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Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

Studies

Bachelor's degree (Grundstudium)

Compulsory Modules
Semester 1 (Fall)
BIO 112, Zellbiologie, 3 ECTS

Semester 3 (Fall)
BIO 131, Form und Funktion der Pflanzen, 4 ECTS
BIO 132, Mikrobiologie, Immunologie, Virologie, 3 ECTS

Semester 4 (Spring)
BIO 142, Entwicklungsbiologie, 3 ECTS

Elective Modules
BIO 138, Praktikum Mikrobiologie, Immunologie, Virologie, 1 ECTS
BIO 243, Epigenetics, 3 ECTS
BIO 249, Research Internship in Quantitative and Systems Biology, 4 ECTS
BIO 259, Research Internship in Molecular and Cellular Biology, 4 ECTS
BIO 356, Research Internship in Developmental Biology and Genetics, 12 ECTS
BIO 378, Research Internship in Evolutionary Biology and Systematics, 4 ECTS
EEE 102, Einführung in die Ökologie, 5 ECTS
EEE 201, Biogeochemische Kreisläufe und Globale Umweltveränderungen, 3 ECTS

Courses Fall Semester 2025

Module Acronym Category Faculty ECTS
BIO 282 Methods in Molecular Plant Biology 07SMBIO282 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 284 Systemic Microbiology 07SMBIO284 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 285 Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Plant Development 07SMBIO285 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 286 Plant Sensing 07SMBIO286 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 701 Plant Biology Forum 07SMBIO701 Kolloquium MNF 0
BIO 702 Plant Biology Workshop 07SMBIO702 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 704 Group Seminar: Current Research 07SMBIO704 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 706 Group Seminar Current Research 07SMBIO706 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 709 Group Seminar: Current Research 07SMBIO709 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 710 Group seminar 07SMBIO710 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 711 Mikrobiologisches Kolloquium für Fortgeschrittene 07SMBIO711 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 712 Limnologisches Kolloquium für Fortgeschrittene 07SMBIO712 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 313 Excursion Lake Zurich: Drinking Water, Fish Farming and Waste Water Treatment 07SMBIO313 Exkursion MNF 1
BIO 504 Master Thesis in Microbiology 07SMBIO504 Arbeit MNF 60
BIO 505 Master Thesis in Plant Sciences 07SMBIO505 Arbeit MNF 60
BIO 315 Forschungspraktikum Pflanzenbiologie 07SMBIO315 Praktikum MNF 4
BIO 316 Forschungspraktikum Mikrobiologie 07SMBIO316 Praktikum MNF 4
BIO 297 Social Behaviour of Bacteria (Vorlesung) 07SMBIO297 Vorlesung MNF 3
BIO 707 Gruppenseminar aktuelle Forschung Mikrobiologie 07SMBIO707 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 314 Plant Epigenetics 07SMBIO314 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 400 Research Project in Synthetic Biology - iGEM competition 07SMBIO400 Sonstiges MNF 12
EEE 358 Introduction to Limnology (Inland Water Ecosystems) 07SMEEE358 Vorlesung MNF 3
BIO 299 Parasites - from genes to systems 07SMBIO299 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 715 Interdisciplinary research in microbiology 07SMBIO715 Seminar MNF 0
EEE 328 Experimental Invertebrate Biology 07SMEEE328 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 709 Group seminar: Current research 07SMBIO709 Seminar MNF 0

Courses Spring Semester 2026

Module Acronym Category Faculty ECTS
BIO 292 Human and veterinary medical Bacteriology 07SMBIO292 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 701 Plant Biology Forum 07SMBIO701 Kolloquium MNF 0
BIO 702 Plant Biology Workshop 07SMBIO702 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 704 Group Seminar: Current Research 07SMBIO704 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 706 Group Seminar Current Research 07SMBIO706 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 709 Group Seminar: Current Research 07SMBIO709 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 710 Group seminar 07SMBIO710 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 711 Mikrobiologisches Kolloquium für Fortgeschrittene 07SMBIO711 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 712 Limnologisches Kolloquium für Fortgeschrittene 07SMBIO712 Kolloquium MNF 1
BIO 504 Master Thesis in Microbiology 07SMBIO504 Arbeit MNF 60
BIO 505 Master Thesis in Plant Sciences 07SMBIO505 Arbeit MNF 60
BIO 239 Organisms of the tidal coast: Algae and invertebrates 07SMBIO239 Blockkurs MNF 4
BIO 315 Forschungspraktikum Pflanzenbiologie 07SMBIO315 Praktikum MNF 4
BIO 316 Forschungspraktikum Mikrobiologie 07SMBIO316 Praktikum MNF 4
BIO 707 Gruppenseminar aktuelle Forschung Mikrobiologie 07SMBIO707 Seminar MNF 1
BIO 287 Plant cell wall development 07SMBIO287 Blockkurs MNF 6
EEE 357 Agroecology, Food Security & Sustainable Production 07SMEEE357 Vorlesung mit integrierter Übung MNF 3
BIO 400 Research Project in Synthetic Biology - iGEM competition 07SMBIO400 Sonstiges MNF 12
BIO 296 Microbial bioinformatics: sequencing technologies to pathogen analysis 07SMBIO296 Blockkurs MNF 6
BIO 715 Interdisciplinary research in microbiology 07SMBIO715 Seminar MNF 0
BIO 404 Science Fiction for Biologists 07SMBIO404 Vorlesung MNF 1