Teaching
- Title: Astronomical Universe
- Prerequisite: none
- Comments: A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology
and then back to the Solar System for non-science majors.
- Currently being taught
- Title: Astronomical Universe (Honors Section)
- Prerequisite: none
- Comments: A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology
and then back to the Solar System for non-science majors.
- Last taught: Spring 2001
- Title: Elementary Astronomy Laboratory
- Prerequisite or concurrent: Astro 1 or 10
- Comments: Selected experiments to illustrate astronomical principles
for non-science majors.
- Last taught: Fall 1996
Astro 293
- Title: Observational Astronomy Laboratory
- Prerequisite or concurrent: Astro 292 (or come talk to me)
- Comments: Selected experiments in observational astronomy using
computers, telescopes, and modern instrumentation.
- Last taught: Spring 1995
- Title: Nebulae, Galaxies, and Cosmology
- Prerequisites: Astro 292, Physics 204
- Comments: Emission line spectroscopy, the structure and evolution of
galaxies, physics of galactic nuclei and quasars, observational cosmology.
- Last taught: Fall 2002
- Title: Extragalactic Astronomy
- Prerequisites: Astro 501, 502
- Comments: Galaxies, their evolution, and the quest for
the cosmological parameters H0, q0, Omega(matter), Omega(lambda).
- Last taught: Spring 2006
Astro 505 (half semester)
- Title: Advanced Theory -- The Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae
- Prerequisites: Astro 501, 502
- Comments: The physics of H II regions, planetary nebulae, and AGN line
emission.
- Last taught: Spring 1995
- Title: Stellar Structure and Evolution
- Prerequisites: Astro 501, 502
- Comments: The mechanical and thermal structure of stars, element
nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution from the ZAMS through post-AGB stages.
- Last taught: Spring 2007
Web page by Robin Ciardullo ( rbc@astro.psu.edu )
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Penn State University