Course Identification

Title:

Advanced topics in astrophysics seminar

Code:

20251013

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Doron Kushnir

TA's:

Avshalom Badash

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Full Year

When / Where:

Sunday, 13:15 - 14:00, Benozio Center for Astrophysics, astrophysics meeting room (number 270
Tuesday, 13:15 - 14:00, Benozio Center for Astrophysics, astrophysics meeting room (number 270

First Lecture:

05/11/2024

End date:

08/07/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Seminar; Elective; Regular; 1.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Seminar; 1.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

50%

Seminar:

50%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

Each student will be responsible for presenting two papers on astrophysics topics over the course of the year.

Students participating in the course are expected to attend most of the meetings.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Upon successful completion of the course the students will have experience in critically reading and presenting scientific results in the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A