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3.00 Credits
Continued exploration of multi-media art works. Prerequisites: ARS 393. Lab Fee: $40.
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3.00 Credits
Technical problems in studio disciplines for which advanced courses are not available. May be repeated for a total of six hours credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Lab Fee: $40.
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3.00 Credits
One semester survey for non-majors; topics from visible phenomena in the sky to the latest astronomical discoveries; properties of planets, origin of the solar system, life cycle of stars, galaxies and quasars, origin of the universe, life in the universe.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduction to astronomy with emphasis on quantitative aspects of physical phenomena occurring in the universe. Motions of celestial bodies, development of astronomy, gravity and motion, light and telescopes, properties of gases and radiation, Earth and Moon, eclipses, survey of the solar system. Laboratory included. AST 106 and 107 satisfy GER laboratory science requirements. Prerequisite: high school algebra and trigonometry. Lab Fee: $40 Fall.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Continuation of AST 106. The Sun, stars and stellar evolution, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, binary stars, the Milky Way galaxy, galaxies, quasars and other active galaxies, cosmology, life in the universe. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: AST 106. Lab Fee: $40. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
General introduction: class of objects, distance scales, observational tools. Gravitation: two-body problem, visual, eclipsing and spectroscopic binary stars. Radiation theory: black-body radiation, optically thin emitters, spectral line positions and profiles, theory of polarization. Spectral classification and the Hertzsprung- Russell diagram, stellar evolution. Large-scale structure and evolution of the Universe, Newtonian cosmology, Olbers' paradox. Prerequisites: PH 111, MA 201. AST 106, 107 are highly suggested. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced introductory course. Radiation: black-body theory, radiative transfer, spectral line formation, Einstein coefficients, Voigt profiles, Boltzmann-Saha theory, line broadening. Stellar structure: hydrostatic equilibrium, polytropes, pointconvective and numerical stellar models. Stellar evolution: star formation, Jeans mass, fragmentation, pre-main, main and post-main sequence stars, white dwarfs, super novae, neutron stars, black holes. Astrodynamics: Lagrange's equations of planetary motion, binary star orbits, eclipsing systems. Prerequisites: AST 371, PH 301. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
General survey of the field of atmospheric science. Quantitative examination of atmospheric physical properties including atmospheric composition, structure and dynamics. Detailed inspection of evolving atmospheric structures using real-time data systems. Topics include atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric dynamics, cloud physics, atmospheric radiation, and related topics in atmospheric remote sensing. Prerequisites: MA 172 and PH 112, or permission of instructor. (Same as ES 401.)
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3.00 Credits
Introduces vector, raster and tabular concepts, emphasizing the vector approach. Topics include spatial relationships, map features, attributes, relational database, layers of data, data ingesting, digitizing from maps, projections, output, application and availability of public data sets. (Same as CE 411, ES 411.)
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3.00 Credits
Provides a hands-on approach to GIS and satellite remote sensing. Satellite data sets such as LANDSAT and AVHRR, coupled with GIS data sets, increase understanding 289 of the earth system. Topics include satellite sensors, basic radiative transfer, orbits, raster formats, atmospheric correction, distortion, image corrections, rotations and mapping, spatial resolution, image interpretation, radiometric and geometric enhancement, multispectral transformations, and classifications. Prerequisites: MA172 and PH 112, or permission of instructor. (Same as ES 413.)
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