ASTR 496

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Seminar in Astronomy

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Lectures on topics of current interest in astronomy and astrophysics; for advanced undergraduates and graduates. See Class Schedule for current topics.

1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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ASTR 496 class schedule data for fall 2015
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
54363	Lecture	APA	4:00PM -4:50PM	R	Location Pending	Fields, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 1 hours Section Info: The Art and Practice of Astronomy Advanced undergraduates are welcome but should seek permission of an instructor. This course will introduce students to some of the tools, opportunities, expectations, and challenges of a career in astronomy and astrophysics research. For about half of the class meetings, students will collaborate interactively to address open-ended research questions qualitatively and quantitatively, using order-of-magnitude and dimensional analyses. The rest of the course meetings will focus on professional preparation and skills, including: scientific writing, oral presentation skills, building a curriculum vitae, posdoctoral fellowships, faculty and research positions, grantsmanship, and ethics. This course is open to graduate students and senior undergraduates with interests in astronomy, astrophysics, and/or cosmology.
65200	Lecture	OBS	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	134 Astronomy Building	Looney, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Star Formation Section Info: ASTR 496 OBS: Observational ISM and Star Formation Advanced undergraduates with an interest in astronomy and star formation can take this course under ASTR 496. Cross-listed with ASTR 505. This course provides a survey of the current status of observational star formation. Particular emphasis will be placed on making and interpreting physical measurements and how they relate to our understanding of star formation. Specifically, this course will discuss the general Interstellar Medium, molecular clouds, low-mass star formation, high-mass star formation, and young clusters.
65303	Online	RB	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Brunner, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Foundations of Data Science Section Info: Foundations of Data Science This class is an asynchronous, online course. This course will build a practical foundation for data science by teaching students basic tools and techniques that can scale to large computational systems and massive data sets. Students will first learn how to work at a Unix command prompt before learning about source code control software like git and the github site. Next, the Python programming language will be covered, with a focus on specific aspects of the language and associated Python modules that are relevant for Data Science. Python will be introduced and used primarily via the IPython (or Jupyter) Notebooks, and will cover the Numpy, Scipy, MatPlotlib, Pandas, Seaborn, and scikit_learn Python modules. These capabilities will be demonstrated through simple data science tasks such as obtaining data, cleaning data, visualizing data, and basic data analysis. Students must have access to a fairly modern computer, ideally that supports hardware virtualization, on which they can install software. This section is open to sophomore, juniors, seniors, and graduate students in Astronomy or Physics. Students in other disciplines should enroll in the course as INFO 490 RB (CRN: 65222). Restriction(s): Restricted to Physics or Astronomy major(s) or minor(s). Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.