Current Graduate Courses

Please see the academic calendar and the University time schedules for general information on class meeting times. Please note that the University time schedule is the authoritative source for this information. It is replicated here as a courtesy, and this page may become outdated. In other words, this page is not authoritative.

Courses preceded by an asterik are required for first year graduate students.

Schedule

2008 - 2009 : Autumn Winter Spring

AUTUMN, 2008 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30100	Astrophysics I	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Donald Q. Lamb
*ASTR 30500	Radiative Processes in Astrophysics	10:30am-11:50am Tue, Thu AAC 107	Fausto Cattaneo
ASTR 30900	Research Project Seminar	1:30pm-4:20pm Mon AAC 107	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 31600	Dynamics II (Particle Systems)	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Fri AAC 107	Arieh Konigl
ASTR 37100	Pre-Candidacy Research	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 41600	Intergalactic Medium	1:30pm-2:50pm Wed, Fri AAC 123	Hsiao-Wen Chen
ASTR 43100	Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays	4:30pm-5:50pm Mon, Wed AAC 123	Paolo Privitera

WINTER, 2009 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30200	Astrophysics II	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Alexei Khokhlov
*ASTR 30600	Radiation Measurements in Astrophysics	10:30am-11:50am Tue, Thu AAC 107	Edward J. Kibblewhite
ASTR 32000	Relativistic Astrophysics	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Fri AAC 107	Arieh Konigl
ASTR 32100	Cosmology	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Michael S. Turner
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 48000	Current Topics in Astrophysics (Graduate)	12:00pm-1:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Craig Hogan; Dan Hooper
ASTR 49400	Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth

SPRING, 2009 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30300	Astrophysics III	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Doyal ''Al'' Harper
*ASTR 30400	Astrophysics IV	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Stephen M. Kent
ASTR 30700	Preparation for Summer Research Project	10:30am-11:20am Wed AAC 107	Richard G. Kron
ASTR 31300	Extragalactic (Astrophysics) Studies	10:30am-11:50am Tue, Thu AAC 123	Donald G. York
ASTR 37100	Pre-Candidacy Research	ARR	Staff
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff
ASTR 48100	Advanced Computational Techniques	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Alexei Khokhlov
ASTR 48200	Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration	1:30pm-2:50pm Wed, Fri AAC 123	Joshua A. Frieman
ASTR 49400	Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff

Courses Description

*ASTR 30100 Astrophysics I (Detailed Outline)
Introduction to stars (physical and observational), hydrodynamics of self-gravitating fluids, statistical mechanics and equations of state, energy transport, astrophysical nuclear reactions, stellar models, advanced topics.

*ASTR 30200 Astrophysics II (Detailed Outline)
Star formation, main sequence evolution, post-main sequence evolution, degenerate stars, and supernovae.

*ASTR 30300 Astrophysics III (Detailed Outline)
Interstellar medium, collisionless systems, distribution of stars in the solar neighborhood, stellar kinematics/dynamics, observations of galactic large-scale structure, theory of galactic structure and evolution.

*ASTR 30400 Astrophysics IV (Detailed Outline)
The observed universe, the universe at high redshift, early universe microwave background radiation, relativistic homogeneous isotropic cosmologies, evolution of structure in the universe, primordial nucleosynthesis.

*ASTR 30500 Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Detailed Outline)
Fundamentals of radiative transfer, theory of stellar atmospheres, basic theory of radiation fields, continuum emission processes, atomic and molecular emission, plasma effects.

*ASTR 30600 Radiation Measurements in Astrophysics (Detailed Outline)
Radiation as a random process, optical coherence, and signal analysis in spatial and temporal domains, along with the detection and measurement of radiation with astronomical instruments.

ASTR 30700 Preparation for Summer Research Project
Students work with faculty members to select their research project topic and study the published literature related to it.

ASTR 30900 Research Project Seminar
Students present a seminar series based on their summer research projects.

ASTR 31300 Extragalactic (Astrophysics) Studies
Interpretation of observations of galaxies, quasars, and intergalactic material. The structure of selected individual objects is discussed as well as the contents of the universe as a whole.

ASTR 31600 Dynamics II (Particle Systems)
Dynamics of collisionless plasmas and stellar systems. Stochastic processes and kinetic equations. Dynamics of galaxies and star clusters. Astrophysical plasmas.

ASTR 32000 Relativistic Astrophysics
Special and General relativity and the experimental tests, with applications to astrophysical problems such as super-massive stars, black holes, relativistic star clusters, and gravitational radiation.

ASTR 32100 Cosmology
Study of physical cosmology with emphasis on the standard big-bang model and its observational and experimental tests.

ASTR 37100 Pre-Candidacy Research

ASTR 39900 Reading/Research in Astrophysics

ASTR 41600 Intergalactic Medium

ASTR 43100 Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

ASTR 48000 Current Topics in Astrophysics (Graduate)

ASTR 48100 Advanced Computational Techniques

ASTR 48200 Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration

ASTR 49400 Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics

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