Astronomy Online Courses
I am an instructor for Swinburne Astronomy Online (SAO), where we offer graduate degree programmes in astronomy. Courses I teach or have taught previously include Exploring the Solar System, Tools of Modern Astronomy, Astrobiology, Cosmology and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe, and Galaxies and Their Place in the Universe.
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Exploring the Solar System
An introductory-level astronomy unit on our solar neighbourhood, introducing coordinate systems and timekeeping, the terrestrial and giant planets, minor bodies and the Sun. The emphasis is on conceptual astronomy rather than mathematical techniques and no background knowledge is assumed.
(Pioneer 10 - artists impression, image credit : Donald Davis / NASA Ames)
An introductory-level astronomy unit on our solar neighbourhood, introducing coordinate systems and timekeeping, the terrestrial and giant planets, minor bodies and the Sun. The emphasis is on conceptual astronomy rather than mathematical techniques and no background knowledge is assumed.
(Pioneer 10 - artists impression, image credit : Donald Davis / NASA Ames)
Tools of modern astronomy
Looks at the techniques astronomers use to carry out their science. Introduction to electromagnetic radiation, from gamma-rays to radio waves, focusing on both its emission and subsequent detection. The emphasis is on telescopes and their observations.
(SOAR telescope, Chile, image credit : Me)
Looks at the techniques astronomers use to carry out their science. Introduction to electromagnetic radiation, from gamma-rays to radio waves, focusing on both its emission and subsequent detection. The emphasis is on telescopes and their observations.
(SOAR telescope, Chile, image credit : Me)
Astrobiology and the Origins of Life
Provides an overview of the multi-disciplinary nature of astrobiology - combining geology, chemistry, biology and astronomy. It will investigate the origins and evolution of life on Earth, the interaction between life and its environment, and the search for life elsewhere in the Solar System and beyond.
(Black Smokers, image credit : NASA)
Provides an overview of the multi-disciplinary nature of astrobiology - combining geology, chemistry, biology and astronomy. It will investigate the origins and evolution of life on Earth, the interaction between life and its environment, and the search for life elsewhere in the Solar System and beyond.
(Black Smokers, image credit : NASA)
Cosmology and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
An introduction to cosmology, including the physics of the early Universe, dark matter and dark energy, and the evolution of the observed large-scale structure.
(Cosmological simulation, image credit : G.L. Bryan, M.L. Norman)
An introduction to cosmology, including the physics of the early Universe, dark matter and dark energy, and the evolution of the observed large-scale structure.
(Cosmological simulation, image credit : G.L. Bryan, M.L. Norman)
Galaxies and Their Place in the Universe
An introductory-level astronomy unit on galaxies & galaxy clustering, theories of dark matter, and galaxy formation and evolution. The emphasis is on conceptual astronomy rather than mathematical techniques and no background knowledge is assumed.
( Gravitationally lensed galaxies, image credit : NASA)
An introductory-level astronomy unit on galaxies & galaxy clustering, theories of dark matter, and galaxy formation and evolution. The emphasis is on conceptual astronomy rather than mathematical techniques and no background knowledge is assumed.
( Gravitationally lensed galaxies, image credit : NASA)
