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Covers solar system objects, solar atmospheric phenomena, planetary atmospheres, recent missions, comets, and the solar system's origin.

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Individual study for seniors completing theses for honors in the major, arranged with a faculty member.

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Individual study for seniors completing theses for honors in the major as arranged with a faculty member; continuation ofASTRON 681.

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Senior Thesis: Individual study for seniors completing theses as arranged with a faculty member.

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Senior Thesis is an individual study for seniors completing theses arranged with a faculty member, serving as a continuation of ASTRON 691.

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Directed study projects for juniors and seniors as arranged with a faculty member.

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Basic Astrophysics II introduces physical concepts for analyzing astrophysical dynamics, covering particle and fluid dynamics, gravitational dynamics, and magneto-hydrodynamics.

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Covers physical principles of stellar interiors including equilibrium, energy transport, nucleosynthesis, and evolution of main sequence, red giant, and degenerate stars, plus advanced topics like supernovae and binary evolution.

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Observational Cosmology covers the extragalactic distance scale, galaxy groups and clusters, and an introduction to general relativity, cosmological models, the microwave background, and galaxy formation.

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Advanced level mentored reading and research for graduate students in the Astronomy PhD program, focused on thesis work.

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Examines the origin and evolution of life using astronomy, biology, and geology, covering the search for extraterrestrial life and life's history in the solar system.

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Seminar in astrophysics covering current topics in the field.

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Covers wind, temperature, clouds, precipitation, storm systems, air pollution, global winds, seasonal changes, and climate variability.

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Weather and Climate covers wind, temperature, clouds, precipitation, storm systems, air pollution, global winds, and climate change, including map analyses and quantitative labs.

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Intermediate theory of fluid motions for atmosphere and ocean, emphasizing large-scale applications and geophysical wave types.

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Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean II covers radiation, energy budget, and cloud physics, including scattering, absorption, emission, and diabatic heating via shortwave and longwave processes.

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AOS Senior Capstone Seminar provides synthesis and overview, culminating in a student-chosen research presentation.

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A laboratory course covering local wind systems, thunderstorms, and mesoscale convection, focusing on analysis, prediction, and interpretation of satellite and radar data.

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Fundamentals of Physical Oceanography introduces ocean physics and thermodynamics, covering circulation, equations of motion, Ekman transport, Sverdrup balance, thermal wind, heat/salinity/momentum budgets, waves, and tides.

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Climatological Analysis covers mathematical and statistical tools for investigating climatological problems and treating climatological data.

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Introduction to radiation covering basic laws, radiative transfer, scattering, cloud/aerosol properties, and energy budgets in the atmosphere and ocean.

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Senior Honors Thesis: Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

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Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

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Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Senior Thesis is an individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, arranged with a faculty member.

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Directed study course for independent study arranged with a faculty member.

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Directed Study offering independent study arranged with a faculty member.

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Mesoscale Meteorology synthesizes atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics, and microphysics to explain the structure, evolution, and prediction of microscale, mesoscale, and cloud-scale weather.

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Covers advanced dynamics, synoptics, climate-dynamics, and atmospheric physics with recent advances.

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Graduate course on written and oral communication for atmospheric and oceanic science research, covering scientific writing, presentations, and peer review.

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