Courses

Teleskopführerschein

This course is the other introduction to astronomy: It will enable participants to identify stars, constellations, and planets in the night sky and show them how to use a telescope to find and observe different celestial objects.

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Philosophie in Quantum Physics

In this course, a brief introduction into the central aspects  and problems of quantum mechanics will be given. The topics will be subsequently discussed on basis of philosophical essays.

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Experimental methods in environmental physics

In this course, the experimental tools as well as the analytical methods of current, modern environmental physics will be presented.

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Find the Higgs!

This course will cover the basic experimental methods in particle physics. The lecture part will give an introduction to colliders, particle detection, and the experimental challenges behind discovering the Higgs. The practical session will allow you to discover the Higgs yourself.

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Electronics labcourse

This course is dedicated to students without previous knowledge in the construction of electronic circuits. It's no introduction to the theory of electronics, but to the practical design and construction of electronic circuits using existing schematics.

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Introduction to the typesetting system LaTeX

The publication of scientific documents puts special demand on typesetting tools. Especially the heavy use of mathematic formulae in physics as well as large lists of citations make LaTeX an interesting and important tool for physicists in writing theses - ranging from bachelor's to professorial theses - as well as publications.

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