Courses Taught
Astro 1: The Astronomical Universe
Last Taught: Fall 2020
Prerequisites: None
A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology and then back to the Solar System for non-science majors.
Astro 1H: The Astronomical Universe (Honors Section)
Last Taught: Spring 2001
Prerequisites: None
A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology and then back to the Solar System for non-science majors.
Astro 6: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Last Taught: Fall 2014
Prerequisites: None
A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology.
Astro 11: Elementary Astronomy Laboratory
Last Taught: Fall 1996
Prerequisite or Concurrent: ASTRO 1 or 10
Selected experiments to illustrate astronomical principles for non-science majors.
Astro 293: Observational Astronomy Laboratory
Last Taught: Spring 1995
No Longer Taught
Selected experiments in observational astronomy using computers, telescopes, and modern instrumentation.
Astro 414: Stellar Structure and Evolution
Last Taught: Spring 2015
Prerequisites: ASTRO 292, MATH 230, PHYS 212, 213, 214, 237
Theory of Stellar structure and evolution including energy generation and transport and an examination of stellar models.
Last Taught: Spring 2021
Prerequisites: ASTRO 292, PHYS 212, 213, 214
Emission line spectroscopy, the structure and evolution of galaxies, physics of galactic nuclei and quasars, observational cosmology.
Last Taught: Fall 2022
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Preparation
Graduate class of concepts, tools, techniques, and essential background in stellar, Galactic, and extragalactic astronomy and cosmology.
Last Taught: Spring 2009
Prerequisites: Astro 501 and 502
Galaxies, their evolution, and the quest for the cosmological parameters H0, q0, Omega(matter), Omega(lambda).
Astro 505a: Advanced Theory: The Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebula
Last Taught: Spring 1995
Prerequisites: Astro 501 and 502
Half-semester class on the physics of H II regions, planetary nebulae, and AGN line emission.
Last Taught: Spring 2023
Prerequisites: Astro 501 and 502
The mechanical and thermal structure of stars, element nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution from the ZAMS through post-AGB stages.
Astro 589: 1001 Uses of Planetary Nebulae
Last Taught: Spring 2023
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Preparation
Seminar on using planetary nebulae as tools for a variety of astrophysics problems, in stellar astronomy, extragalactic physics, and cosmology.