 290188 SE Seminar for Graduate Students (Applied Geography and Regional Planning)
• 290009 VO+KO Communication and Difference. Introduction into the "Theory of Social Systems" by Niklas Luhmann - (Part 2)
• 290109 PS Globalization and World Society. Processes, Developments and Constraints (Part 2)
• 290172 KO Conversation class Globalization & World Society. Processes, Developments & Constraints (Part 2)
• 290036 RV Lecture series: Risk research - A interdisciplinary dialogue - (in Kooperation mit der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft)
• 290142 RV Lecture Series: Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe III
• 290169 VU [ en ] European Spatial Planning - Background and Prospects
• 290022 KO Colloquium for Geomorphology