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 It is replicated here as a courtesy, and this page may become outdated.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

2007 - 2008 : Autumn Winter Spring

AUTUMN, 2007 (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	4:30pm-5:50pm Tue, Fri AAC 123	Wayne Hu
ASTR 30900	Research Project Seminar	3:00pm-4:50pm Mon, Fri AAC 107	Hsiao-Wen Chen
ASTR 36100	Interstellar Matter	10:30am-11:50am Tue, Thu AAC 107	Donald G. York
ASTR 40300	Structure Formation in the Universe	10:30am-11:50am Mon, Wed AAC 123	Andrey V. Kravtsov
ASTR 40400	QSOs in the SDSS	9:00am-10:20am Tue, Thu AAC 107	Richard G. Kron

WINTER, 2008 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30200	Astrophysics II	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Alexei Khokhlov
*ASTR 30600	Radiation Measurements in Astrophysics	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Edward J. Kibblewhite
ASTR 33000	Computational Astrophysics	10:30am-11:50am Tue, Thu AAC 123	Fausto Cattaneo
ASTR 38100	General History of Astrophysics	3:00pm-5:50pm Tue AAC 123	Noel M. Swerdlow
ASTR 40600	Gravitational Lensing	12:00pm-1:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Scott Dodelson
ASTR 46400	Nuclear Astrophysics	1:30pm-2:50pm Mon, Wed AAC 107	James W. Truran

SPRING, 2008 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30300	Astrophysics III	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Doyal
*ASTR 30400	Astrophysics IV	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Stephen M. Kent
ASTR 30700	Preparation for Summer Research Project	1:30pm-4:20pm Mon AAC 107	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 31500	Dynamics I (Fluids)	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Fri AAC 107	Arieh Konigl
ASTR 34000	Statistical Methods in Astrophysics	10:30am-11:50am Wed, Fri AAC 123	Joshua A. Frieman
ASTR 37100	Pre-Candidacy Research	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 43600	Theory of Supernovae	12:00pm-1:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Alexei Khokhlov
ASTR 49400	Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth

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 31500 Dynamics I (Fluids)
Principles of hydrodynamics and hydromagnetics. Equilibrium and stability of fluid systems in astrophysics. Waves. Shocks. Turbulence.

ASTR 33000 Computational Astrophysics
Basic computational methods useful for astrophysics, supplemented by specific examples drawn primarily from astrophysics. Starting with basics (e.g., precision, errors and error analysis) and basic computational methods (differentiation, integration/quadrature, Monte Carlo, numerical linear algebra), and then discussing solution of problems posed in terms of ordinary and partial differential equations.

ASTR 34000 Statistical Methods in Astrophysics
An exploration of the variety of statistical methods used in modern astrophysics.

ASTR 36100 Interstellar Matter
Physics of the Interstellar Gas. Emission nebulae. H I regions. Interstellar grains and molecules. Cosmic rays and the inter-stellar magnetic field.

ASTR 37100 Pre-Candidacy Research

ASTR 38100 General History of Astrophysics

ASTR 39900 Reading/Research in Astrophysics

ASTR 40300 Structure Formation in the Universe

ASTR 40400 QSOs in the SDSS

ASTR 40600 Gravitational Lensing
Theory of bending of light by gravitational potentials followed by astrophysical and cosmological applications including: microlensing, planetary searches, strong lensing, and weak lensing.

ASTR 43600 Theory of Supernovae

ASTR 46400 Nuclear Astrophysics

ASTR 49400 Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics

Graduate Courses Archive

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