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SPAC 100 SEMINAR Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 Introduction to concepts and methods used to investigate the solar system, the Milky Way, and the universe as a whole. Intended for students interested in majoring in space physics and astronomy. Class discussions based on readings at the level of Scientific American and Sky and Telescope. Term paper required. Coreq- Phys 101 or 112. 001 T 10:50AM-11:50AM HB*227 Cloutier, Paul *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 201 STARS,GALAXIES, & THE UNIVERSE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III An introductory course for students in academic programs. The formation, evolution, and death of stars; the composition and evolution of galaxies; the structure and evolution of the universe. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:15PM HB*227 Smith, Ian *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 202 EXPLORATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III An introductory course for students in academic programs, surveying the sun, planetary motions, interplanetary fields and plasmas, the planets, their satellites and rings, and comets. The purposes and methods of manned and unmanned solar system exploration are also discussed. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM HB*227 Freeman, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 203 ATMOSPHERE, WEATHER & CLIMATE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III This course emphasizes the fundamental science of the atmospheric system. Among the subjects to be covered quantitatively are climate changes, solar radiation and the Earth's energy budget, atmospheric motions and circulation, clouds and storms, and atmospheric environmental concerns. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM HB*227 Garner, Trevor *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 230 ASTRONOMY LAB Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Same as Spac 330. 001 W 07:00PM-08:00PM Hartigan, Patrick *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 360 GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Morphology, kinematics and dynamics of galaxies; interstellar matter. Peculiar and interacting systems, and galaxy clusters. Active galactic nuclei. Large-scale structures in the universe; cosmological models. Prereq- Spac 250 and Phys 301, or consent of instructor. 001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM HB*427 Dufour, Reginald *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 400 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 Undergraduate level of Spac 500. 001 TBA TBA Chan, Anthony *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 430 TEACHING ASTRONOMY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Methods and facilities of observational astronomy for public education. Students will help train beginners in the use of telescopes, and carry out a modest observational program of their own. The course requires one public talk to a non-technical audience, internship work a George Observatory and Houston Museum of Natural Science. Prereq- SPAC 230, SPAC 350, or 360 (or by permission). 001 TBA TBA Hartigan, Patrick *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Sumners, Carolyn *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 480 INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Fundamental processes in cosmic and laboratory plasmas: Gas dynamics, kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics, waves and shocks, individual particle drifts, collisions and electrical conductivities, geometric and distribution instabilities. Prereq- Phys 302 or equivalent. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM HB*423 Chan, Anthony *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 500 GRADUATE SEMINAR Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 A presentation of current research programs in the department. 001 M 12:00PM-12:50PM HB*227 Reiff, Patricia *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Chan, Anthony *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 532 CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Special relativity; covariant formulation of electrodynamics; wave phenomena and charged-particle radiation. Also offered as Phys 532. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM HB*427 Wolf, Richard *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 541 RADIATIVE PROCESSES Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Development of classical and quantum electrodynamics to radiation phenomena in astrophysics. Prereq- Spac 532, Phys 521 or equivalent. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM HB*453 Liang, Edison *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 552 ASTROPHYSICS II: GALAXIES & COSMOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 The physics of interstellar matter; structure of the Milky Way and other, normal galaxies; physical cosmology and high-redshift phenomena. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM HB*427 O'Dell, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 565 COMPACT OBJECTS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Selected topics involving white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and their environments, e.g., pulsars, supernova remnants, and accretion disks. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:15PM HB*423 Michel, F. *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 700 TEACHING PRACTICUM Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 SPAC 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
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