Universität Wien

267000 SE Bachelor Seminar (2020W)

Historic physical devices and literature as a source of knowledge on physics

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Note the corona-related hygiene procedures!
The bachelor seminar is basically intended as a face-to-face event. Should the ongoing corona crisis require it, the Moodle platform can be used to switch to video conferencing using the BigBluButton (if the number of participants is low, Jitsi).

Update November 2nd, 2020: From November 5th, 2020 there will only be digital teaching for this lecture (BigBlueButton as created on Moodle). Visiting the lecture hall on site is not possible.

  • Thursday 08.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 15.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 22.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 29.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 05.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 12.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 19.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 26.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 03.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 10.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 17.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 07.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 14.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 21.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar aims for all participating students to become familiar with the subject area, methods and formal requirements of the bachelor thesis, e.g. historic physical devices and literature as a source of knowledge on physics compared with today. Basically there is a wide range of topics.

The aims of the seminar are conveyed by the following methods: short presentations of the course lecturer and the students, discussions, historic and modern experiments, production of photos and videos, support to work independently.
The bachelor seminar is basically intended as a face-to-face event. Should the ongoing corona crisis require it, the Moodle platform can be used to switch to video conferencing using the BigBluButton (if the number of participants is low, Jitsi).

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation, short presentations in presence (or via video conference when switching to home learning) and written composition of assigned tasks, respectively. Bachelor thesis.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Basically, attendance is obligatory, also for video conferences (absence may be excused in case of justifiable reasons), two short presentations, 50 % of the possible points are required. Positive bachelor thesis. Participation, the first and second presentations each make up 13.3% and the bachelor's thesis 60%. This means a weighting of the first three averaged criteria for the bachelor thesis in a ratio of 2: 3.

Examination topics

Presentations and discussions, individual bachelor thesis.

Reading list

Will be announced in the seminar.

Association in the course directory

UF PHYS 17

Last modified: Mo 02.11.2020 15:49