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ASTRO 1101
Course Description
"From Black Holes to undiscovered worlds" - a journey through our fascinating universe. Ever wondered about the universe? What you see in the night sky? How stars get born and how they die? How Black holes ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lewis, N
Lunine, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- M To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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- M To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Lewis, N
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- T To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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ASTRO 1195
Course Description
Provides a "hands-on" introduction to observational astronomy intended for liberal arts students. High school mathematics is assumed, but otherwise there are no formal prerequisites. The course objective ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Space Sciences Building 622
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Stacey, G
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- W Clark Hall 132
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Stacey, G
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ASTRO 2202
Course Description
Writing course designed to develop an understanding of modern solar system exploration. Discussion will center on describing our home planet as a member of a diverse family of objects in our solar system. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hayes, A
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ASTRO 2211
Course Description
Course surveying the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang onwards: what happens in the first few minutes of the universe's life; star formation, structure, and evolution; the physics of white dwarfs, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Ho, A
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ASTRO 3301
Course Description
More than five thousand planets circling other stars have been discovered over the past two decades, and many more discoveries are sure to come. With the recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kaltenegger, L
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ASTRO 3303
Course Description
This course provides an overview of our current understanding of how galaxies have evolved over the last 13+ billion years and how their evolution has been influenced by their local intergalactic environment. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Staff
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ASTRO 4410
Course Description
The course covers methods in optical and radio astronomy and selected topics in astrophysics. Major experiments use techniques chosen from charge-coupled device (CCD) imaging, optical photometry, optical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Space Sciences Building 622
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Cordes, J
Stacey, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Waitlisted students will be contacted to complete a survey to determine eligibility according to Major preferences and prerequisites.
Nighttime optical observing will be scheduled as weather permits. Lab times will be flexible depending on each student’s schedule.
ASTRO 4431
Course Description
Major topics include: the structure and evolution of stars; solar neutrino astronomy; stellar seismology; the physics of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes; the physics of low mass stars and connection ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASTRO 6560, PHYS 7667
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Wasserman, I
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Instruction Mode: In Person
ASTRO 4445
Course Description
One-semester introduction to general relativity that develops the essential structure and phenomenology of the theory without requiring prior exposure to tensor analysis. General relativity is a fundamental ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHYS 4445
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Flanagan, E
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Students unable to enroll in open class components during their pre-enroll window can join the waitlist at www.physics.cornell.edu/waitlist. Students will be placed in available spots prior to the start of classes when possible.
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- M To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
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Flanagan, E
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ASTRO 4940
Course Description
Individuals work on selected topics. A program of study is devised by the student and instructor. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Bean, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hayes, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Chernoff, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Cordes, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Flanagan, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Fielding, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Ho, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lewis, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lai, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Niemack, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Lunine, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Nicholson, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Romanova, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Stacey, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Schmidt, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Teukolsky, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Wasserman, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Chatterjee, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Helfenstein, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kidder, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Loredo, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Sullivan, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Savransky, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Kaltenegger, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASTRO 6509
Course Description
A comprehensive introduction to Einstein's theory of relativistic gravity. This course focuses on the formal structure of the theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHYS 6553
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Hartman, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASTRO 6531
Course Description
This course will survey fluid dynamics (including magnetohydrodynamics and some plasma physics) important for understanding astronomical phenomena. Topics include basic fluid and MHD concepts and equations, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Space Sciences Building 301
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Fielding, D
Lai, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASTRO 6560
Course Description
Intended to provide a systematic development of stellar astrophysics, both theory and observations. Topics include: hydrostatic equilibrium, equation of state, radiation transfer and atmospheres, convection ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASTRO 4431, PHYS 7667
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Wasserman, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASTRO 6579
Course Description
A graduate level course in astrodynamics and trajectory design. Course topics include a brief review of the two body problem, impulsive transfers, and perturbations; orbit determination and one-way ranging; ... view course details
ASTRO 6599
Course Description
Intended to provide a detailed theoretical development of current ideas in cosmology. Topics include Big Bang cosmology and the universe's matter content; a cosmological chronology very early universe, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHYS 6599
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Space Sciences Building 622
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Chernoff, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ASTRO 6940
Course Description
Guided reading and seminars on topics not currently covered in regular courses. view course details
ASTRO 7683
Course Description
This course is a reading seminar where graduate students will gain astronomy breadth, practice public speaking, and distill important results from seminal astronomy research papers. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
ASTRO 7690
Course Description
Covers numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra and eigenvalue problems, integration, nonlinear equations, optimization, and fast Fourier transforms. Find out how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHYS 4480, PHYS 7680
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Mueller, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person