Overview on classes for the winter term 2025/2026 

* denotes recommendations for classes if this will be your first semester (some of these might depend on prior knowledge)

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, 856.121, 2 ECTS / Klug)*

Module 856M22/M12 GIScience: Theory and Research Methods:

•  Geographic Information Science and Technology (VO, 856.221, 3 ECTS, Blaschke)*
•  GIScience: Theory and Concepts (SE, 856.121, 4 ECTS, Blaschke) [Curriculum 2016]

Module 856M23 – Digital Earth – Core Concepts:

•  Advanced Remote Sensing (two groups) (PS, 856.231, 6 ECTS / Dabiri, Tiede, Hadj-Rabah, Wendt)*
•  Cartographic Design & Geomedia (PS, 856.232, 3 ECTS / Henning, Keskin)*

Module 856M24 – Spatial Analysis and Modeling:

•  Methods in Spatial Analysis (PS, 856.241, Methods in Spatial Analysis, 3 ECTS / Scholz, Abbasi)*

Module 856M25 – Geo-Application Development:

•  Basics of Software Development (VO, 856.251, 3 ECTS / Sudmanns)*
•  Practice: Basics of Software Development (PS, 856.252, 3 ECTS / Abbasi)*
•  Application Development (IP, 856.253, 6 ECTS / Tiede, Abbasi)

Module 856M26/M16 – Geospatial Infrastructures and Portals:

•  Design of Geospatial Data Models and Services (VO, 856.261, 3 ECTS / Belina)*
•  OpenGIS: Standards, Architectures & Services (VO, 856.262, 3 ECTS / Mittlboeck)*
•  SDI Services Implementations (IP, 856.162, 6 ECTS / Mittlböck, N.N.) [Curriculum 2016]

Module 856M17 – Integrated Project (Curriculum):

•  I3 Project (IP, 856.165, 12 ECTS / Loidl, Werner, N.N) [Curriculum 2016]

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

•  Advanced Cartography (VO, 856.282, 3 ECTS / Keskin)
•  Spatial Simulation (VO, 856.284, 6 ECTS / Wallentin)
•  Digital Earth: Big Earth Data Concepts (two groups) (PS, 856.285, 3 ECTS / Hadj-Rabah, Sudmanns, Tiede, N.N.)*
•  Object-Based Image Analysis (UE, 856.288, 3 ECTS / Hadj-Rabah, Tiede)

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

•  Systems Thinking in Spatial Representation  (VO,651.019, Wallentin)
•  Cross Sectional Module on social-ecological Crises course list in Plusonline

Free Elective courses (recommendations):

•  GeoHumanitarian Action (SE, 856.114, 3 ECTS / Lang, Wendt)
•  Space, Place and Information (VO, 856.118, 3 ECTS / Mocnik)*
•  Spatial Databases (if seats are available) (UE, 651.021, 3 ECTS / Mocnik)*