Study Program
The program is organized in four major module areas,
and encompasses a total of 120 ECTS credit points (CP) in four semesters. The
module areas are:
- Experimental Geosciences (core classes, CC) 14 CP.
- Research Techniques (RT),
including three one-semester long research projects with research reports, 69 CP.
- Elective courses (11 CP) in any of the following:
- The solid Earth.
- Solid state physics.
- Material sciences and catalysis.
- Information technology.
- Crystallography.
- Environmental geochemistry.
- Master thesis 26 CP. To be completed during the final semester of the curriculum.
A tentative class list distributed over the four
semesters looks like this:
Class |
Type |
Hours/ week |
CP |
Semester 1 (Winter Semester) |
Diffraction Methods (CC) |
Lecture |
2 |
2 |
Exercises to Diffraction Methods (CC) |
Exercises |
1 |
2 |
High Pressure Experimental Techniques (CC) |
Lecture/Lab Course |
2 |
2 |
Literature Research (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
3 |
Research Seminar (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
2 |
Research Practice (RT) |
Lab Practice |
25 |
16 |
Elective Course (e.g. System of the Solid Earth) |
|
2 |
2 |
Sum |
|
36 |
29 |
|
|
|
|
Semester 2 (Summer Semester) |
|
|
|
Spectroscopic Methods (CC) |
Lecture |
2 |
2 |
Exercises to Spectroscopic Methods (CC) |
Exercises |
1 |
2 |
Introduction to Thermodynamics (CC) |
Lecture |
2 |
2 |
Exercises to Thermodynamics (CC) |
Exercises |
1 |
2 |
Literature Research (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
3 |
Research Seminar (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
2 |
Research Practice (RT) |
Lab Practice |
25 |
16 |
Elective (e.g. Introduction to Geophysics) |
|
2 |
2 |
Elective (e.g. Introduction to Geodynamics) |
|
3 |
3 |
Sum |
|
40 |
35 |
|
|
|
|
Semester 3 (Winter Semester) |
|
|
|
Literature Seminar (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
3 |
Research Seminar (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
2 |
Research Practice (RT) |
Lab Practice |
25 |
16 |
Elective (e.g. Planetary Geology) |
|
2 |
2 |
Elective (e.g. Numerical Methods in Geophysics) |
|
3 |
3 |
Sum |
|
34 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
Semester 4 (Summer Semester) |
|
|
|
Literature Seminar (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
3 |
Research Seminar (RT) |
Seminar |
2 |
3 |
Master Thesis |
|
|
26 |
Sum |
|
|
32 |

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