Module / course descriptions

Module descriptions are the official and legally binding documents in which the contents of each module and each course is described. In many cases, module descriptions are very broadly covering a topic. In these cases, there are usually various courses offered as variants of a module with each of the courses having a detailed description. Since the module descriptions are published in the SPO, they have to be in German language. However, in most cases (and more to follow), we can provide an unofficial translation. The descriptions of courses as variants of modules, however, can be in English. Since we are still in the process of changing to a completely English-speaking master´s program, not all course descriptions are yet available in English.

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Modules according to specialization:

Biodiversity, Evolution, & Ecology

Genetics and Genomics

Microbiology

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Molecular Plant Sciences

Neurobiology and Behaviour

a) Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology

5 LP

Foundations of Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology (description: German/ English) in the following courses:
- Anwendungsaspekte von Pflanzen - Insekten Interaktionen (German description)
- Fungal Biology and Ecology
- Integrative Taxonomy

Topics in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology (description: German/ English) in the following courses:
- Biology of Bats (German description)
- Biotic Interactions in a changing world (German description)
- Current and classic topics in Evolution and Ecology (Alternative 2) (German description)
- Current Topics of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fishery (German description)
- Global Change Ecology
- Human-Wildlife Conflicts
- Schadstoffe in der Innenraumluft: Toxizität und Ökotoxizität - ausgewählte Beispiele (German description)

Current Topics of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fishery

Current Topics in Paleontology (description: German/ English) in the following courses:
- Allgemeine Paläontologie (German description)
- Dendroclimatology
- Paläobiologie der Wirbellosen (German description)
- Paleobotany

10 LP

Flora and vegetation of selected locations (description: German/ English) in the following courses:
- Organismen und ihre Umwelt

Advanced Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology (description: German/ English) in the following courses:
For technical reasons there is another module ("State of the art...") which is the same .....

15 LP

Trends in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology (description: German/ English) in the following courses:
- Experimental and Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology
- Evolutionary origin and diversification of flowering plants

20 LP

Research topics in selected areas of Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology (description: German / English)

b) General Biology

5LP

Collection management and curation (description: German / English)

10 LP

Applied Bioinformatics (description: German / English) in the following courses:
- Advanced Statistical Applications: from LM to GLMM using R

Computational Biology (description: German/ English) in the following courses:

20 LP

Research topics in selected areas of Biology

c) Genetics and Genomics

5 LP

Foundations of Genetics and Genomics in the following courses:

Topics in Genetics and Genomics in the following courses:

10 LP

Advanced Genetics and Genomics in the following courses:

15 LP

Trends in Genetics and Genomics in the following courses:

d) Microbiology

5 LP

Foundations of Microbiology (description: German / English) in the following courses:
- Resistenz und Toleranz von Mikroorganismen gegen antimikrobielle Substanzen und Materialien

Topics in Microbiology in the following courses:
- Methoden der funktionellen Genomforschung von Mikroorganismen (German description)
- Plant- microbe interactions and sinqle-cell methods

10 LP

Advanced Microbiology (description: German / English) in the following courses:
- Biologie und Genetik der Pilze

15 LP

Trends in Microbiology (description: German / English) in the following courses:

e) Molecular and Cellular Biology

5 LP

Foundations of Molecular and Cellular Biology (description: German / English) in the following courses:

Topics in Molecular and Cellular Biology in the following courses:
- Aktuelle Themen der Immunbiologie (German description)
- Einführung in die Entwicklungsbiologie – Was lernen wir von Embryos? (German description)
- Evolutionary Medicine (German description)
- Molekulare Biologie viraler Erreger und Vektoren (German description)

10 LP

Advanced Molecular and Cellular Biology (description: German / English) in the following courses:
- Neuroimmunologie und Physiologie der Microglia

15 LP

Trends in Molecular and Cellular Biology in the following courses:

f) Molecular Plant Sciences

5 LP

Foundations of Molecular Plant Sciences (description: German / English) in the following courses:
- Bioinformatic tools in Plant Molecular Biology (German description)

Topics in Molecular Plant Sciences (description: German / English) in the following courses:
- Epigenetik der Pflanzen, Tiere und Pilze (Alternative 2)

10 LP