USM Masterstudiengang

Prerequisites for Students	1. Qualified Bachelor Degree in Physics or Astrophysics (equivalent to 6 semesters study of physics or astrophysics) 2. Proficiency in English Language
Start	Winter Term or Summer Term
Duration	4 semesters including a master thesis implemented during the last two semesters
Total number of weekly hours (SWS)	1^st Year: 22 SWS [(22+22)/2], 2^nd Year: 22 SWS [(22 [ ≡ 26 weeks work]+22)/2]
Credits	The Degree "Master of Science in Astrophysics" comprises 120 ECTS-Credits

Schedule of Studies / Übersichtsplan:

1^st Semester		2^nd Semester		3^rd and 4^th Semester
Courses of the Astrophysics Modules				Preparation for Master’s Thesis and Master’s Thesis
AM: P1	CP	AM: P4	CP	AM: P5	CP
CLA Astrophysics L4+SWS 2	9	ELA Astrophysics L2 + SWS 2	6	ELA Astrophysics L2+SWS 2	6
AM: P2	CP	ELA Astrophysics L2 + SWS 2	6	AM: WP3…WP8	CP
P/E Laboratory I SWS 6	9	ELA Astrophysics L2 + SWS 2	6	Attendant research seminar SWS 2+2 Preparation project for TW SWS 4+4	3 9
CLA Astrophysics L2+ SWS 2	6	AM: WP1 or WP2	CP
		P/E Laboratory II SWS 6	9
		S Advanced Seminar SWS 2+2	3	AM: WP9…WP14	CP
Supplement Courses / Elective Lectures				Methods and tools tutorial SWS 4+4	9
PM: P3	CP			AM: P6	CP
ELP/P/S Modern Physics (P4/ P5/P6/P7) L2+SWS 2	6			TW research project 26 weeks work Attendant research seminar SWS 2+2	30 3
Total Number of CP	30	Total Number of CP	30	Total Number of CP	60

Notation:

CLA	=	Course Lecture Astrophysics	AM	=	Module of Astrophysics
ELA	=	Elective Lecture Astrophysics	PM	=	Module of Physics
ELP	=	Elective Lecture Physics/Mathematics	SWS	=	Number of weekly hours (the unit is 45 min)
S	=	Seminar	L	=	Lecture Duration (the unit is 45 min)
E	=	Exercises	CP	=	Credit Points based on the ECTS-system
P	=	Practical Work (Laboratory)	TW	=	Thesis Work

Notes of astrophysics Modules in Semesters 1,2, and 3:

Courses of P1: Basic Astrophysics I
1^st Semester	CP
CLA Astrophysics (Matter, Radiation, Hydrodynamics, Plasma, Stars, Planets, ISM, Star Formation, Galaxies, Cosmology, Dark Matter) L4 E Exercises SWS 2	9
Total Number of CP	9

Courses of P2: Tools of advanced Astrophysics
1^st Semester	CP
P/E Astrophysical laboratory with exercises SWS 6	9
CLA Lecture group (Statistics, or applied Quantum Mechanics, or Hydrodynamics, or Plasma Physics, or Observational Methods) L2 E/S Exercises/Seminar SWS 2	6
Total Number of CP	15

Courses of P4: Advanced Astrophysics I
2^nd Semester	CP
ELA Lecture group ²⁾ L2 E/S Exercises/Seminar SWS 2	6
ELA Lecture group ²⁾ L2 E/S Exercises/Seminar SWS 2	6
ELA Lecture group ²⁾ L2 E/S Exercises/Seminar SWS 2	6
Total Number of CP	18

Courses of P5: Advanced Astrophysics II
3^rd Semester	CP
ELA Lecture group ²⁾ L2 E/S Exercises/Seminar SWS 2	6
Total Number of CP	6

                     Remarks: ²⁾ Subject area of the lecture group: Planets, stars and star formation /
                                            Radiative Processes, Interstellar Medium and atmospheres /
                                            Structure and evolution of galaxies / Cosmology and large scale structures /
                                            Theoretical and numerical methods l and observational methods of astrophysics

Courses of WP1: Theoretical Astrophysics
2^nd Semester	CP
P/E Numerical laboratory with exercises SWS 6	9
S Advanced Seminar with colloquium (theoretically and numerically oriented) SWS 2+SWS 2	3
Total Number of CP	12

Courses of WP2: Experimental Astrophysics
2^nd Semester	CP
P/E Instrumental laboratory with exercises SWS 5 P Field Studies II / Wendelstein Observatory SWS 1	9
S Advanced Seminar with colloquium (experimentally and observationally oriented) SWS 2+SWS 2	3
Total Number of CP	12

Overview of the final grades:
(for an obligatory documentation see: Study and examination regulations)

kind	duration	credits (CP) \| gf	weighted individual grades 1.0...4.0 * (gf /total gf)
individual 1^st year	individual	60 ⁴⁾ \| 20	1.0...4.0 * 0.40 = 0.40...1.60
individual 2^nd year	individual	30 ⁴⁾ \| 10	1.0...4.0 * 0.20 = 0.20...0.80
TW	refereed	30 \| 20	1.0...4.0 * 0.40 = 0.40...1.60
Total Number of CP \| total gf ⁵⁾		120 \| 50
Final grade = sum of weighted individual grades			1.0 .... 4.0

Remarks: ⁴⁾ Individual examinations to each course are held by the professor delivering the corresponding course yielding 78 CP.
⁵⁾ gf = Grade Factors

Individual grades:

International	A+	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	D-	E	FX	F
German	(0.7)	1.0	1.3	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.7	4.0	(4.3)	(4.7)	5.0	(6.0)

Remarks: Grades in parentheses are not admissible ratings at the LMU (see: Study and examination regulations for the Master of Science program in Astrophysics ).

Last updated January 2016 by A.W.A. Pauldrach uh10107@usm.lmu.de

Universitäts-Sternwarte München

Fakultät für Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Master of Science in Astrophysics / Master of Science in Astrophysik (M.Sc.)

Schedule of Studies / Übersichtsplan:

Master of Science in Astrophysics /
Master of Science in Astrophysik (M.Sc.)