Curriculum and Time-Tables MSc Chemistry
Study program according to the Master examination and study rules of May 2015
According to the Examination Regulation of May 2015, the master program is modularized. Most of the modules are finishing with a graded examination (s. below). The final grade is calculated by all marks of the modules. In addition, all examinations are recorded with ECTS (see Examination Regulation).
Overview study program
The study program offers the following two options (see figure):
Shorcuts:
V=lecture, P=lab course, S=seminar, Coll=Colloquium; SWS=hours per week, ECTS=credit points, MP=module exam, MTP=submodul exam;
Option A):
- The choice of three major subjects (required electives, WB-A, WB-B, WB-C) in chemistry fields 1)-4) with 30 ECTS credits each - see below.
Each major subject comprise a lab module with a specialized research lab course with seminar (with 16+2 SWS) and a theoretical module, which encompasses a compulsory colloquium and a large number of lecture courses (between four and ten) from which three must be chosen (3x2 SWS). Both modules of a major are graded. The theoretical module has an oral examination covering the three chosen lectures and the colloquium.
Following major subjects and their required modules (WP) can be chosen, each with 15 ECTS (details see module scheme below):- 1) in the major subject Anorganische Chemie the modules WP 1 and WP 2
- 2) in the major subject Organische Chemie the modules WP 3 and WP 4
- 3) in the major subject Physikalische Chemie the modules WP 6 and WP 41
- 4) in the major subject Theoretische Chemie the modules WP 7 and WP 42
- The master thesis within 6 months (30 ECTS).
Option B):
- The choice of two major subjects (required electives, WB) in chemistry fields 1)-4) with 30 ECTS credits each (see option A) above).
Each major subject comprise a lab module with a specialized research lab course with seminar (with 16+2 SWS) and a theoretical module, which encompasses a compulsory colloquium and a large number of lecture courses (between four and ten) from which three must be chosen (3x2 SWS). Both modules of a major are graded. The theoretical module has an oral examination covering the three chosen lectures and the colloquium. - One additional minor subject with 15 ECTS (s. below).
The minor subject comprises a lab module with a specialized research lab course (10 SWS) and a theoretical module, which encompasses a number of lecture courses from which two must be chosen (2x2 SWS). Subjects which had been chosen as a major may not be taken as minor subject! The structure of the modules may be different in minor subjects not from the Department of Chemistry, e.g. in physics, computer sciences, etc. Both modules of the minor are graded. The theoretical module has an oral or written examination covering both chosen lectures.
One of the following minor subjects and their required modules (WP) can be chosen, each with 15 ECTS (details see below):- Inorganic Chemistry (WP 8, WP 44)
- Organic Chemistry (WP 9, WP 45)
- Physical Chemistry (WP 10, WP 46)
- Theoretical Chemistry (WP 11, WP 47)
- Chemical Biology (WP 12, WP 48)
- Biochemistry (WP 13, WP 49)
- Molecular and cellular genetics (WP 14, WP 50)
- Structurbiology (WP 5, WP 16, WP 43)
- Physics (WP 17, WP 52, WP 53, WP 54, WP 55)
- Computer Sciences (WP 18, WP 19, WP 20, WP 56, WP 57)
- Specific Supplement to Chemistry (pharmacology and toxicology) (WP 15, WP 51)
- Further five Specialisation lectures covering 15 ECTS in total.
The required five specialized lecture courses, with 3 ECTS each, may be selected from among the major and minor courses but may not be counted twice if the courses were taken earlier (see below).
Each lecture is examination without grading. - The master thesis within 6 months (30 ECTS).
The curriculum in detail
Current lectures are listed in the Online Course Catalogue LSF .
Major subject/required elective "Inorganic Chemistry"
If "Inorganic Chemistry" is selected as major, 15 ECTS have to be acquired in each module of WP 1 and WP 2.
- T1IA: Advanced Research Lab Course in Inorganic Chemistry (16P SWS); 12 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1IC: (Ober-)Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry (2S SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1ZI: Expert colloquium in Inorganic Chemistry (3 SWS); 6 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Three lectures with 3 ECTS each have to be selected out of T1ID to T1IZ-10.
- T1ID: Modern Inorganic Main-group Chemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1IE: Solid State Chemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1IF: Coordination Chemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1IG-2: Modern NMR-Spectroscopy in Liquids (part 1 in WiSe + part 2 in SoSe) (1S SWS) 3 ECTS
- T1IZ-3: Non Metal Fluorine Compounds (2V) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1IZ-6: Chemistry of High-Energy Materials (part 1 in WiSe + part 2 in SoSe)
- T1IZ-7: Intermetallic Phases (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1IZ-8: Functional Materials and Principles of Nanochemistry "Functional Material" (WiSe), "Principles of Nanochemistry" (SoSe) (2V SWS) 3 ECTS
- T1IZ-10: Solid-state and Materials Chemistry of Nitrides (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
Major subject/required elective "Organic Chemistry"
If "Organic Chemistry" is selected as major, 15 ECTS have to be acquired in each module of WP 3 und WP 4.
- T1OA: Advanced Research Lab Course in Organic Chemistry (16P SWS); 12 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1OC: (Ober-)Seminar in Organic Chemistry (2S SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1ZO: Expert colloquium in Organic Chemistry (3 SWS); 6 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Three lectures with 3 ECTS each have to be selected out of T1OD to T1O.
- T1OD: Physical-Organic Chemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1OF: Modern Synthetic Methods (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1OH: Glycochemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1OI: Radicals in Chemistry and Biology (1S SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1OJ: Lecture in Chemical Biology: "Basics of Cloning, Genomics and Proteomics" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1OK: Advanced Topics in Chemical Biology: "Coenzymes and Biosynthesis" (2V) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1OM: Organic and Bio-inspired Molecular Systems (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1ON Advanced Topics in NMR Spectroscopy (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1OR Concepts and Tools in Chemical Biology (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1OS: Supramolecular Chemistry - WiSe
- T1OZ: Special Lecture in Organic Chemistry: "New Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
Major subject/required elective " Physical Chemistry"
If "Physical Chemistry" is selected as major, 15 ECTS have to be acquired in each module of WP 6 und WP 41.
- T1PA: Advanced Research Lab Course in Physical Chemistry (16P SWS); 12 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1PC: (Ober-)Seminar in Physical Chemistry (2S SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1ZP: Expert colloquium in Physical Chemistry (3 SWS); 6 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Three lectures with 3 ECTS each have to be selected out of T1PD to T1PZ.
- T1PD: Energy Conversion: "From Materials to Mechanisms" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PG: Optical microscopy methods: "Microscopy for Nanotechnology" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1PH: Solid-State Spectroscopy (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PI: Fluorescence spectroscopy: "Fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PJ: Laserspectroscopy: "Modern Methods in Laserspectroscopy" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PK: Heterogeneous Catalysis (2V) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1PL: Surface Physics (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1PM: Nanoscience: "Nanostructures: Principles of Design and Function" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1PN: Single molecule experiments (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1PP: DNA-Nanotechnology (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PQ: Modern Transmission Electron Microscopy Methods (TEM) (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1PR: Quantitative solid-state characterisation (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PT: Self Assembly Systems (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1PZ: Special Lecture in Physical Chemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Major subject/required elective "Theoretical Chemistry"
If "Theoretical Chemistry" is selected as major, 15 ECTS have to be acquired in each module of WP 7 und WP 42.
- T1TA: Advanced Research Lab Course in Theoretical Chemistry (16P SWS); 12 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1TC: (Ober-)Seminar in Theoretical Chemistry (2S SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1ZT: Expert colloquium in Theoretical Chemistry (3 SWS); 6 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Three lectures with 3 ECTS each have to be selected out of T1TD to T1TZ.
- T1TH: Linear Scaling Quantum Methods for large Molecules (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1TI: Theory of energy and electron transfer in photoactive systems (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1TZ: Special Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Minor subjects in the field of "Chemistry"
Besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry (see above), the minor subject can also be in Chemistry excluding the subjects already taken as majors. 15 ECTS have to be acquired in the lab course and the lecture part.
- Research lab course in one of the 4 chemistry subjects (s. above) - WiSe/SoSe
In addition, a lab course of the orientation semesters in the Bachelor "Chemistry and Biochemistry" can be recognized as minor subject, if it has not been already recognized in the Bachelor program.
- Two lectures (in total 6 ECTS) have to be selected out of the modules WP 2, WP 4, WP 41 und WP 42 depending on the minor subject/ lab course.
In addition lectures and lab courses of the 3rd year Bachelor "Chemistry and Biochemistry" can be selected (unless they have already been selected in the Bachelor program).
Total in semester: 4 SWS; 6 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Minor subject "Chemical Biology"
If "Chemical Biology" is selected as minor subject (besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry - see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired in WP 12 and WP 48.
- T1OX: Research Lab Course in Chemical Biology (10P SWS); 9 ECTS - SoSe
- T1O1: Basics of Cloning, Genomics and Proteomics (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1O2: Coenzymes and Biosynthesis (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
- T1OR: Concepts and Tools in Chemical Biology (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
Minor subject "Biochemistry"
If "Biochemistry" is selected as minor subject (besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry - see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired in WP 13 and WP 49.
- T1YB: Research Lab Course in Biochemistry (10P SWS); 9 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1Y1: Lecture in Biochemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1Y2: Advanced Topics in Biochemistry (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
Minor subject "Structural Biology"
If "Structural Biology" is selected as minor subject (besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry - see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired in WP 5,WP 16 and WP 43.
- T1SB: Research Lab Course in Structural Biology (10P SWS); 9 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1S1: Lecture in Structural Biology I (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1S2: Advanced Topics in Structural Biology II (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
Minor subject "Molecular and Cellular Genetics"
If "Molecular and Cellular Genetics" is selected as minor subject (besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry - see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired in WP 14 and WP 50.
- T1GB: Research Lab Course in Molecular and Cellular Genetics (10P SWS); 9 ECTS - WiSe/SoSe
- T1G1: Lecture in Molecular and Cellular Genetics: "Posttranscriptional Gen-Regulation" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - WiSe
- T1G2: Advanced Topics in Molecular and Cellular Genetics: "Genetic control of complex processes" (2V SWS) 3 ECTS - SoSe
Minor subject "Physics"
If "Physics" is selected as minor subject (besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry - see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired out of WP 17, WP 52 to WP 55.
- WP 17: Atomic and Molecular Physics (E4.1 and E4.2), 4V+2Ü SWS; 9 ECTS - SoSe
- WP 52: Particle Physics (E5.1 and E5.2), 3V+1Ü SWS; 6 ECTS - WiSe
- WP 53: Solid-State Physics (E6.1 and E6.2), 3V+1Ü SWS; 6 ECTS - WiSe
- WP 54: Quantum Mechanics (T2.1 and T2.2), 4V+2Ü SWS; 9 ECTS - WiSe
- WP 55: Statistical Physics (T4.1 and T4.2), 4V+2Ü SWS; 9 ECTS - WiSe
Minor subject "Computer Sciences"
If "Computer Sciences" is selected as minor subject (besides 2 major subjects in Chemistry - see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired out of WP 18 bis WP 20 and WP 56, WP 57.
- WP 18: Computer Science: Systems and Applications (2V+3Ü SWS); 6 ECTS - SoSe
- WP 19: Computer Architecture (3V+2Ü SWS); 6 ECTS - SoSe
- WP 20: Programming and Modeling (2V+3Ü SWS); 6 ECTS - SoSe
- WP 56: "Introduction to Progamming: Programming and Software Development" must be the 9 ECTS-Module with 4+2 SWS to get 15 ECTS*) (4V+2Ü SWS); 9 ECTS - WiSe
- WP 57: Operating Systems (3V+2Ü SWS); 6 ECTS - WiSe
*) If "Introduction to Progamming: Programming and..." was already taken in the Bachelor with 6 ECTS, it can no longer be taken in the Master with 9 ECTS! I.e. those must make another 6 ECTS module and an additional course to 3 ECTS e.g. Java or proseminars.
Minor subject "Specific Supplement to Chemistry"
The following list of "Specific Supplement to Chemistry" subjects may vary according to the availability. There is no claim to select one of them.
The minor subjects in Patent Law and Material Sciences are not longer availabe (since WiSe 19/20) to choose and to acquire ECTS!
Specific Supplement "Pharmacology and Toxicology"
- T1RD: Practical exercises in pharmacology and toxicology (10P SWS); 9 ECTS
- T1RF: Seminar: Experimental Pharmacology for Biologists and Chemists (2S SWS)
- T1RE: Pharmacology and toxicology for Biologists and Chemists (4V SWS) 6 ECTS
Specialisations
If two major subjects in Chemistry and one minor subject are selected (see above), 15 ECTS have to be acquired in the following lecture modules of WP 2, WP 4, WP 41 and WP 42 or WP 48 to WP 50, respectively (plus those listed in the LSF ).
In the minors Biochemistry (WP 49) and Molecular and Cellular Genetics (WP 50) the examination is only possible over two lectures with 6 ETCS - there are no exams of single lectures!
Attention: Lectures of the minor subjects Physics, Computer Sciences and Specific Supplement to Chemistry - also including Languages - can only be entered in Discipline Specific Studies with 6 ECTS at most! There, also credits of the Bachelor can be accepted, that have not been recorded there.
Time Tables Bachelor for Download
The time tables may change until the end of the first lecture week!