Courses



Compulsory Modules (172.5 ECTS-Credits)
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Module 5: Solid Earth 2 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to carry out simple practical earth science tasks in the field.
Module 6: Introduction to Chemistry and Geophysics (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have an overview of the basics of general and inorganic chemistry as well as of geophysics and they know how to handle chemical analytical methods.
Module 7: Geology 1 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students possess basic knowledge in working with questions of a structural-geological, sediment-geological and quarter-geological methods.
Module 8: Cartography, Statistics (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students master the basics of projection theory, can read maps and for specific questions can choose appropriate descriptive statistical methods of evaluation and interpret the results correctly.
Module 13: Geology 2 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory modules 1 to 3, 5 and 7.
Learning Outcome: Students know how to read geological maps and to draw up profiles and they know the basics of tectonics as well as of quartär geology.
Module 14: Petrography 1 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of modules 2, 3, 9 and 10.
Learning Outcome: Students are enabled to determine stone building minerals and rocks by microscope (hand rock sample and in the field).
Module 15: The Alps and Europe (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory modules 1 and 5.
Learning Outcome: Students learn the natural-spatial spheres that are typical of Europe: lithosphere, hydrospehre, kryosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and the societal spatial structures.
Module 16: Field Course 1 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory modules 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Learning Outcome: Students acquire competences with geological maps and can present these in written and oral form as well as enter into scientific discussions.
Module 21: Geology 3 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 15.
Learning Outcome: Students have thorough knowledge in the area of the regional geology of the Alps.
Module 22: Field Course 2 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory modules 13 and 16.
Learning Outcome: Students have enhanced competencies in geological mapping and can present these both orally and in writing in a scientific discussion.

Notes:
  • There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
  • The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).