Title	Neurochemistry
Code	ÚCHV/NCH/03	Teacher	Martinková Miroslava
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To teach students the fundamental principles of chemical transmission between nerve cells; to have students understand the necessary link between neuroanatomy and neurochemistry.
Content	Neurocellular anatomy - characteristics of the neuron. Cell membrane structures: phospholipid bilayer, membrane proteins, brain lipids, brain lipids biosynthesis. Membrane transport and ion channels. Synaptic transmission and cellular signaling. Neurotransmitters: acetylcholine, catecholamines, serotonin, amino acids (glutamate, aspartate, GABA, glycine). Neuropeptides: neuropeptide functions and regulation. G-proteins; the second-messenger hypothesis (cAMP, IP3, DAG, Ca2+). Neurotransmitters and disorders of the basal ganglia. Endocrine effects on the brain and their relationship to behaviour.
Recommended reading	G. J. Siegel, B. W. Agranoff, R. W. Albers, S. K. Fisher, M. D. Uhler: Basic neurochemistry, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 1999

Title	Basic Cheminformatics Tools
Code	ÚCHV/ZCI/04	Teacher	Török Marcel
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To introduce students to the fundamental informatics techniques for chemistry-related disciplines: representation and use of chemical structure information, computer-aided drug design, 3D visualisation and computation, and handling of large volumes of chemical information.
Content	Representing 2D structures. 2D chemical database applications. Advanced 2D descriptors. Representing 3D structures. 3D visualisation and computation. Laboratory information management systems. Electronic laboratory notebooks. Chemical informatics software development. Emerging web service technologies for chemical informatics.
Recommended reading	Johann Gasteiger & Thomas Engel (eds.), Chemoinformatics: A Textbook. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003 Andrew Leach & Valerie Gillet, An Introduction to Chemoinformatics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, NL, 2003.

Title	Heterocyclic Compounds
Code	ÚCHV/HZ1/00	Teacher	Kutschy Peter
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1, 3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide students basic information about the occurrence, practical significance, synthesis, and chemical and biological properties of heterocyclic compounds.
Content	Preparation and properties of various types of heterocycles. Attention will be paid to aromatic and non-aromatic compounds, including their biological properties and application in organic synthesis.
Recommended reading	Gilchrist T.L.: Heterocyclic Chemistry, Longman Harlow 1992 Eichler T., Hauptmann S.: The Chemistry of Heterocycles. Structure, Reactions, Synthesis and Application. Second Edition, WILEY-VCH, Weinheim, 2003

Title	Quantum Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/KOC1/01	Teacher	Danihel Ivan
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	3/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To have students improve their knowledge in the field of valence-bond based on molecular orbital theory (MO) and individually to perform basic quantum chemical calculations (molecular geometry optimisation, transition states, vibrational analysis, etc.).
Content	Development of valence-bond theory. Time-independent Schrodinger equation. Basic approximations in molecular orbital valence-bond theory. Variant methods of calculation in the framework of molecular orbital valence-bond theory. Chemical reactivity. Potential energy hypersurfaces of molecules. Reaction coordinate. Calculation of absolute and relative equilibrium and rate constants in gas phase. Solvatation energy calculation.
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/KOC1/99 orÚCHV/KOC1/00
Recommended reading	Jensen F.: Introduction to Computational Chemistry, Wiley,2000 Leach A.R.: Molecular Modelling, Addison Wesley Longman Ltd. 1992 Náray-Szabó G., Surján P.R., Ángyán J.G.: Applied Quantum Chemistry, Akadémia Kiadó, Budapest, 1927

Title	Cosmetic Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/KC/03	Teacher	Martinková Miroslava
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1, 3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To teach students the  chemical ingredients in cosmetic products.
Content	The basic ingredients in the cosmetic products. Cosmetic lipids. Proteins, amino acids, AHA, tensides, antioxidants, dyes, preservatives. The chemistry of fragrances.
Recommended reading	D. H. Pybus, Ch. S. Sell: The chemistry of fragrances, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK 1999 G. Ohloff: Scent and fragrances, Springer-Verlag 1990

Elective courses

Title	Medicinal Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/FMCH/04	Teacher	Kutschy Peter
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	3/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1, 3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To teach students the basic principles involved in the research and development of chemical drugs. To develop student understanding of structure-activity relationships including space structure and chirality and their consequences on chemical and physico-chemical properties influencing biological activity. To familiarise students with the present state in the field of selected important groups of drugs, such as antibacterial, antiviral or antitumor drugs.
Content	Introduction. Classification of drugs. Factors influencing design and activity of drugs of the third generation. Drug chirality. Search for new drugs. Structure-activity relationships. Chemotherapeutics of central, peripheral and vegetative nervous system.   Antibacterial compounds, antibiotics, antitumor compounds, antiviral compounds.
Recommended reading	Medicinal Chemistry: Principles and Practice, King F. D., Ed., The Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Cambridge, 1994 Advances in Drug Discovery Techniques: Harvey A. L., Ed., Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1992 Thomas G.: Medicinal Chemistry: An introduction. John Willey & Sons, 2000

Title	New Spectroscopic Methods
Code	ÚCHV/NSM/04	Teacher	Hritzová Oľga
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Emission methods. Chiroptical methods. Special applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Microwave spectroscopy. Utilisation of methods for structure determination in chemistry and biology.

Title	Computational Statistics and Simulation Methods
Code	ÚMV/VP1/04	Teacher	Žežula Ivan
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	1/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To familiarise students with modern software and computational and simulation methods in statistics.
Content	Systems of statistical software. Computation of distribution functions. Matrix computations. Random numbers generation. General and specific methods for generating random numbers with a given distribution. Monte Carlo methods. Resampling. Exploratory data analysis.
Alternate courses	ÚMV/VP1/99
Recommended reading	Abramowitz, Stegun: Handbook of mathematical functions, Dover Publications, 1972 Deák: Random number generators and simulation, Akadémiai kiadó, 1990 Fishman: Monte Carlo. Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications., Springer, 1996

GENERAL ECOLOGY

Study programme   General Ecology and Ecology of Individuals and Populations

(Full-time master)

    Code    Title   ECTS   Credit   Hours/week Assessment   Recommended Year/Semester

Compulsory courses

KFaDF/DF2p/07	History of Philosophy	4	2/1	Examination	1/1
ÚBEV/DP1a/03	Diploma Work	2	-/-	Recognition	1/1
ÚBEV/DP1b/03	Diploma Work	6	-/-	Recognition	1/2
ÚBEV/DP1c/03	Diploma Work	8	-/-	Recognition	2/3
ÚBEV/DP1d/03	Diploma Work	30	-/-	Recognition	2/4

Compulsory elective courses

ÚGE/FYG1/03	Physical Geography 1	5	3/1	Examination	1/1
ÚCHV/CHRA1/03	Chromatographic Analysis	6	2/2	Examination	1/1
ÚCHV/MMU/03	Macromolecular Chemistry	1	3/-	Examination	1/1
ÚGE/GEP2/05	Geology and Petrography	6	3/2	Examination
ÚCHV/MSO1/03	Wastes Treatment Methods	1	2/1	Examination	1/1
ÚCHV/PFCU/03	Practical in Physical Chemistry	1	-/3	Assessment	1/1
ÚCHV/CHHS/07	Hydrochemistry	6	2/2	Examination	1/1
ÚGE/VYM2/03	Selected Chapters on Meteorology and Climatology	2	-/2	Assessment
ÚCHV/ACM1/06	Chemometrics	6	2/2	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/EECH/03	Environmental Chemistry	5	2/1	Examination	1/2
ÚBEV/GB1/03	Geobotany	1	2/1	Examination	1/1
ÚCHV/FKC1/03	Colloid Chemistry	1	2/1	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/FKC/00	Colloid Chemistry Practical	3	-/3	Assessment	1/2
ÚBEV/CRO1/03	Chronophysiology	5	2/1	Examination	1/1
ÚBEV/EFZ1/03	Animal and Human Ecophysiology	6	2/2	Examination	1/1
ÚBEV/ETO1/03	Ethology	6	2/2	Examination	1/1
ÚCHV/MCV1/03	Methods of Chemical Research	1	2/1	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/AOL1/06	Analysis of Organic substances	6	2/2	Examination	1/2, 2/4
ÚCHV/SKACH1/06	Forensic and Clinical Analytical Chemistry	5	2/1	Examination	1/2, 2/4
ÚBEV/EET1/03	Ecological Ethology	6	2/2	Examination	1/2
ÚBEV/BFA1/03	Biopharmacology	5	2/2	Examination	1/2
ÚBEV/VKH1/03	Selected Topics in Herpetology	1	2/1	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/VSE1b/01	Special Seminar	2	-/2	Assessment	1/2
ÚBEV/EKR1/03	Plant Ecology	6	2/2	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/SDP/03	Seminar on Diploma Work	2	-/2	Assessment	2/4
ÚBEV/DNR/06	Dendrology	5	2/2	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/AAS1/03	Atomic Spectrochemistry	6	2/2	Examination	1/2, 1/3
ÚCHV/BACH1/03	Bioanalytical Chemistry	5	2/1	Examination	1/2, 1/3
ÚBEV/PG1/03	Population Genetics	5	2/1	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/AVZ1/02	Analytical Sampling	5	2/1	Examination	1/2
ÚCHV/ATV1/01	Water Pre-treatment	6	2/2	Examination	1/2
ÚBEV/REK1/01	Radiation ecology	3	2/-	Examination	2/3
ÚCHV/FEM1/03	Electroanalytical Methods	5	2/1	Examination	1/2, 1/3
ÚCHV/VSE1a/01	Special Seminar	2	-/2	Assessment	1/1
ÚCHV/ZTOX/01	Basic Toxicology	5	2/1	Examination	1/2, 1/3
ÚCHV/ACPE1/03	Industrial Ecology	5	2/1	Examination	1/2, 1/3

Elective courses

ÚCHV/BOC/03	Bio-organic Chemistry	5	3/-	Examination
ÚCHV/TOXOL/03	Toxicology of Organic Compounds	1	3/-	Examination
ÚCHV/PCH1/00	Food Chemistry	1	2/1	Examination
ÚCHV/CMG/03	Chemical Management	5	3/-	Examination
ÚCHV/APO1/02	Analysis of Psychotropic and Narcotic Substances	1	2/-	Examination
ÚCHV/STOX/01	Special Toxicology	5	2/1	Examination

Course units

Compulsory elective courses

Title	Physical Geography 1
Code	ÚGE/FYG1/03	Teacher	Barabas Dušan
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	3/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	7
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Hydrology of running water, genesis and development of river basins, measuring of water and its flow. Genesis of the main types of lakes, temperatures, water movements. Movements of sea and ocean waters, their chemical make-up, relief of the sea-floor. Underground waters; glaciers. Soil science and soil geography: the physical and chemical nature of soils; presently used systems of the soil classification. Distribution of different soil types in the world and Slovakia. Principles of the soil zonality.
Prerequisite courses	ÚGE/GEM2/05
Exclusive courses	ÚGE/HYD/07,ÚGE/PED/07
Alternate courses	ÚGE/MEH1/99,ÚGE/PEB1/99 or ÚGE/FYG1/00 or ÚGE/FYG1/01

Title	Geology and Petrography
Code	ÚGE/GEP2/05	Teacher	Bónová Katarína, Hochmuth Zdenko
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	3/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To introduce students to current theories about processes occurring in the Earth and to familiarise them with rock formation and the geology of Slovakia.
Content	Current theories about processes which occur in the Earth (global tectonics, species of magmatism). Rock-forming minerals, taxology of intrusive rocks, taxology of sedimentary rocks and rocks which overcame metamorphosis. Basics of the regional geology of Slovakia; basics of  historical geology and paleontology.
Alternate courses	ÚGE/GEP1/99 or ÚGE/GEP2/01

Title	Chosen Chapters of Meteorology and Climatology
Code	ÚGE/VYM2/03	Teacher	Hochmuth Zdenko
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	-/2
Assessment	Assessment	Semester
T/L method	Practical
Content	The condition of the atmosphere at a given time:  physical characteristics of individual layers and zones. Weather elements: temperature, atmospheric heating, measurement of temperature, moisture, clouds, precipitation. Climatic influences, controls and classifications.
Prerequisite courses	ÚGE/FYG2/05 or ÚGE/MEK/07
Alternate courses	ÚGE/VYM2/01 or ÚGE/VYM1/99

Title	Zoogeography
Code	ÚBEV/ZOG1/03	Teacher	Kováč Ľubomír
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide students knowledge of the basic reasons for the recent distribution of animals on Earth, zoogeographic regionalisation of the Earth´s surface and human influence on the historical distribution of fauna.
Content	Current understanding of the patterns of animal distribution and the processes that influence distributions of species and their attributes. Historical and current ecology; genetics; physiology of animals and their interaction with environmental processes (continental drift, climate) in regulating geographic distributions. Descriptive and analytical approaches useful in hypothesis testing in zoogeography.  Illustration of applied aspects of zoogeography (e.g., refuge design in conservation).
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/ZOG1/99
Recommended reading	Darlington, P.J., 1998: Zoogeography: The geographical distribution of animals. Krieger, USA Lomolino M.V., Brown J.H., Riddle B. R., 2005: Biogeography. Sinauer Associates, 1-845

Title	Phytogeography
Code	ÚBEV/FG1/03	Teacher	Mártonfi Pavol
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	7
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide students theoretical and practical knowledge of phytogeography.
Content	History of phytogeography. Plants and environment. Chorology, area, area disjunctions, relics, endemites, vicariancy, floral elements. Main course of florogenesis from paleozoic to quaternary ages. Postglacial evolution of Slovak vegetation. Regional phytogeography of Earth. Vegetation geography: from tropical rainforests to tundra. Changes of earth vegetation and their study. Geographical origin of cultivated plants. Practices: Fieldwork. Preparing maps. Phytogeographical division of Slovakia.  Student seminar works on phytogeography.
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/FG1/00 orÚBEV/FG1/99
Recommended reading	Hendrych R.: Fytogeografie. - SPN, Praha 1984 Brown J. H., Lomolino M. V.: Biogeography. - Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, 1998

Title	Hydrobiology
Code	ÚBEV/HDR1/99	Teacher	Hudec Igor
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	1/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Abiotic and biotic factors of a water environment; typology and characteristics of freshwater habitats; eutrophycation, pollution saprobity and evaluation of habitats with relation to abiotic factors.
Recommended reading	Horn, A., Goldman, C.: Limnology. Mc Graw Hill. 2nd Edition, 1994 Wetzel, R.G.: Limnological analyses. Springer Verl., 3rd Edition, 2000

Title	Animal and Human Ecophysiology
Code	ÚBEV/EFZ1/03	Teacher	Ahlersová Eva, Bojková Bianka
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide students with basic mechanisms and principles of the action of the environmental condition on the internal physiological processes. To show the possible mechanisms of adaptation of animals to extremal values of environmental factors.
Content	The influence of environmental factors in phylogenesis and ontogenesis. The course of the stress reaction, kinds of adaptation. Pathology of adaptation processes: general symptoms of pathological processes. Adaptations on vital factors of the environment: adaptations to changes in food intake (starvation and overfeeding), the effects of hypo- and hyperbary, adaptation to increased water salinity, the influence of gravitation, the effects of high and low temperatures, effects of electricity, electromagnetic field and laser beam of noise, non-ionizing and ionizing radiation, ultrasound and vibrations on living organisms.
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/EFZ1a/99

Title	Ethology
Code	ÚBEV/ETO1/03	Teacher	Majláth Igor
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To teach students to know and to be aware of the importance of the behavioural aspect in biological sciences.
Content	History and development of ethology. Ethological methods. The innate forms of behaviour. The simplest forms of learning: conditioning and instrumental learning. Higher forms of learning. Social behaviour. Sexual behaviour. Play behaviour. Biological rhythms. Orientation in space and animal migrations. Communication systems of animals. Emotions. Aggression in animal and human behaviour. Abnormal forms of behaviour
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/ETO1/99
Recommended reading	Franck, D.: Verhaltensbiologie. Einfuhrung in die Ethologie. Georg Thieme-Verlag, 1993 Manning, A., Dawkins, M. S.: An introduction to animal behaviour. Cambridge University Press, 1992

Title	Soil Ecology
Code	ÚBEV/EKP1/04	Teacher	Kováč Ľubomír
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To give students knowledge of soil as a heterogenous substrate and environment for organisms with special emphasis on the mineral and organic components of the soil essential for existence and development of populations of the living biota.
Content	Components of the soil environment, microclimate, nutrient cycling and energy flow. Soil-forming factors and processes, soil organisms microbial communities, plant roots, invertebrate communities and functioning of the soil system (decomposition, litter system, rhizosphere, drillosphere, termitosphere).
Recommended reading	Coleman D. C., Crossley D. A. jr.: Fundamentals of soil ecology. Academic Press, 1995 Dunger W., Fiedler H. J.: Methoden in Bodenbiologie. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 1989 Lavelle P. Spain A. V.: Soil ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht-Boston-London, 2001