SUBJECT
Title
Seminar in Modern Astronomy 1-4
Type of instruction
practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2+2+2+2
Recommended in
Semesters 1-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
Students gain experience in giving scieniic presentaions and in reading/processing scientific papers.
Astronomical Seminar 1:
- giving a 15-20 minutes long presentaion, based on a short scieniic paper Astronomical
Seminar 2:
- giving a 15-20 minutes long presentaion, based on a long (min. 10 pages) scieniic paper Astronomical
Seminar 3:
- giving a 20-40 minutes long presentaion, based on one or more scieniic papers of total lebgth exceeding 10 pages, in the form of a free review of the subject Astronomical
Seminar 4:
- giving a 20-40 minutes long presentaion, based on one or more scieniic papers of total lebgth exceeding 10 pages, in the form of a free review of the subject
Readings
- Kartunen et al.: Fundamental Astronomy. 5Th ed., Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-34143-7
- Freedman and Kaufmann: Universe. 8th ed., W. H. Freeman Publ., 2007, ISBN: 978-0716785842
- Bradley et al.: Introducion to Modern Astrophysics. 2Nd ed., Benjamin Cummings Publ., 2006, ISBN 978- 0805304022