BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Landscape Ecology

• Basics of landscape ecology, history, terms, goals, working methods
• spheres, partial complexes, geocomponents, geofactors
• System analysis and landscape ecological modeling
• Landscape ecological assessment and ecological planning
• Vegetation ecology, vegetation as a super indicator
• Geobotany and plant location
• Field weeds (history, threats, protection)

Plant Nutrition and Fertilization

• Macro- and micronutrients of plants
• Uptake and translocation of nutrients (mechanisms, regulation)
• Metabolism and function of nutrients (regulation, interactions with yield- and quality-related processes, nutritional disorders)
• Manipulation of nutrient uptake and utilization (fertilization, irrigation, organisms, etc.)

WEXA II

• Basics of scientific work
• Planning and installation of landscape ecological experiments
• Statistical evaluation procedures
• Description, structuring and discussion of results
• Lectures and application in own projectnisms, nutrient cycles, availability in soils)

Soil Systematics and Site Evaluation Field Course

• Factors of soil formation, soil genetic processes, soil horizons
• German and international soil classification
• Most important soil types, their distribution and properties
• Soil mapping and evaluation
• Soil identification and mapping in the field and methods of sampling
• Seepage prediction, soil compaction and penetration resistance
• Dimensioning of the infiltration capacity of soils in relation to their use
• Determination of the hydraulic conductivity of groundwater bearing soil layers
• Trace gas balance in soils
• Plant sociological studies
• Significance of relief for soil types, material movement, water balance and landscape structuring
• Laboratory methods (storage density, pH-value, carbonate content, loss on ignition, enzyme activity)
• Complex area characterization using existing records

BACHELOR  ENVIRONMENTAL ENGENEERING  SCIENCES

Research Project:- Introduction in Environmental Engeneering Sciences

• landscape ecological working methods
• your first scientific research project
• time and project management

Site Evaluation and Ecology

• Ecology
• Site factors
• Interactions and adaptations
• Methods of species identification (dichotomous keys, multi-trait keys, databases and iconographic matching)
• Introduction of the most important plant families including some common species, introduction of the most important animal groups and some interesting representatives
• Plant identification exercises bronze level

Advanced Landscape Ecology

• Basics of landscape ecology (history, terms, objectives, working methods)
• spheres, partial complexes, geocomponents, geofactors
• System analysis and landscape ecological modeling
• Landscape ecological assessment and ecological planning
• Vegetation ecology, vegetation as a super indicator
• Geobotany & plant sites
• Central European habitats (incl. field trips)
• Field Practicum

Analysis of Environmental Data

• Environmental data as a basis for questions in the environmental field
• Basic knowledge of data acquisition and transfer
• Methods of statistical data analysis

MASTER CROP PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT (CPE)

Mire Use and Mire Protection

• Peat formation and conservation (climatic, geomorphological and hydrological framework)
• Dating and chemical speciation methods for peat analysis
• Coupled material cycles in peatlands (e.g. C, N, P, Fe)
• Ecology of semi-natural, utilized and revitalized peatlands, ecosystem functions
• Physical processes of water and solute transport
• Storage and release of climate-relevant trace gases in peatlands
• Peatland use for plant production (biomass utilization pathways, livestock, energy, raw material, paludiculture)
• Sustainable peatland use
• Excursion, field project with elaboration and presentation

Explorative Data Analysis

• Data storage and retrieval
• Data distributions and statistical models
• Checking model prerequisites, assessing model quality
• Graphical representation of data and results of data modeling
• Use of mathematical models as analysis tools
• Advanced knowledge of the statistical software R

 Crop production and plant nutrition

• Assessment of the sustainability of crop production systems
• Material and nutrient flows in the agroecosystem
• Reduction of nutrient losses from agriculture

Soil Research for Crop Production

• Current problems in soil research,
• Soil-plant interactions in modern production systems
• Methods determining progress (analytics, modeling)
• Classification of soil research in complex problems of agricultural research
• Knowledge transfer into practice, own project

FoPra

• Advanced skills and techniques of scientific work
• State of knowledge and methods in a field of research
• Literature research and evaluation, classification of own results
• Ethics of scientific work, knowledge of guidelines (e.g. of the DFG)
• Conception of a scientific text or journal article in English

MASTER  LIVESTOCK SCIENCES

Mire Use and Mire Protection

• Peat formation and conservation (climatic, geomorphological and hydrological framework)
• Dating and chemical speciation methods for peat analysis
• Coupled material cycles in peatlands (e.g. C, N, P, Fe)
• Ecology of semi-natural, utilized and revitalized peatlands, ecosystem functions
• Physical processes of water and solute transport
• Storage and release of climate-relevant trace gases in peatlands
• Peatland use for plant production (biomass utilization pathways, livestock, energy, raw material, paludiculture)
• Sustainable peatland use
• Excursion, field project with elaboration and presentation

MASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ENGENEERING  SCIENCES

Recording and Analysis of Ecosystem Functions

• Ecosystem functions, social embeddedness
• Biotic and abiotic ecosystem functions
• Storage or release of climate-relevant trace gases
• Recording, significance and evaluation of ecosystem functions
• Field trip, field practicum

Environmental Planning and Management

• Processes in rural areas, economic, ecological and social conditions
• Overview of good practice and coordination with local actors
• Ways of thinking and working from the actors
• Interdisciplinary basis of village planning
• Conception of development scenarios
• Presentation on an environmental project topic