Generalities
Tutors or lab course assistants are generally employed in the following courses. The labels mean:
- Wanted: Tutors are likely to be needed here. If you are interested, please contact the lecturer first.
- Unknown: No information from the lecturer about available or needed tutors. If you are interested, please contact the lecturer directly.
- Full: There are likely to be enough tutors available. However, you can put your name on a waiting list – sometimes additional tutors are needed at short notice.
If you are interested, please always contact the lecturer first (or Silke Lips-Klumb for the basic and medical lab courses) and ask for their consent.
All new tutors and lab course assistants must have attended a tutor training course beforehand.
Teaching Requirements for the PhD
For PhD students in physics, the following courses count as teaching obligation for the PhD (see also here):
- All tutorials and practicals in the Bachelor’s degree programmes
associated with Physics (B.Sc. Physics, B.Sc. Applied Physics, B.Ed.
Physics, etc., including teaching provided to other departments). - The following modules from the Master’s programme:
- Experimental Physics A–C,
- Experimental Physics 4 (M.Ed.),
- Theoretical Physics 5 & 6a–d,
- Theoretical Physics for M.Ed.,
- Advanced Lab Courses.
PhD students in Meteorology should, as a priority, supervise modules in Meteorology. All tutorials and lab courses (including the Environmental Sciences project) from the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Environmental Sciences and Meteorology count as teaching commitment required for the PhD; seminars and one-to-one supervision do not count.
PhD students conducting research at external institutions who are unable to supervise courses in Mainz for an extended period may also supervise block courses, such as the mathematics bridging courses. Furthermore, in exceptional cases, upon application, one course at an external institution may generally be recognised for credit. If no suitable courses are offered within Department 08 at JGU, two courses at external institutions that are equivalent to the above-mentioned compulsory courses in Department 08 may also be recognised. Such a request may be submitted to the respective representatives for research assistants in Physics or Meteorology.
English-speaking Tutors
In general, there is no problem to have tutorials in well-spoken English. In the M.Sc. curricula English is actually the default language. However, keep in mind that physics beginners (both B.Sc. and B.Ed.) have sufficient problems with both physics and mathematics, therefore these students should always have the choice to choose the language. In addition, the beginners lab courses are, so far, German-speaking only.
The employment of English-speaking tutors is completely under the responsibility of the respective lecturer. Therefore, if you are English-speaking and like to teach a beginner's course, just ask the respective lecturer. Normally there are possibilities to employ a limited number of English-speaking tutors also in the beginner's courses.
Exercises to the Experimental Physics Lectures
- Experimental Physics 1 (Prof. Oberlack): wanted
- Experimental Physics 2 (Prof. Denig): full
- Experimental Physics 3 (Prof. Büscher): full
- Experimental Physics 4 (Edu) (Prof. Fiedler, Prof. Masetti): full
- Experimental Physics A (Atomic and Quantum Physics) (Prof. Walz): wanted
- Experimental Physics B (Nuclei & Particles) (Prof. Achenbach): full
- Experimental Physics C (Condensed Matter) (Prof. Amann-Winkel, Prof. Wittmann): wanted
- Programming for Physics (Prof. Böser, Dr. Schmitt): unknown
- Signal Processing (Dr. Schlimme): unknown
- Technical Mechanics (Prof. Böser): wanted
- Physics for Chemists (Prof. Hug): full
- Physics für Biologists and Geo Scientists (Prof. Doria): full
Exercises to the Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Lectures
- Mathematical Basics (Dr. Tamarit Degenhardt): wanted
- Mathematical Methods (B.Sc.) (Prof. Jockers): full
- Mathematical Methods 1 (B.Ed.) (Prof. Scherer): full
- Mathematical Methods 2 (B.Ed.) (Prof. von Hippel): wanted
- Theory of Relativity and Statistical Physics (B.Ed., B.Sc. AP) (Dr. Virnau): wanted
- Theoretical Mechanics (B.Ed., B.Sc. AP) (Dr. Bogner): full
- Theoretical Physics 1 (Introduction to Theoretical Physics) (Dr. Djukanovic): full
- Theoretical Physics 2 (Electrodynamics) (Prof. Wittig): wanted
- Theoretical Physics 3 (Quantum Mechanics) (Prof. Neubert): full
- Theoretical Physics 4 (Statistical Physics) (Dr. Yu): full
- Theoretical Physics 5 (Advanced Quantum Mechanics) (Prof. Vanderhaeghen): wanted
- Theoretical Physics 6a (Relativistic QFT) (Prof. Hurth): full
- Theoretical Physics 6b (Advanced Statistical Physics) (Prof. te Vrugt): wanted
- Theoretical Physics 6d (Theoretical Solid State Physik) (Prof. Gomonay; Dr. Mook, Prof. Sinova): unknown
Other Courses
- Mathematics Pre-course for Physicists (Prof. Kopp) (German speaking only): full
- Mathematics Pre-course for Non-Physicists (Prof. Harz) (German speaking only): full
Lab Courses
- Beginners Lab Course (PGP/BGLC) (German speaking only): wanted
- Beginners Lab Course (PGP/BGLC) in Sep/Oct (German speaking only): full
- Lab Course for Medical Students (German speaking only): full
- Lab Course Signal Processing (Dr. Merkel): unknown
Further Possibilities
In some other, mostly more advanced courses, additional tutors and lab course assistants are sometimes required.
- Students: If you are interested, simply ask the respective lecturer.
- Lecturers: If you require additional assistants, please let me know.