Overview for the summer term 2026

* indicates courses recommended for first semester / first year students

Due to the changes of our curriculum the modules/courses of the first study year follow the new AGI Curriculum (2025) numbered 856M2xx. The courses of the second year are numbered according to the curriculum (2016) 856M1xx.

Module 856M21 – Foundations:

•  Orientation, Career Development & ePortfolio (UE, 856.211, 1 ECTS / Blaschke, Mittlböck)*
•  Scientific Methods and Writing (UE, 856.212, 2 ECTS / Klug)*
•  GI/EO Project Management (two groups) (UE, 856.213, 3 ECTS / Blaschke, Klug, N.N.)*

Module 856M22 GIScience: Theory and Research Methods:

•  Theory and Concepts of GIScience and Geoinformatic (SE, 856.222, 3 ECTS, Blaschke, N.N.) 

Module 856M23 – Digital Earth – Core Concepts:

•  Advanced Remote Sensing  (PS, 856.231 6 ECTS / Augustin, Dabiri, Gella, Hadj-Rabah, Tiede, Wendt)*
•  Cartographic Design & Geomedia (PS, 856.232, 3 ECTS / Henning, Keskin)*
•  Multivariate Statistics (PS, 856.233, 3 ECTS / Leitner)*
•  Spatial Statistics  (PS, 856.233, 3 ECTS / Neuwirth)*

Module 856M24 – Spatial Analysis and Modeling:

•  Spatial Analysis and Modeling (two groups) (SE, 856.241, Methods in Spatial Analysis, 3 ECTS / Wallentin, Scholz)

Module 856M25 – Geo-Application Development:

• Practice: Basics of Software Development (PS, 856.252, 3 ECTS / Abbasi, Sudmanns)*
•  Application Development (IP, 856.253, 6 ECTS / Abbasi, Sudmanns)

Module 856M26/M16 – Geospatial Infrastructures and Portals:

•  SDI Services Implementations (IP, 856.263, 6 ECTS / Mittlböck, Steinbacher)

Module 856M17 – Integrated Project (Curriculum):

•  I3 Project (IP, 856.165, 12 ECTS / Klug, Wendt, Gella, Lang) [Curriculum 2016]

Module 856M28 – Specialization courses (can also be acknowledged for 856M13):

•  Object-Based Image Analysis (UE, 856.288, 3 ECTS / Hadj-Rabah, Lang)*
•  Environmental compliance monitoring and reporting (VP,856.291, 3 ECTS / Blaschke)*

Module 856M29 – Transdisciplinary module for socio-ecological crises (recommendations):

•  Environmental compliance monitoring and reporting (VP,856.291, 3 ECTS / Blaschke)*
•  Cross Sectional Module on social-ecological Crises course list in Plusonline

Free Elective courses (recommendations):

•  Copernicus Hubs and Institutions (SE, 651.031, 3 ECTS / Brunner, Sudmanns, Mittlboeck)*
•  Selected Topics in Geoinformatics (VL, 856.880, 2 ECTS / Strobl, Nazarkulova)*