Slots: 1-3
Completion within: 9 months
Hours per week: 5 h
Supervisor: Dr. Sebastian Wurster, Niklas Litzenberger
Location: Campus Mainz
Primary language: German
Degree programs: Applied Physics B.Sc., BMC B.Sc., Chemistry B.Ed., Chemistry B.Sc., Geography B.Ed., Geography B.Sc., Geosciences B.Sc., Computer Science B.Ed., Computer Science B.Sc., Mathematics B.Ed., Mathematics B.Sc., Meteorology B.Sc., Molecular Biotechnology B.Sc., Physics B.Ed., Physics B.Sc., Environmental Sciences B.Sc.
The school mathematics pre‑semester course for biology often receives criticism from the participants. The main criticism is that the courses usually do not start with the mathematical basics that the students already know. The goal of the project is to evaluate the current state of the course.
The role of the students is to mainly evaluate the worksheets they work on during the course. They should identify where the current problems are and propose changes to the worksheets to better meet the students’ needs.
A good understanding of the Mathematics content of the first semester of Biology is required. This includes multi-dimensional analysis, fundamental linear algebra, basics differential equations, systems of equations with complex solutions and Statistics (standard deviation and mean value).
