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B. Master degree Anthropology (index number: A 066 827)
This section describes the requirements for the master degree in Anthropology, including the complete curriculum.
Requirements
- The main requirement is a successfully completed bachelor degree in Anthropology, respectively
an adequate bachelor degree with individually adjusted additional
ECTS-points from the bachelor Anthropology.
Compulsory modules Anthropology (15 ECTS)
MAN 1 (10 ETCS) - Scientific work in Anthropology und Human
Ecology
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific writing: abstracts and articles | SE+UE | 300443 | Bookstein, Fred | 3 | (2) |
| Theories and Paradigms of Anthropology | VO | 300328 | Wilfing Harald | 2 | (1) |
| Scientific working in Anthropology with special consideration fo Dermatoglyphic | VO+PR | 300061 | Traindl-Prohazka, Martina Randl-Gadora, Ulrike |
3 | (2) |
| LaTeX instead of Word - Professional Text Processing for Anthropologists | UE |
300258 | Dockner, Martin | 2 | (1) |
MAN 2 (5 ECTS) - Statistics in Anthropology
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Statistical Methods: TIme Series Analysis | UE | 300491 | Prossinger, Hermann | 1 | (1) |
| Einführung in die multivariate Statistik f. Biologen | VO | 300039 | Mitteröcker, Philipp | 2 | (1) |
| Übung zu Einführung in die multivariate Statistik für Biologen | UE | 300359 |
Mitteröcker, Philipp Gunz, Philipp |
2 | (2) |
Choose from one of the three alternative specializations below - Human Evolution, Human Ethology or Human Ecology:
Alternative compulsory modules, Human Evolution (30
ECTS) + Optional module group (15 ECTS)
MAN I-1 (10 ECTS) - Special Hominid Evolution
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene Hominines: Neandertals* | VO | 300037 | Viola, Thomas B. | 2 | (1) |
| Pliocene Hominids* |
VO |
Viola, Thomas B. | 2 |
(1) |
|
| Micro-Computer Tomographie und die Handhabung von Volumendaten | UE | 300381 |
Weber, Gerhard |
2 | (1) |
| Comparative morphology of fossil hominids | VO | 300552 | Viola, Thomas B. Viola, Louise |
3 | (2) |
| The origin of the Genus Homo | VO | 300551 | Viola, Thomas B. | 1 | (1) |
|
Hominid Evolution |
SE |
300360 |
2 |
(2) |
*) is held in turn
MAN I-2 (5 ECTS) - Special Research Methods in Hominid
Evolution
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercises to virtual anthropology | UE | 300034 | Gunz, Philipp Mitteröcker, Philipp |
3 | (2) |
| Archeometrie - Age Determination | VO | 300717 | Traindl-Prohazka, M. | 2 | (1) |
MAN I-3 (5 ECTS) - Special Osteology
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical studies in human osteology I | PR | 300440 | Großschmidt, Karl Kirchengast, Sylvia |
3 | (2) |
| Practical studies in human osteology II | PR | 300479 | Traindl-Prohazka, M. |
2 | (1) |
MAN I-4 (10 ECTS) - Paleontology
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Einführung in die Archäozoologie I | VO | 300268 |
Kunst, Günther Karl | 3 |
(2) |
| Paleodiversity of Vertebrates |
VO+UE |
Nagel, Doris |
5 |
(4) | |
|
Introduction into the Vertebrate
Palaeontolgy |
SE+EX | 300696 | Nagel, Doris Rabeder, Gernot |
2 | (2) |
Optional module group (15 ECTS)
Choose courses up to 15 ECTS-points from any curricula available at the University of Vienna. A good overview gives the course catalog for Biology, but you are not limited to these courses!
Alternative compulsory modules, Human Ethology (30 ECTS) + Optional module group (15 ECTS)
MAN II-1 (10 ECTS) - Biological Basics of Human Behavior
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man and Woman from an Evolutionary Viewpoint | SE | 300355 | Bernhard, M. Oberzaucher, E. |
1 | (1) |
| Urban Ethology | VO | 300336 | Oberzaucher, E. | 1 | (1) |
| Human Behavioral Ecology | VO | 300332 | Schäfer, Katrin | 2 | (2) |
| Evolution of Cognition | VO | 300367 | Grammer, Karl | 3 | (2) |
| Evolution of Communication | VO | 300204 | Grammer, Karl | 3 | (2) |
MAN II-2 (5 ECTS) - Monitoring of Human Behavior
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behaviour Analysis I | VO+UE | 300333 | Grammer, Karl | 2 | (2) |
| Digital Acquisition of Human Surface Morphology and Behavior | VO+UE |
300454 |
Schäfer, Katrin |
3 |
(2) |
MAN II-3 (5 ECTS) - Analysemethoden in der Verhaltenforschung am
Menschen
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behaviour Analysis II | VO+UE | 300233 | Grammer, Karl Oberzaucher, E. |
5 | (4) |
MAN II-4 (10 ECTS) - Praktisches Arbeiten in der
Verhaltensforschung am Menschen
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Human Ethology | SE | 300335 | Grammer, Karl | 3 | (2) |
| Practical Course: Human Ethology | SE+UE | 300361 | Schäfer, Katrin Grammer, Karl Oberzaucher, E. |
4 | (4) |
| Paleoethology | SE | 300255 | Schäfer, Katrin | 3 | (2) |
Optional module group (15 ECTS)
Choose courses up to 15 ECTS-points from any curricula available at the University of Vienna. A good overview gives the course catalog for Biology, but you are not limited to these courses!
Alternative compulsory modules, Human Ecology (30
ECTS) + Optional module group (15 ECTS)
MAN III-1 (10 ECTS) - Biologische Grundlagen menschlichen
Verhaltens
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Ecology | VO+SE | 300639 | siehe Vorlesungsverzeichnis | 4 | (3) |
| Methods of Human Ecology | VO | 300508 | Wilfing, Harald | 3 | (2) |
| Natures energy management and the energy industry from a human ecology standpoint | VO | 300406 | Weish, Peter | 3 | (2) |
MAN III-2 (10 ECTS) - Ökonomische, soziologische und
anthropologische Grundlagen
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human and Social Ecology - Scientific foundations for sustainable development | VO | 300032 | Haberl, Helmut | 3 | (2) |
| Principles of Ecological Economics - for Biologists | VO | 300187 | Schuh, Bernd | 3 | (2) |
| Ecological Economics | VO | 300185 | Stagl, Sigrid | 3 | (2) |
| Ecological Economics | SE | 300188 | Stagl, Sigrid | 1 | (1) |
MAN III-3 (10 ECTS) - Spezielle Humanökologie
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment, food and health - aspects of human ecology | VO+SE | 300157 | Haslberger, Alexander | 2 | (2) |
| Approaches for ecological research in organic farming | VO | 300120 | Maurer, Ludwig | 2 | (2) |
| Parasitology | VO | 300228 | Frank, Christine | 1 | (1) |
| Ecological research fororganic farming - Examples from the practice | EX | 300316 | Maurer, Ludwig | 2 |
(2) |
| Ecology, biotechnology and food production | VO | 300666 | Haslberger, Alexander | 2 |
(2) |
| Molecular Aspects of Environmental Health Interactions in Human Ecology | UE | 300612 | Haslberger, Alexander | 2 |
(2) |
| Parasitology für Anthropologists - Methods of diagnosis | VO | 300259 | Frank, Christine | 1 | (2) |
| Inter- und transdisziplinäre Arbeitsmethoden in humanökologischer Forschung | SE | 300281 | Wilfing, Harald Kastenhofer, Karen |
3 | (2) |
| Spezielle Humanökologie | VO | 300357 | Wilfing, Harald | 2 | (2) |
| Spezielle Humanökologie | SE | 300160 | Wilfing, Harald | 2 |
(2) |
Optional module group (15 ECTS)
There are two different specializations:- For a specialization in Human Ecology you have to complete
MAN W-1, MAN W-2 and MAN W-5.
- For a specialization in Social Anthropology you have to
complete MAN W-3, MAN W-4 and one of the remaining MAN
W-modules.
MAN W-1 (5 ECTS) - Evolutionsökologie
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecological Anthropology | VO | 300507 | Grünberg, Georg | 3 | (2) |
| Introduction to Evolutionary Biology | VO |
300043 | Hannes Paulus |
2 |
(1) |
MAN W-2 (5 ECTS) - „Transition Studies“
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transition Studies I | VO+SE | 300008 | Wilfing, Harald Bechtold, Ulrike |
3 | (2) |
| Transition Studies II | VO+SE | 300355 | Wilfing, Harald Bechtold, Ulrike |
2 | (1) |
MAN W-3 (5 ECTS) - Sozialbiologie
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Social Anthropology | SE | 300354 | Kirchengast, Sylvia | 3 | (2) |
| Special Social Anthropology | VO | 300256 | Kirchengast, Sylvia | 2 | (2) |
| Social-biological aspects of the human-animal interaction | SE | 300011 | Kirchengast, Sylvia | 1 | (1) |
MAN W-4 (5 ECTS) - Reproduktionsbiologie
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special questions of reproductive biology | VO | 300321 | Kirchengast, Sylvia | 1 | (1) |
| Special questions of reproductive biology | SE | 300086 | Kirchengast, Sylvia | 2 | (1) |
| Sexualbiologie | VO |
300127 |
Kirchengast, Sylvia | 2 |
(2) |
MAN W-5 (5 ECTS) - Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Politische
Ökologie
| Course Title | Type | Number | Lecturer | ECTS | (SWS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Development and political ecology | VO+SE | 300262 | Kastenhofer, Karen Rammel, Christian |
5 | (3) |
Newsletter
Additional details about the Master Degree ANTHROPOLOGY can be found in
the Mitteilungsblatt UG 2002 No. 170 of
the University of Vienna (the newsletter is in German!)Legend for "Type": VO - lecture; UE - tutorial; SE - seminar; PR - practical course; PP - practical project course
The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus
Talks regarding the morphometrics appointment
A reconstruction of the Vienna skull of Hadropithecus stenognathus