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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Covers analytical and numerical techniques used in scientific data analysis, including statistical analysis, error analysis, functional fitting, spectral analysis, image processing, and testing theoretical compliance. Examples are from space-based and ground-based astronomy. The computer laboratories are based on IDL which is introduced in the course. Prereqs. or coreqs., ASTR 1040 or equivalent, PHYS 1120 or equivalent, and MATH 2400 or APPM 2350. Restricted to ASTR and PHYS majors. Credit not granted for this course and ASTR 2800.
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3.00 Credits
ASTR 3730 and 3830 provide a year-long introduction to physical processes, observations, and current research methods in stellar, interstellar, galactic, and extragalactic astrophysics, with astronomical applications of gravity, radiation processes, spectroscopy, gas dynamics, and plasma physics. Prereqs. or coreqs., ASTR 3730, and PHYS 2130 or 2170, and MATH 2400 or APPM 2350. Elective for APS major and minor.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive seminar and practicum introduction to science philosophy, methodology, ethics, interaction with society, research preparation, proposal analysis, and writing and scientific publication. Entry course for "capstone experience" involving guided research and/or practicum work. Prereq. or coreq., ASTR 3730, 3830 or ASTR 3720, 3750. Restricted to juniors and seniors in APS. Required course for receiving honors in APS. Elective for APS major and minor. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: critical thinking.
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3.00 Credits
Guided, intensive research project giving APS majors a capstone experience. This course is a framework for guided practicum work at the observatory, the planetarium, the Space Grant College, an instrument/satellite laboratory, or with individual professors in the department. Prereq., ASTR 4010. Restricted to juniors and seniors in APS.
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3.00 Credits
Exposes students to current controversies in science that illustrate the scientific method and the interplay of observation, theory, and science policy. Students research and debate both sides of the issues, which include strategies and spin-offs of space exploration, funding of science, big vs. small science, and scientific heresy and fraud. Prereqs., ASTR 1110 and 1120, or equivalent, or PHYS 1110 and 1120, or PHYS 2010 and 2020. Approved for the arts and sciences core curriculum: critical thinking.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.
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4.00 Credits
Explores thermal, mechanical, quantum, and radiative processes in gases and plasmas, emphasizing spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory, with applications to astrophysics, planetary physics, and plasmas. Prereq., undergraduate physics.
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4.00 Credits
A second-semester continuation of ASTR 5110. Introduces graduate students in astrophysics and planetary sciences to radiative transfer in continuum and lines, fluid dynamics of compressible gases, flows in gravity, shock waves, and MHD, with application to stars, planets, and gas in space. Prereq., ASTR 5110.
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3.00 Credits
Teaches magnetohydrodynamics and a few related areas of plasma physics applied to space and astrophysical systems, including planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, stars, and interstellar gas in galaxies. Prereq., graduate standing in APS or physics. Same as PHYS 5141.
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