Introduction to Astronomy Research introduces students to research. This course is designed to assist undergraduate research teams complete modest scientific research projects. Teams meet with their instructor to conduct research. Each student team makes observations, analyzes original data, writes and edits a team paper, has their paper reviewed by an external reviewer, and submits their paper for publication. Introduction to Astronomy Research purposely limits the difficulty of research projects. The goal of this course is to not only introduce students to research techniques and tools, but to guide them through the process of writing and editing a scientific paper. Contact is primarily with other students and instructors. Completion of this course prepares students for the much more demanding workshop, Advanced Astronomy Research, PHY 231.
Prerequisites
None.
- Participate in scientific research.
- Plan, as a team, a research project.
- Obtain and reduce observations from a remote robotic telescope for your project.
- Analyze reduced observations.
- Write and edit the team paper, obtain an external review, and submit for publication.