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Subject
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Catalog
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Course Title
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Course Description |
Summer 2013
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Fall 2013
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ASTR
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3131
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Modern Astronomy
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Introduction to the history and development of astronomy; telescope optics; laws of planetary motion; planetary structures, atmospheres and surfaces; the sun; elements of astrophysics; stellar structure and evolution; galactic structure and evolution; cosmology. Some telescope observation sessions as "seeing" permits. Not available for graduate credit in Physical Sciences.
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Offered
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Offered
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ASTR
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4131
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Universal Origins
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Prerequisite: General Chemistry, University or College Physics. Origin of the universe, earth and life.
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Offered
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N/A
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ASTR
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4132
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Principles of Astrobiophysics
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Prerequisite: General chemistry and university or college Physics. Overview of the search for life in the universe including origin and evolution of habitable planets in the solar system and beyond.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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4931
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Selected Topics
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Identified by specific title each time course is offered.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5131
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Graduate Astronomy
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Quantitative introduction to physics of the stars, interstellar medium, cosmochemistry, the Galaxy and Universe as determined from a variety of astronomical observations.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5231
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Stellar Structure & Evolution
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Prerequisites: Core Physics courses or instructor approval. Principal concepts, equations, methods and results of the theories of stellar atmospheres and interior and their relation to observations.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5331
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Remote Sensing Instr & Techn
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Prerequisite: Core physics courses or instructor approval. Fundamentals of remote sensing; radiative quantities; radiative transfer theory and applications; interaction mechanisms, applications to the development of uses for remote sensing systems from spacecraft and aircraft.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5431
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Fundamentals Of Astrodynamics
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Prerequisites: Core physics or instructor approval. Development of the two-body problem and universal formulation of all types of orbits, initial value problems, two-point boundary value problems, coordinate transformations and trajectory perturbations.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5432
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Perturbation Methods in Astro
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Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics or instructor approval. A study of the methods of the solution to the perturbed two-body problem with applications to the motion of satellites.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5531
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Planetary Science
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Prerequisite: Physical geology or equivalent. Planetary dynamics, planetary interiors, atmospheres, and surfaces; magnetism; models of solar system origin.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5631
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Astrobiophysics I
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Prerequisites: PHYS 4432,4531,5531. Origin of the universe, stars and planetary systems. Origin and evolution of Earth as a habitable planet and origin and evolution of life.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5632
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Astrobiophysics II
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Prerequisite: ASTR 5631. The search for life in the universe, including possibilities for finding life on Mars and other solar system bodies and on extra-solar planets and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5931
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Research Topics Space Science
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Identified by specific title each time course is offered.
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N/A
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N/A
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ASTR
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5939
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Indt Study In Space Science
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Prerequisite: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean required. Independent directed study in Space Science.
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N/A
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N/A
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