Current Courses

Spring 2025 Class Schedule

MWF Schedule

, Intro to Fluid Dynamics (Core, 1st year)
Instructor: Cranmer
Room: E126
10:10a-11:00a

, Obs & Stats (Core, 1st year)
Instructor: da Silva Santos
Room: E126
1:25p-2:15p

, High Energy AstrophysicsÌý(Elective)
Instructor: Dexter
Room: E126
9:05a-9:55a

Electives outside of the APS Department mustÌýbe submitted toÌýjulie.comerford@colorado.edu for approval.Ìý

Historical courses offerings can be found at classes.colorado.edu.

T/TH Schedule

, Intro to Magnetospheres (Elective)
Instructor: Ergun
Room: D142
9:30a-10:45a (T/Th)

, Topics in Planetary Science: Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces and Atmospheres (Elective)
Instructor: Hayne
Room: E126
2:00p-3:15p (T/Th)

, Seminar in Planetary Sciences: The coronal cooling problemÌý
Instructor: Rast
Room: E126
3:25-4:15p (W)

Description: While the source of heating for the solar and stellar coronas is often the focus of attention, with any heating, the million degree corona is a direct result of the lack of efficient cooling there. ÌýIn this seminar we will read relevant papers and, based on them, write python code to explore the heating/cooling balance in a one dimensional static corona. ÌýWe will also model the solar wind, examining sensitivity of the Parker wind solution to the coronal temperature, focusing on some recent work aiming to recover the solar wind acceleration profiles observed by the Parker Solar Probe.Ìý Ìý Ìý
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, Seminar in Astrophysics: Black Holes vs. Galaxies
Instructor: Begelman/Nelson
Room: E126
4:00p-4:50p (Th)

Description: With the remarkable capabilities of JWST in the infrared, we have uncovered a large population of "little red dots" which have begun to change the way we understand the early growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes. These enigmatic, high redshift objects resemble accreting supermassive black holes in some respects and star-forming galaxies in others, but don't seem to fit squarely into either category.Ìý We will read and discuss a selection of papers describing key observational results, early attempts to model and explain these objects theoretically, and their implications for our understanding of the early universe.Ìý

Links on course numbers will direct you to the CU catalog course description. Otherwise, please refer to for additional information and historical data for past courses.Ìý