Preparatory Courses
Every year, the STEM department offers preparatory courses in mathematics, physics and chemistry for newly enrolled students before their lectures begin in the winter semester. These courses each last one week and consist of approx. 90 minutes of lectures and 180 minutes of tutorials with practical exercises (mathematics and physics) every day. The chemistry course is offered as an online seminar.
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The mathematics course is available to anyone who is interested, but is primarily aimed at students of Civil Engineering, Applied Computer Science, Sustainable Building and Energy Systems, Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Forestry and Traffic and Transportation Engineering. You can register for this course on the STEM (MINT) Moodle site from August onwards. For more information, please contact: Dr. Jürgen Schmidt.
Key information:
- Dates: 15.09. – 19.09.2025
- Time: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. (lecture) and 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (tutorial)
- Room for the lecture: Audimax (8.1.01)
- Rooms for the tutorials: 8.2.01/02, 6.1.19, 6.1.21, 5.E.11, 5.E.12
- Please register personally in Moodle
Topics:
- Linear equations with two unknowns
- Inequalities and calculating quantities
- Systems of linear equations
- Quadratic equations
- Powers, square roots and root equations
- Logarithms and exponential equations
- Trigonometry and goniometric equations
- Plane geometry
- Vector algebra and analytical geometry
- Elementary functions
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The physics course is available to anyone who is interested, but is primarily aimed at students of Civil Engineering, Sustainable Building and Energy Systems, Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Forestry and Traffic and Transportation Engineering. You can register for this course on the STEM (MINIT) Moodle site from August onwards. For more information, please contact: Dr. Stephan Schwieger.
Key information:
- Dates: 22.09. – 26.09.2025
- Time: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. (lecture) and 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (tutorial)
- Room for the lecture: 5.E.12
- Rooms for the tutorials: 8.2.01/02, 6.1.19, 6.1.21
- Please register personally in Moodle
Topics:
- Units of quantity, dimensional analysis, errors
- Kinetic equations of motion: translation
- Dynamics: Newtons axioms, forces and equilibrium
- Rotation, work and energy
- Oscillation
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Students from all departments may take part in this course. It is particularly recommended for the degree programs Horticultural Plant Production, Civil Engineering, Sustainable Building and Energy Systems and Forestry and Ecosystems Management. All first semester students are welcome, as well as older students who would like to refresh their knowledge of chemistry. To take part in this course, you need to register on Moodle. You can register for this course on the STEM (MINT) Moodle site from August onwards. For more information, please contact: Dr. Juliane Traeger
Key information:
- Dates: 29.09. – 02.10.2025
- Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (online)
- Rooms: Online via WebEx
- Please register personally in Moodle
Topics:
- Chemistry terms
- Chemical equations
- Periodic table
- Octet rule & checmical bonds
- Common ions/ionic compounds and their nomenclature
- Chemical equilibrium
- Acid-base reactions
- Calculating acid-base reactions
- Oxidation reduction (redox) reactions
- Stoichiometry
Please make sure you have access to the following:
Hardware
Requirements: stable Internet connection, laptop or other computer
Useful but not essential: camera and microphone for video conferences and online exercises, second screen, tablet or other tool with a touch or pen function for groupwork.Software
Webex (download)