The CAS certificate course consists of the modules "Field Botany", "Vegetation Analysis" and "CAS Thesis". The first two modules can also be attended independently of the certificate course as continuing education, further training, provided there are still places available.

A CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) is a further education qualification from a Universities.

• Duration: Usually 1 semester part-time
• Title: "Certificate of Advanced Studies in (subject)"
• Recognition: International comparability via ECTS points
• ECTS points (European Credit Transfer System = international credit points)

Participants in the CAS Vegetation Analysis and Field Botany gain extensive knowledge and know-how in project planning, mapping and addressing vegetation units in the field, the use of aerial photographs and GPS for vegetation mapping, in the management and evaluation of vegetation data, as well as in the independent implementation of monitoring projects, vegetation mapping and species protection programs.

Participants in the CAS Vegetation Analysis and Field Botany are expected to have basic ecological and botanical knowledge of species and habitats.

The CAS Vegetation Analysis and Field Botany certificate course lasts between one and one and a half years, with 21 days of attendance.

The CAS Vegetation Analysis and Field Botany certificate course is not part of a more comprehensive Master of Advanced Studies MAS program, but is offered independently of such a program.