Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Autumn Quarter 2009
• Winter Quarter 2010

Eric Agol
ASTR 576
Seattle Campus

Astronomy Colloquium

Current research topics in astronomy and astrophysics. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of department.

Class description

This course is intended for graduate students to learn about a range of topics in modern research on astronomy and astrophysics.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

One hour lectures each week by guest speakers who are experts in their fields of astronomy and astrophysics.

Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

Requirements are to (1) attend at least 4 colloquia; (2) ask 2 questions out loud during the quarter of various speakers; (3) come up with a possible research topic/problem/question that you were inspired to think of while attending the talks.

Please jot down the above assignments and give to Eric Agol by last day of quarter to receive full credit.

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Modified:November 5, 2009