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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. This course is designed primarily for students not majoring in astronomy and is suitable for nonscience students. It will concentrate study in some limited field in astronomy which will vary from semester to semester. Possible subjects for study are the solar system, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, the inconstant universe.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Enrollment is limited to students admitted to the departmental honors program in astronomy. Credit according to work done.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ASTR121; PHYS270 and PHYS271 (Formerly PHYS263) or PHYS273; or permission of department. Introduction to current observational techniques in radio astronomy. The radio sky, radiophysics, coordinates and catalogs, antenna theory, Fourier transforms, interferometry and arrays, aperture synthesis, and radio detectors.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Recommended: computer programming knowledge. For ASTR majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ASTR498C or ASTR415. Formerly ASTR498C. Introduction to the most important computational techniques being used in research in astrophysics. Topics include modern high performance computer architectures, scientific visualization and data analysis, and detailed descriptions of numerical algorithms for the solution to a wide range of mathematical systems important in astrophysics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ASTR121, PHYS270, and PHYS271 (Formerly PHYS263) or PHYS273. For ASTR majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ASTR421 or ASTR498G. Formerly ASTR498G. Introduction to structure, kinematics, and dynamics of normal and peculiar galaxies. Quantitative descriptions of normal spiral galaxies (like our Milky Way) and elliptical galaxies will be followed by more exotic considerations such as interacting and merging galaxies, and active galactic nuclei.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ASTR121, PHYS270, and PHYS271 (Formerly 263) or PHYS273. For ASTR majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ASTR422 or ASTR498V. Formerly ASTR498V. Introduction to modern cosmology. Topics include large scale structure of universe, the intergalactic medium, the nature of dark matter cosmological models and galaxy formation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ASTR121 or ASTR200; PHYS270 and PHYS271 (Formerly 263) or PHYS273; or permission of department. Formation and evolution of the Solar System. Planetary surfaces, interiors, atmospheres, and magnetospheres. Asteroids, comets, planetary satellites, and ring systems. Emphasis on using basic physics to understand observed properties of the Solar System. Intended for students majoring in the physical sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ASTR121; PHYS270 and PHYS271 {Formerly PHYS263} or PHYS273; or permission of department. Vectorial mechanics, motion in a central force field, gravitational and non-gravitational forces, the two-body and three-body problems, orbital elements and orbital perturbation theory, resonances in the solar system, chaos. Intended for students majoring in any of the physical sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ASTR121; and either PHYS270 & PHYS271 (Formerly PHYS263) or PHYS273. Recommended: ASTR320. The structure, formation, and astrophysics of compact objects, such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, are examined. Phenomena such as supernovae and high-energy particles are also covered.
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