Tomorrow is a holiday so no classes, but a great opportunity to catch up on sleep, homework etc or enjoy doing something fun. Read below for talks happening this week as well as some tips for winter quarter.
Colloquium/Undergrad Meet and Greet: Jill Knapp (Princeton) will give a talk this week on "High-Velocity Stars in the Galaxy". The talk is on Thursday and begins at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served at 3:45pm in the foyer. Dr. Knapp is also interested in meeting with senior undergraduates interested in graduate school. This meeting will take place on Thursday, at 3pm in C341. Please send me a quick note if you are interested in attending so we know how many students to expect.
Astro Lunch: Wednesday at 12:30 in B356A, Wenjin Huang (UW) will give a talk on "Witness Evolution of Rotation of Massive Stars". Please bring your lunch!
Winter quarter registration tips: Trying to put your winter schedule together? Remember to use DARS (found on your MyUW page) to help determine which classes you still need to complete for University and Departmental requirements. If you need help finding a general education requirement course use this course search tool: http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/genedinq.html. There is also a list of interesting general courses provided by central campus advising found here: http://www.washington.edu/uaa/gateway/advising/registration/sgec.php.
Winter Astronomy courses: Here is a list of winter classes that are applicable to Astronomy majors:
Astronomy 300- astro computing offered winter quarter, is a highly recommended course if you are planning to take Astr 480- data analysis in the spring.
Astr 322- Galaxies is part of the core Astronomy requirements.
Astr 421- Stellar Observations and Theory taught by Ana Larson http://www.astro.washington.edu/astro421/
Astr 425- Cosmology taught by Andrew Connolly (example from winter 07 class with Eric Agol: http://www.astro.washington.edu/agol/astr425.html)
Enjoy the week,
Sarah
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