SUBJECT

Title

Seminar in Modern Astronomy 1-4

Type of instruction

practical

Level

master

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