| INSTRUCTOR: | Paul Shapiro |
| Office: | RLM 16.204 |
| Phone: | 471-9422, or leave word at 471-3326 |
| E-mail: | shapiro381@astro.as.utexas.edu |
| Office Hours: | Immediately following class, or by appointment |
| TA: | Ilian Iliev |
| Office: | RLM 16.212 |
| Phone: | 471-8443, or leave word at 471-3326 |
| E-mail: | iliev@astro.as.utexas.edu |
| Office Hours: | TH 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., or by appointment |
| TEXTBOOK: | No required text. Professor will hand out a complete and self-contained set of lecture notes. |
| EXAMS: | None |
| HOMEWORK: |
(1) Lecture note hand-outs will be required reading.
(2) Regular homework problem sets will be assigned roughly once per week, due in class one week later (unless otherwise indicated). (3) A student lecture on a topic to be chosen in consultation with and approved by the professor will be scheduled for the final weeks of class, and accompanying lecture notes on this topic will be handed in at this time. |
| GRADING: | The course grade will be based on the homework problem set grades, the student lecture, and the accompanying lecture notes. |
| PREREQUISITES: | Suitable for all beginning and advanced graduate students in astronomy and physics. Otherwise consent of instructor is required. |