Introduction: importance of taxonomy and systematics; cataloguing life on Earth Biological nomenclature, sysnonymy, classification Species concepts, barcoding Description of new species: diagnosis, discussion, literature research, typification, keys, revisions Collections: management and research, living and dead collections Taxonomy as an integrating science; multi-method taxonomy Data management in taxonomy: collections, databases and web-based taxonomy; Identification of organisms, keys, cladistics.
Bachelor-level knowledge about biodiversity of important organismal groups (Biodiversity of Plants, Biodiversity of Animals, and one or more in-depth biodiversity courses from the bachelor or master biology). Subject to the lecturer's approval, equivalent courses from other study programmes can be acceptable.
Be able to apply taxonomic principles and techniques to concrete cases