Universitäts-Sternwarte München

Fakultät für Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Lab procedure and evaluation criteria

1. The schedule is as follows:
   • 1st week: oral examination of the required background knowledge; experimental work.
   • 2nd week: further oral examination, finishing experimental work (if necessary); analysis of the data and discussion of the results with the supervisor.
   • 3rd week: submission of the lab report to an upload link provided to you and starting the next experiment (Tuesday). The deadline for submission of your lab report is Friday 18:00. You will get no credit for the lab (“failed attempt”) if this deadline is not met.
   
2. Each experiment must be prepared and executed by all participants. You need to demonstrate sufficient knowledge on each of the afternoons, otherwise this counts as a partly (half) failed attempt.
3. The lab report must be written as described under “Guidelines for your lab report”. One report per team and experiment is usually sufficient. All group members must certify by signing the lab report that they are familiar with its contents and agree with it. In case of disagreement, any team member may hand in their own version of the lab report. In this case, submission of the lab report will be also accepted in the 4th week of an experiment. As soon as the lab report has been submitted, it cannot be changed anymore. For reasons of equal treatment, the reports will be evaluated not before the end of the term. If an essential part (including the questions and exercises) is missing, the lab report will be considered insufficient (failed attempt). The same is true if the report contains blatant errors in terms of understanding and results, or if the report has been copied from another group from the same or a previous semester. Illegible or sloppy reports are also considered insufficient (failed attempt). The rules of referencing/citing of literature have to be followed, otherwise the lab will also result in a “failed attempt” (no credit). If you use AI such as Chat GPT you must mention this in your report and you have to state for which parts of the report you used it. You are fully responsible for the correctness of the content when using AI, too.

   Two partly failed attempts count as one failed attempt. You can only pass the lab course after having performed all assigned experiments with no failed attempt, otherwise you will not receive a certificate!

   The lab course can be repeated (as a whole) the next semester. You then need to attend the introductory briefing again.