Annual Report 2010 - Fachgruppe Informatik an der RWTH Aachen ...

Fachschaft Mathematik, Physik,
Informatik
Overview
All students of mathematics, physics and computer science at RWTH Aachen form the
Fachschaft (student union) Mathematik/Physik/Informatik. Its active members work hard to
represent the students' interests toward the university. We do so in the examination boards,
study fee committee and other bodies with student representation.
To a big part the past year's work in the examination boards revolved around the
implementation of the RWTH's new examination regulation framework. This framework is a
new set of general guidelines and rules that all subjects' examination regulations at RWTH
need to follow. Therefore, this required many changes to our own regulations; thankfully the
combined efforts of professors and student members lead to new regulations that provide
some considerable advantages for students.
This is by far not the only body in which we collaborate constructively with the department of
computer science. For instance, a teaching committee was founded to further enhance the
quality of our lectures.
Aside from committee work, there are numerous offers directed explicitly at the assistance of
our students. More precisely, we offer daily office hours in our premises at Kármánstr., as
well as office hours in the computer science building at least once a week. There, students can
seek advice regarding various issues concerning their studies. Furthermore, we provide
material for exam preparation, which is used extensively.
Since we pay special attention to the needs of first year students, the Fachschaft possesses a
separate consortium that organizes numerous activities to familiarize new students with the
daily routine at university. We especially take care of international students, for instance in
the international Master programmes.
Moreover, we support our students by videotaping several lectures in agreement with the
respective lecturer, organize social events (for instance a Linux installfest), and inform the
students through several publications.
In addition to our explicit work for the student body, we stand up for several university-wide
improvements. In collaboration with other student unions, we enable students to use the
rooms in the Mogam building for study. We also try to create new working spaces for
students in the computer science building. Together with the department for computer
science, we encouraged the renovation of the lecture halls in the computer science building.
Another domain that we are concerned with is public relations. Hence we took part in
arranging the „Studifest“, an event serving to present the RWTH Aachen to the public, and
provided an information stand to introduce our fields of study to interested passers-by. And,
of course, we supported the „Tag der Informatik“ organized by the computer science
department.
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