| AST 1050 | Planet Earth I |
| Description: | Earth as a planetary member of the Solar System. Characteristics, history of formation, dynamics, and evolution of the solar system. Emphasis on the fundamental scientific principles at work throughout the universe. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Corequisites: | AST 1051 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| AST 1051 | Planet Earth Lab I |
| Description: | Laboratory to accompany Planet Earth I. Astronomical observations and principles of experimentation both with real physical experiments and computer simulations. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Corequisites: | AST 1050 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| AST 1052 | Planet Earth II |
| Description: | A continuation of AST 1050 (Planet Earth I). 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | AST 1050 |
| Corequisites: | AST 1053 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| AST 1053 | Planet Earth Lab II |
| Description: | A continuation of AST 1051 (Planet Earth II). 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Corequisites: | AST 1052 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| AST 1072 | Birth & Death of Stars |
| Description: | A study of the life cycles of the stars from their birth in dark, dense interstellar dust clouds to their deaths in nature's most violent cataclysms with a focus on stars and humanity, the formation of the chemical elements, the effects of nearby supernovae, the future of the Sun and the ultimate fate of Earth, and the question of planetary systems around other stars. Co-requisite for Arts students: AST 1073 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| AST 1073 | Stellar Lab |
| Description: | Laboratory focuses on stellar and galactic problems. Co-requisite: AST 1073, 2122 or 2120. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| AST 1074 | Planets |
| Description: | The surfaces and atmospheres of other worlds and how they compare to Earth with a focus on the physical processes which mold their landscapes and both generate and modify their gaseous atmospheres. The geology and meteorology of planets and their moons; the role of destructive collisions versus accretion and re-compaction. The effects of collisions with asteroids and comets, their role in mass extinctions, and in the possible formation of atmospheres and oceans; the search for planets and life in our solar system and beyond. Co-requisite for Arts students: AST 1075. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| AST 1075 | Planets Lab |
| Description: | A continuation of Astronomy Lab I that focuses on planetary and solar system problems. Co-requisite: AST 1075 or AST 2121. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| AST 1101 | The Solar System |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
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| AST 1102 | Exploration of the Universe |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
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| AST 1131 | Astronomy Laboratory I |
| Description: | Description not available. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
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| AST 2120 | Sun and Stars |
| Description: | A technical study of the Sun and other stars; their internal constitutions and atmospheres, life cycles and evolutionary processes, memberships in groups, the radiations they produce, and the manner in which astronomers quantify their characteristics. Non-Astronomy majors may elect AST 1073 as a lab. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to SCI Majors |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| AST 2121 | Solar System Astronomy |
| Description: | The science of the solar system: early ideas of the nature of the solar system; the dynamics and compositions of the planets; atmospheric evolution and maintenance. The manner with which comets and meteorites reveal the structures of the primitive solar system. Prerequisite: MAT 1500 or above. Open to science, engineering and math majors. Non-Astronomy majors may elect AST 1075 as a lab. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | MAT 1500 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| AST 2122 | Galaxies and Cosmology |
| Description: | The universe beyond the solar system: galactic structure, galactic evolution, and the current cosmological models of the large scale structure of the universe. Prerequisite or Corequisite: MAT 1500 or above. Non Astronomy majors may elect AST 1073 as a lab. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to SCI Majors |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| AST 2133 | Observational Lab I |
| Description: | Astronomical instruments, methods of observing, reduction of observations, and discussion of astronomical data. Observations include CCD imaging, spectroscopy, and photoelectric photometry using the observatory reflector and Schmidt telescopes. Two hours per week in the laboratory in addition to the observing time necessary to complete the assigned projects. Corerquisite or prerequisite: AST 2120. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| AST 2134 | Observational Lab II |
| Description: | Continuation of AST 2122. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | AST 2133 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| AST 3121 | Directed Studies I |
| Description: | Studies in selected areas under the direction of a staff member. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
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| AST 3122 | Directed studies II |
| Description: | Studies in selected areas under the direction of a staff member. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| AST 3131 | Sem Astro & Astrophysics |
| Description: | Seminar on special topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| AST 3141 | Galactic Astronomy |
| Description: | The nature, distribution, and motions of the constituents of the Galaxy; the major star system in which our Sun is located the stars, the gas and dust, star clusters, etc.; stellar distance determination, distribution of stars and gas, stellar kinematics, galactic dynamics, galactic radio emission, cosmic rays, and evolution of galaxies. Prerequisite: one year of mathematics or physics and either AST 2120 or AST 2122. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2004 , Fall 2002 |
| AST 3142 | Intro to Astrophysics |
| Description: | Theories of stellar atmospheres, line-broadening and formation, radiative transfer, theoretical spectra, and the theory of stellar interiors are covered. Fundamental stellar timescales, thermonuclear reactions, evolutionary models, stellar pulsations, novae and supernovae. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | AST 2120 or AST 2122 and PHY 2410 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2005 , Spring 2003 |
| AST 3152 | Astrodynamics |
| Description: | Problems dealing with orbit determination, artificial satellites, space travel and related subjects. MAT 1505 or above. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | AST 2121 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| AST 3162 | HighEnergy Astrophysics Topics |
| Description: | Classes of astronomical sources detected at ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths and the physical processes behind these emissions: stellar coronae and stellar flares, cataclysmic binaries, supernovae, accretion disks around neutron stars and black holes, X-ray bursters, active galactic nuclei, QSO's, BL Lac objects, and gamma-ray bursters. Prereq: One year of mathematics or university level physics, plus 2120. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | PHY 2410 and PHY 2412 and AST 2120 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2006 , Spring 2004 |
| AST 4121 | Undergrad Research I |
| Description: | Student participation in departmental or independent research under faculty supervision; frequent conferences on literature search, research techniques, experimental procedures and results. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| AST 4122 | Undergrad Research II |
| Description: | Continuation of AST 4121. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |