Vorstudium

• First Semester

  Experimental Physics I - Mechanics and Thermodynamics

  • Mechanics of Rigid and Deformable Bodies
  • Mechanical Oscillations and Waves
  • Transport of Heat

  Higher Mathematics I

  • Vector calculus
  • Analytic Geometry
  • Matrices, Determinats, Systems of Linear Equations
  • Complex Numbers
  • Series, Power Serties
  • Elementary Functions
  • Differentiation
  • Taylor Formula

  Inorganic Chemistry

  • Basics of general Chemisty
  • Structure of Atoms
  • Chemical Bonding
  • Types of Reactions
  • Säure-Base Theorie,
  • elektrochemische Spannungsreihe
  • Chemie der Hauptgruppenelemente.

  Practical Exercise in Chemistry

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Samples

• Second Semester

  Experimental Physics II - Electricity and Optics

  • Laws of Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Waves
  • Optical Instruments
  • Propagation of Light and Introduction to Special Relativity

  Higher Mathematics II

  • Stammfunktion,
  • Differentialgleichungen mit konstanten Koeffizienten,
  • bestimmtes Integral,
  • uneigentliches Integral,
  • Funktionen mehrerer Veränderlicher,
  • partielle Differentation,
  • Taylorformel,
  • Extrema.

  Organic Chemistry

  • Struktur und Nomenklatur einfacher organischer Verbindungen,
  • Struktur und makroskopische physikalische Eigenschaften,
  • Reaktivität von Kohlenwasserstoffen und Verbindungen mit funktionellen Gruppen.

  Exam in Chemestry (grade 2.3)

• Third Semester

  Experimental Physics III - Physics of Atoms

  • Introduction to the Structure of Atoms
  • Classical and Quantum
  • Mechanical Models of Atoms
  • Atomic Spectra
  • Atoms in Magnetic and Electric Fields
  • Introduction to the Periodic System of Elements

  Higher Mathematics III

  • Vector calculus
  • Function Theory
  • Volumenintegrale,
  • Oberflächenintegrale,
  • Sätze von Gauß und Stokes,
  • lineare Differentialgleichungen

  Theoretical Physics I - Mechanics of Point Systems

  • Newtonian Mechanics
  • The Rigid Body
  • Lagrange and Hamilton Formulations of Higher Mechanics

  Practical Exercise in Physics for Beginners 1a, b

  Exam in Mathematics (grade 2.3)

• Forth Semester

  Experimental Physics IV - Nuclear Physics

  • Introduction to the Structure of the Nucleus
  • Elementary Particles
  • Accelerators
  • Nuclear Measuring Devices
  • Nuclear Reactions and Radioactive Decay

  Theoretical Physics II - Foundations of Quantum Theory

  • The Schrödinger Equation
  • The Quantum-theoretical Formalism in Schrödinger-, Heisenberg- and Interaction-picture
  • Time-independent and Time-dependent Perturbation Theory
  • Applications to One-Particle Problems

  Practical Exercise in Physics for Beginners 2

  • Electronics

  Exam in Theoretical Physics (grade 1.7)

  Exam in Experimental Physics (grade 1.7)

Hauptstudium

• Fifth Semester

  Experimental Physics V - Physics of Molecules

  • General Properties of Molecules
  • Spectra of Molecules and Chemical Bonding

  Theoretical Physics III - Electrodynamics

  • Maxwell Equations of Electrodynamics, their Solutions and Applications
  • Introduction to Special Theory of Relativity
  • Introduction to Interactions of the Electromagnetic Field with Matter

  Advanced Laboratory I

  Surface and Interface Physics I

• Sixth Semester

  Experimental Physics VI - Solid State Physics

  • Crystallic Structure and Bonding Properties of Electrons
  • Thermic, Magnetic, Electric and Optical Properties of Metals
  • Semiconductors and Isolators
  • Physics of Crystallic Defects

  Surface and Interface Physics II

  Advanced Laboratory II

  Exam in Surface and Interface Physics (grade 1.3)

• Seventh Semester

  International exchange at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Schedule and grades of the first semester.

• Eighth Semester

  International exchange at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Schedule and grades of the second semester.

  Master of Science (GPA 3.68)

• Ninth Semester

  Exam in Computer Science (grade 1.0 - transferred)

  Exam in Theoretical Physics (grade 1.3 - transferred)

  Exam in Experimental Physics (grade 1.3)

  Diploma Thesis

• Tenth Semester

  Diploma Thesis

  Java Applets simulating road traffic and pedestrian streams.

  Diplom (GPA 3.74)

  Publication on self-organizing pedestrian movement in Environment and Planning.

Standardized Tests

• TOEFL

  Section 1	Section 2	Section 3	Total Score	%	TWE
  65	64	64	643	96	5.0

• GRE

  Verbal	%	Quantitative	%	Analytical	%
  450	41	780	94	680	84