Curricular Commissions

The Curricular Committee is responsible for issuing or amending study programmes (curricula) and crediting courses.
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Faculty of Catholic Theology

Bachelor’s/Master’s Programmes Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology;
Doctoral Programme Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rolf Darge
Vice Chairperson: N.N.

Bachelor’s/Master’s Programmes Catholic Religious Education, Diploma Programme Catholic Theology,
Bachelor’s Secondary Teaching Programme Catholic Religion, Master’s Secondary Teaching Programme Catholic Religion,
Catholic Theology Doctoral Programme; Master’s Programme Religious Studies,
Doctoral Programme Philosophy in Religious Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology

Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Zerfaß
Vice Chairperson: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Silvia Arzt


Faculty of Law

Diploma and Doctoral Programmes Law, Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Law and Economics
Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Winkler
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Sabine Urnik

Master’s Programme Economics, Doctoral Programme Economics
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Winner
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dominik van Aaken


Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences

Master’s Programme Ancient History and Archaeology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Frass
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Georg Nightingale


Bachelor’s Programme English and American Studies; Master’s Programme English Studies and the Creative Industries
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Markus Oppolzer
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Erik Schleef, Ph.D


Master’s Programme European Union Studies
Chairperson: MMag. Dr. Doris Wydra
Vice Chairperson: N.N.


Bachelor’s Programme German Studies; Master’s Programme German Studies
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Armin Eidherr
Vice Chairperson: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Peter Mauser


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes History
Chairperson: Asst. Prof. Dr. Alfred Stefan Weiß
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Georg Stöger


Bachelor’s Programme Ancient History and Classics
Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Rupert Breitwieser
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Felix Lang


Master’s Programme Classical Archaeology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alexander Sokolicek
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Felix Lang


Master’s Programme Classical Philology with Greek/Latin
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Gottfried Kreuz
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Schirren


Master’s Programme Classical Cultures and Archaeological Studies
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Gottfried Kreuz
Vice Chairpersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Frass
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alexander Sokolicek


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Communication Studies; Joint Master’s’s Degree Digital
Communications Leadership
Chairperson: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sascha Trültzsch-Wijnen
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Christine Lohmeier, PhD


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Art History
Chairperson: Ass.Prof. Mag. Dr. Ingonda Hannesschläger
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sigrid Brandt


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Music and Dance Studies;
Master’s Programme Performative and Intermedial Musicology and Dance Studies

Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nicole Haitzinger


Bachelor’s Programme Education; Master’s Programme Educational Science
Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Andreas Paschon
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Sylvia Eder


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Philosophy; Master’s Programme Philosophy at the Faculty of
Cultural and Social Sciences
Chairperson: Ass.Prof. Dr. Johannes Brandl
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Leonard Menges


Bachelor’s Programme Political Science; Master’s Programme Political Science (to be discontinued);
Master’s Programme Political Science – Integration & Governance
Chairperson: Dr. Franz Fallend
Vice Chairperson: Lukas Leitner, BA


Bachelor’s Programme Romance Languages and Literatures
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johanna Wolf
Vice Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Winter


Bachelor’s Programme Slavonic Studies
Chairperson: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Theißen
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Deutschmann


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Sociology
Chairperson: Asst. Prof. (BDG) Dr. Manfred Gabriel
1st Vice Chairperson: Dr. Alexander Seymer
2nd Dr. Dženeta Karabegović


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Sport Sciences; Master’s Programme Sports – Management – Media
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günter Amesberger
Vice Chairperson: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sabine Würth Linguistics (Bachelor’s Programme); Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Clinical Linguistics (Master’s Programme)
Chairperson: Dr. Julia Krebs
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dietmar Roehm


Master’s Programme Jewish Cultural History
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Plietzsch
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Roland Cerny-Werner


Doctoral Programme at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Chairperson: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Winter
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Elspaß


Doctoral Programme in Natural Science at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günter Amesberger
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. DDr. Susanne Ring-Dimitriou


Master’s Programme Literary and Cultural Studies
Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kathrin Ackermann-Pojtinger
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Eva Hausbacher


Master’s Programme Linguistics
Chairperson: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Lindner
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stöckl


Faculty of Natural Science

Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Informatics; Master’s Programme Applied Image and Signal Processing
Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helge Hagenauer
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Uhl
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Nikolaus Augsten PhD


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Biology; Bachelor’s Programme Medical Biology; Master’s Programme Medical Biology;
Master’s Programme Ecology and Evolution

Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raimund Tenhaken
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Günter Lepperdinger,
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Andreas Tribsch


Bachelor’s Programme Molecular Biosciences; Master’s Programme Molecular Biology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Huber
Vice Chairpersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Hans Brandstetter


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Geography; Master’s Programme Applied Geoinformatics
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Zeller
1st Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barbara Hofer
2nd Vice Chairperson: Dr. Jan-Christoph Otto


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Psychology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Hutzler
1st Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Kerstin Hödlmoser;
2nd Vice Chairperson Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Kristin Anne Hauswald


Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Geology
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Sylke Hilberg
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Jörg Robl


Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences, in Engineering Sciences and in Philosophy at the
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Helmut A. Mayer


Bachelor’s Programme Engineering; International Master’s Programme Chemistry and Physics of
Materials; Joint-Degree Master’s Programme Science and Technology of Materials
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Simone Pokrant


Master’s Programme Data Science
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Bathke
1st Vice Chairperson: DI Dr. Walter R. Gruber
2nd Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Trutschnig


Further Curricular Commissions

Management
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dominik van Aaken
Vice Chairperson: Florian Buchner M.A.


Bachelor’s/Master’s Secondary Teaching Programme, Secondary School Level (Secondary Education)
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Simone Pfenninger (Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences)
1st Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Maurizio Musso (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
2nd Vice Chairperson: Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Martinek (Educational Sciences)


Interfaculty Doctoral Programme Teacher Education
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerda Hagenauer
Vice Chairpersons: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Daniela Martinek
Annamaria Eder

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme (MOZ + PLUS)
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nicole Haitzinger (PLUS)
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Hildegard Fraueneder (MOZ)



Bachelor’s Programme Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Winner
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Dür


Bachelor’s Programme Language – Business – Culture
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christopher F. Laferl
Vice Chairpersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Imke Mendoza
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claudia Wöhle


Bachelor’s Programme Digitalisation – Innovation – Society
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Strobl
Vice Chairperson: Ass.Prof. Dr. Ursula Maier-Rabler
• Human-Computer Interaction
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Alexander Meschtscherjakov
1st Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Alina Krischkowsky
2nd Vice Chairperson: Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Tscheligi