Courses Taught
Courses Taught
A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology and then back to the Solar System for non-science majors.
A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology and then back to the Solar System for non-science majors.
A survey of Astronomy, from Stars to Galaxies to Cosmology.
Selected experiments to illustrate astronomical principles for non-science majors.
Selected experiments in observational astronomy using computers, telescopes, and modern instrumentation.
Theory of Stellar structure and evolution including energy generation and transport and an examination of stellar models.
Emission line spectroscopy, the structure and evolution of galaxies, physics of galactic nuclei and quasars, observational cosmology.
Graduate class of concepts, tools, techniques, and essential background in stellar, Galactic, and extragalactic astronomy and cosmology.
Galaxies, their evolution, and the quest for the cosmological parameters H0, q0, Omega(matter), Omega(lambda).
Half-semester class on the physics of H II regions, planetary nebulae, and AGN line emission.
The mechanical and thermal structure of stars, element nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution from the ZAMS through post-AGB stages.
Seminar on using planetary nebulae as tools for a variety of astrophysics problems, in stellar astronomy, extragalactic physics, and cosmology.