General Info
Here you will find general information for your advanced practical work.
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General info and dates
General information
Lecture number:
160 420
Credit Points:
1 per attempt
Important:
Prerequisite for participation in the FP is the 4th semester in thebachelor phase with completed basic internship.
To participate in the preliminary meeting, please register in the FP. Next preliminary meeting see https://fpraktikum.physik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/
(Slides: Preliminary discussion SSU, Foils : Introduction Radiation Protection)
Registration
Registration for the FP usually takes place by the end of the previous semester at the latest. The exact date will be announced by posting at NB 2/127 as well as at https://fpraktikum.physik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de and must must be adhered to be met. Prerequisite for registration is the 4th semester of the B.Sc. program with completed basic internship.
Please note that you have to register again every semester!
Here to the FP registration (Registration form).
After successful registration, completed preliminary meeting and SSU you and your partner will be registered in the online booking system after which you can log in and book trials.
Internship dates
The practical course takes place on Wednesdays from 09:00 - 17:00.
By personal arrangement with the assistants, the experiments can be carried out on a different day of the week, between 8:00 - 18:00. Outside these times, work may only be carried out in exceptional cases in the interests of student safety, and the assistant must be present in the practical room.
Guidelines and further information
Registration of services in the CAMPUS
After completion of the services, they will be entered into CAMPUS. For this we need an email with the assignments of the experiments to the introductory courses (theory, experimental) or to the focus. Only complete modules will be entered.
Preparation
For each test is a thorough thorough preparation is required. The experiment will be discussed with the supervisor, who can then also determine whether you are prepared or not. If you are not prepared enough, you can expect to be sent away again and you will have to find a replacement. If the supervisor feels that only one group member is prepared (or both are not satisfactory), he/she may require a written or oral follow-up of the preparation interview from one (both) trainees. Please keep a log book in which important information is recorded during the experimental procedure.
Prevention
If you are prevented from attending (illness or other valid reasons), you must absolutely the supervisor must be informed. Tel. no. and email addresses can be found on the corresponding websites.
Protocol
The protocol should not be a copy of textbooks. On the other hand, it should be written in such a way that you or any other physicist can reproduce the required results with your data and measured values. You should therefore compile all values in tabular form or in a comparable meaningful way and describe in detail the ways to the extracted results, stating and citing the formulas you used. The purpose of science is the verifiability and this must always be guaranteed. A comparison with literature data or expected results is always only meaningful with simultaneous indication of the measurement errors. Therefore, a error calculation must not be missing in any protocol. We encourage you to create the protocols and elaboration with the PC. Copies from other working groups are of course not allowed. Measures will be taken for checking and in case of non-observance this will lead to refusal of the test certificate.
Grading
The grade for an experiment is composed of 50% of the assessment on the preliminary discussion and the quality of the execution of the experiment and 50% on the protocol and the debriefing.
- The protocol will be evaluated according to the following aspects:
external form (e.g. well understandable, structured, graphics completely labeled) - Scientific presentation (e.g. sketch of the experimental set-up, indication of all data obtained in a clear and comprehensible form, summary in tables, graphical presentation, references to formulas used)
- Correct processing of individual tasks
- Error calculation and discussion (for some experiments you can only think about systematic errors, for others error calculation makes no sense, but a discussion is indispensable)
- Students have the opportunity to correct the assessment by making a one-time make-up.
Deadlines
The protocol has to be handed in within 14 days after the execution to the supervisor or to the respective secretariats (even if the experiment was carried out only towards the end of the semester). Absolute last deadline for experiments during the lecture period is 14 days after the end of the lecture. The 14-day rule applies to experiments carried out during the non-lecture period. One copy is sufficient, but it is recommended that each student has a copy so that he/she has documentation for later preparation for the exam. Many of the experiments offered are the basis for popular exam questions. When picking up the protocols both trainees must appear before the supervisor and both must be able to discuss the results. The supervisor will review this on a spot check basis. If possible, the test reports for the experiment should be obtained in the same semester in which the experiment was conducted, but no later than the beginning of the following semester. It is no longer possible to obtain testates for attempts that were made more than six months ago.
Office hours
Consultation hours with the supervisors is generally the Wednesday between 13.00 and 14. 00 o'clock in the office of the supervisor. In addition, of course, another appointment can always be arranged. The email is a good way to reach the supervisor even if he is in a university or laboratory away from home, because he usually reads his email.
Final test certificate
Diploma: Expired
Bachelor of Science PO until SoSe 2012: 2-4 experiments (2-4 CP) can be performed.
Master of Science PO until SoSe 2012: At least 10 CP must be obtained, i.e. at least 7 experiments and one FP seminar must be performed.
Bachelor of Science PO from WS 12/13: 3 experiments (3 CP) must be performed on each of the introductory courses in the elective modules.
Master of Science PO from WS12/13: At least 5 CP must be obtained in the emphasis, and at least 3 experiments to the respective specialization courses in the elective module in experimental physics and theoretical physics i.e. at least 11 experiments must be performed. Block practicals from the corresponding areas can be credited in the focus.
Bachelor of Arts PO from WS 12/13: 2 experiments (2 CP) must be performed on an introductory course in the elective module Vertiefung der Physik.
Master of Education PO as of WS 15/16: At least 6 CP must be obtained in the focus, which corresponds to six attempts. The attempts should be from the focus, but is not mandatory for all attempts.
Failed attempts may be repeated only once.