Outline of AST 701, "Astrophysics Graduate Seminar I"

Course material can be found online at URL

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/ast701/ast701.html

Instructors

Michael Richmond
Building 76, Office 1274
Office phone: 475-2538
FAX: : 475-5988
E-mail: mwrsps at rit dot edu

Dan Batcheldor
Building 76, Office 3104
Office phone: 475-2436
FAX: : 475-5988
E-mail: dpbpci at astro dot rit dot edu

Class hours

   Monday     2:00 -  3:00 pm   IT Collab        (Journal Club)
   Monday     4:00 -  5:00 pm   76-1275 or UofR  (colloquia)
   Friday     2:00 -  4:00 pm   76-2240  or  76-2155

Michael Richmond's Office Hours

   Monday    11:00 -  noon      76-1274                          
   Tuesday   11:00 -  noon      COS Study Center (Bldg 8 lobby)
   Wednesday  noon -  1:00 PM   76-1274
   Thursday  10:00 - 11:00 AM   76-1274

You may call to make an appointment. If my office door is open, feel free to enter. I'm almost always in my office :-(

Course Overview

Fridays, 2-4pm and 'home' work.
Journal Club.
Departmental Seminars and Summaries.

Through the Year

Fall: Basic skills.
Winter: Grant writing.
Spring: Paper writing.

All quarters will be interspersed with other activities, such as visiting UofR, using data archives, modeling results, and anything else you have questions about.

Grading

The course grade will be based on attendance, participation in class, and on several homework assignments which will be given one week and collected the next.

This page maintained by Michael Richmond. Last modified Aug 23, 2008.