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AS6011:06

Astronomy Literature Review

External

HECS Band 2

Semester 1 (February to May) and Semester 2 (September to December).
This subject is delivered via the Internet using Blackboard through Learn JCU. Each week the student will be given an appropriate mixture of lecture material, assignment material, readings and self learning. Assessment will probably be on a week-by-week basis and there will be a final project report.
The delivery is equivalent to four hours of lectures, four hours of tutorials and four hours workshops/seminars per week.

Available only to students enrolled in the Master of Astronomy and Doctor of Astronomy.

Staff:

Assoc. Professor G White.

This subject is a literature research project in the Doctor of Astronomy degree. It is the first of the true research subjects. Students will become familiar with the primary astronomical literature (journals, books and other archives) much of which is abstracted and available on-line on the Internet. Topics will be on observational astronomy and astrophysics. This is to prepare students for their own original research project.

Learning Objectives:

introduction to the way in which the Universe is studied at an advanced level;

immersion in the reporting/publishing skills of science;

introduction to advanced measurement techniques through the published work of other scientists;

learn of the limitations in experimental work, and the sources of error that are present, and how error is eliminated in experimental work;

learn the vocabulary of science and the think processes of scientists;

learn written and verbal presentation skills.

Assessment by three essays (10% each) (30%); three assignments (10% each) (30%); end-of-semester project (40%).