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SPAC   201 STARS,GALAXIES, & THE UNIVERSE           Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An introductory course for students in academic programs. The formation,
evolution, and death of stars; the composition and evolution of
galaxies; the structure and evolution of the universe.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM HB*227   Dufour, Reginald               *CURRENT ENR: 17
002 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM HB*227   O'Dell, Robert                 *CURRENT ENR: 11

SPAC   202 EXPLORATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM              Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An introductory course for students in academic programs, surveying
the sun, planetary motions, interplanetary fields and plasmas, the
planets, their satellites and rings, and comets. The purposes and
methods of manned and unmanned solar system exploration are also
discussed.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM HB*227   Freeman, John                  *CURRENT ENR: 18

SPAC   400 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR           Credits 1.00  Fall 99
Undergraduate level of Spac 500.
001 W       12:00PM-12:50PM HB*227   Michel, F.                     *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   403 ASTRONOMY FOR TEACHERS                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Learn how to teach astronomy concepts as specified by the state of
Texas. This class provides the most basic concepts and what is necessary
for students to master them, following the development specified in the
TEKS. Lab activites suitable for replication in K-9 classrooms and as
local field trip experience.
001 T       05:30PM-08:30PM TBA      Sumners, Carolyn               *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Smith, Ian                     *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   451 STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS                     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
See SPAC 551 for description.
Prereq- Spac 350 or 360 and Phys 301,302.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM HB*453   Liang, Edison                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   470 SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICS                     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
The Sun, solar-terrestrial relationships, solar wind; planetary
atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres.
Prereq- Spac 350 or Spac 360; Phys 301,302 or equivalent.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM HB*453   Cloutier, Paul                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   500 GRADUATE SEMINAR                         Credits 1.00  Fall 99
A presentation of current research programs in the department.
001 W       12:00PM-12:50PM HB*227   Michel, F.                     *CURRENT ENR: 8

SPAC   515 CLASSICAL DYNAMICS                       Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Langrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics; general relativistic mechanics.
Also offered as Phys 515.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM HB*453   Stevenson, Paul                *CURRENT ENR: 0
001 T       01:00PM-02:20PM HB*453   Stevenson, Paul                *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   516 MATHEMATICAL METHODS                     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Survey of analytical and numerical methods for research physicists and
astronomers.  Topics include:  complex variables, evaluation of
integrals, variational calculus, ordinary and partial differential
equations, special functions, and transform methods.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM HB*453   Michel, F.                     *CURRENT ENR: 3

SPAC   521 PLASMA KINETIC THEORY                    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Plasma kinetic equations (Klimontovich, Liouville, BBGKY,
Balescu-Lenard, Fokker-Planck, Vlasov), Vlasov theory of waves and
instabilities, connections to fluid plasma models.
Prereq- Spac 480, 515, 532.
001 WF      02:00PM-03:20PM HB*21    Chan, Anthony                  *CURRENT ENR: 3

SPAC   551 ASTROPHYSICS I: SUN AND STARS            Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Physics of stellar interiors and atmospheres; solar phenomena.  Concepts
of stellar evolution.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM HB*22    Liang, Edison                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   602 SPECIAL TOPICS:STARS & PLANET FORMATION  Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Star and Planet Formation. The topics would range from the nature of the
Giant Molecualr Clouds which are the source of the material, through
star-disk formation, and include the formation of planets, with a
comparison with the plethora of reported nearby and compound planetary
systems.
001 TBA     TBA             TBA      Hartigan, Patrick              *CURRENT ENR: 0

SPAC   700 TEACHING PRACTICUM                       Credits 1.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 7

SPAC   800 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 15

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