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Universitäts-Sternwarte MünchenFakultät für Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität |
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Master of Science in Astrophysics /
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| Prerequisites for Students |
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| 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) | 1st Year: 22 SWS [(22+22)/2], 2nd Year: 22 SWS [(22 [ = 26 weeks work]+22)/2] |
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| Credits | The Degree “Master of Science in Astrophysics” comprises 120 ECTS-Credits |
Schedule of Studies / Übersichtsplan:
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | 3rd and 4th Semester | |||
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| Courses of the Astrophysics Modules | Preparation for Master’s Thesis and Master’s Thesis |
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| 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 | ||
| Supplementary Courses / Elective Lectures | Methods and tools tutorial SWS 4+4 |
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| 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 |
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| Total number of CP: | 30 | Total number of CP: | 30 | Total number of CP: | 60 |
Notation:
| CLA | = | Course Lecture Astrophysics | AM | = | Module of Astrophysics |
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| 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 on astrophysics Modules in Semesters 1, 2, and 3:
| Courses of P1: Basic Astrophysics I | |||||
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| 1st Semester | CP | ||||
| CLA | Astrophysics (Matter, Radiation, Hydrodynamics, Plasma, Stars, Planets, ISM, Star Formation, Galaxies, Cosmology, Dark Matter) L 4 | 9 | |||
| E | Exercises SWS 2 | ||||
| Total number of CP: | 9 | ||||
| Courses of P2: Tools of advanced Astrophysics | |||||
| 1st 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) L 2 | 6 | |||
| E/S | Exercises / Seminar SWS 2 | ||||
| Total number of CP: | 15 | ||||
| Courses of P4: Advanced Astrophysics I | |||||
| 2nd Semester | CP | ||||
| ELA | Lecture group 2) L 2 | 6 | |||
| E/S | Exercises / Seminar SWS 2 | ||||
| ELA | Lecture group 2) L 2 | 6 | |||
| E/S | Exercises / Seminar SWS 2 | ||||
| ELA | Lecture group 2) L 2 | 6 | |||
| E/S | Exercises / Seminar SWS 2 | ||||
| Total number of CP: | 18 | ||||
| Courses of P5: Advanced Astrophysics II | |||||
| 3rd Semester | CP | ||||
| ELA | Lecture group 2) L 2 | 6 | |||
| E/S | Exercises / Seminar SWS 2 | ||||
| Total number of CP: | 6 | ||||
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| Courses of WP1: Theoretical Astrophysics | |||||
| 2nd 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 | |||||
| 2nd Semester | CP | ||||
| P/E | Instrumental laboratory with exercises SWS 5 | 9 | |||
| P | Field Study / Wendelstein Observatory SWS 1 | ||||
| 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) |
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| individual 1st year | individual | 60 4) | 20 | 1.0 . . . 4.0 × 0.40 = 0.40 . . . 1.60 |
| individual 2nd 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 course. |
| 5) | gf = Grade Factors |
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