Department of Conservation Biology

Teaching

We offer a broad variety of lectures and courses. Our teaching philosophy is to combine teaching and research, and involve motivated students early in research projects. We are convinced that a good natural history overview is the backbone of conservation biology. Sound taxonomic expertise will remain important, and we offer several courses that help students to acquire species identification skills.

The Department of Conservation Biology heads up the binational M.Sc. programme International Nature Conservation (MINC) and contributes extensively to teaching in the M.Sc. programme Biodiversity: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (BEEC) and the B.Sc. programme Biological Diversity and Ecology.

We offer annual field trips of ca. 10 to 21 days duration. Destinations in recent years have included NW Germany, Cameroon, India and North Macedonia/Greece. We supervise a considerable number of MSc and BSc theses annually.

  • Courses in the M.Sc. International Nature Conservation (MINC)

    M. INC. 1001: Conservation biology

    Lecture 631398 International nature conservation (Kamp)
    Seminar 990197 International Nature Conservation (Waltert)

    M. INC. 1005: 630971 Population viability analysis (Gottschalk)

    M. INC. 1006: 632011 Data analysis for field biologists (Daskalova, Kamp)

    M. INC. 1007: 630871 Wildlife assessment (Waltert, Nguimdo Vouffo)

  • Courses in the M. Sc. Biodiversity: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (BEEC)

    M. Biodiv. 400: Species identification and natural history

    Field course M. Biodiv. 400.1d: 632704 Identification, diversity and ecology of birds (Opitz)
    Field course M. Biodiv. 400.1e: 632704 Identification, diversity and ecology of moths (Kamp)

    M. Biodiv. 412: Conservation Biology

    Lecture M. Biodiv. 412-1: 631551 Origins of conservation biology (Waltert)
    Lecture M. Biodiv. 412-2: 631398 International nature conservation (Kamp)
    Seminar M. Biodiv. 412-3: 630112 Current topics in conservation biology (Kamp)

    M. Biodiv. 480: 630969 Nature conservation inventories (Hondong)

    M. Biodiv. 482: 631175 Field studies in conservation biology (Kamp)

    M. Biodiv. 488: 630971 Ornithology (Gottschalk)

  • Courses in the B. Sc. Biological Diversity and Ecology

    B. Bio. 105: 631132 Ring Lecture Biology I Block A (Kamp)

    B. Biodiv. 331: Species identification and natural history

    Field course M. Biodiv. 400.1d: 632704 Identification, diversity and ecology of birds (Opitz)
    Field course M. Biodiv. 400.1e: 632704 Identification, diversity and ecology of moths (Kamp)

    B. Biodiv. 340: 631317 Conservation Biology (Waltert)

    B. Biodiv. XX: 630173 Biodiversity recording in the digital age (Goedecke, Kamp)