ASTR 309: Astrophysics Seminar I
Fall 2023
Fridays at 2:15pm
| Date | Presenter / Activity |
|---|---|
| 01 Sep | Hello 👋 |
| 08 Sep | Mihos: "So you wanna go to grad school...." |
| 15 Sep | Visgaitis (gas abundances) |
| 22 Sep | cancelled |
| 29 Sep | Carver (galaxy mergers w/ JWST) |
| 06 Oct | Gold (topic TBD) |
| 13 Oct | Jones (topic TBD) |
| 20 Oct | Malkan (topic TBD) |
| 27 Oct | Iyer (topic TBD) |
| 03 Nov | Burns-Watson (topic TBD) |
| 10 Nov | Song (topic TBD) |
| 17 Nov | Senior Project Presentations: (TBD) |
| 24 Nov | Thanksgiving Break 🦃 |
| 01 Dec | Senior Project Presentations: (TBD) |
| 08 Dec | Senior Project Presentations: (TBD) |
Faculty contact: Bill Janesh
ASTR 309 is a one credit hour course intended for 4th-year undergraduate astronomy students. It is required for majors. Depending on the week, we will be doing one of several various activities:
- Group discussion of a research paper from the astronomical literature. The paper will be chosen by popular vote from a list of possibilities sent out a week prior to the discussion date. Students should send suggestions for papers, as well as participate in the voting for the paper to be read.
- Individual research presentations by students and faculty.
- Discussions of best practices for research conduct.
- Having a research presentation by a visiting astronomer.
The course is graded pass/fail, based on the following criteria:
- Students must attend all sessions, unless an excused absence is arranged ahead of time with the instructor.
- Students must give a 20 minute oral presentation (40 minutes for advanced graduate students) on a topic of research. The scheduling and topic of the talks will be arranged in consultation with the instructor.
- For weeks when a paper is being discussed, students must read the paper in advance and be prepared to lead a group discussion of the paper.
- For weeks where there are student presentations, each student must complete a talk evaluation form after the presentation, to give to the presenter at the end of class.
- Full participation means: suggesting and voting on papers for discussion, reading assigned papers, contributing to discussions each week, giving assigned presentations, and completing talk evaluation forms.