| COURSE: | AST 396C: ELEMENTS OF COSMOLOGY
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| SEMESTER: | Spring 1998,
Unique Number 43190 |
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| HOURS: | 11:00-12:30 p.m.
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| LOCATION: | RLM 15.216B
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| TEXTBOOK: | Lecture notes
will be primary source of course material. In addition, we
will use Padmanabhan, T. 1993, Structure Formation in the Universe
(Cambridge University Press).
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| EXAMS: | There will be
one midterm exam during the semester and no final exam.
Tentative Exam Date: March 12
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| HOMEWORK: | Problem sets
will be assigned regularly and must be handed in. In
addition, a student talk is to be presented and an accompanying set of
lecture notes handed in at the time of the lecture, to be scheduled during
the final weeks of class, on a topic selected in consultation with the
professor.
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| GRADING: | The course
grade will be based on the average of three grades of equal
weight: (1) Problem Sets; (2) Midterm Exam; (3) Student Talk and Lecture Notes.
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| INSTRUCTOR: | Professor Paul
Shapiro
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| OFFICE: | RLM 17.320
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| Phone: 471-9422 or leave word at
471-3326
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| E-Mail:
shapiro396@astro.as.utexas.edu
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| Office Hours:
Thursday 4-5 p.m. or by appointment
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| T.A./Homework Grader: | Mr. Ilian Iliev
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| Office: RLM 16.212 |
| Phone: 471-8443 or leave word at
471-3326
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| E-Mail:
iliev@astro.as.utexas.edu
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| Office Hours: Wednesday,
11:00-12:00 p.m.
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