Courses and Reserve

Spring 2018

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PTYS 170A1

Planet Earth: Evolution of the Habitable World

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Kortenkamp
Tuesday, Thursday
2:00 - 3:15PM
Flandrau 219B
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 170B2

The Universe and Humanity: Origin and Destiny

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Kortenkamp
Tuesday, Thursday
11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m.
Kuiper 308
Kuiper 308
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 206

Our Golden Age of Planetary Exploration

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Andrews-Hanna
Tuesday, Thursday
12:30 - 1:45p.m.
Kuiper 308
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 214

Astrobiology: A Planetary Perspective

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Spitale
Tuesday, Thursday
2:00 - 3:15PM
Kuiper 308
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 342

Life on Mars: Fact and Fiction

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Swindle
Wednesday, Friday
12:30 - 1:45p.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Black Amazon of Mars
  • Mars Underground
  • Martian Chronicles
  • The Martians
  • War of the Worlds

PTYS 411

Geology and Geophysics of the Solar System

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Hamilton
Tuesday, Thursday
2:00 - 3:15PM
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Planetary Surface Processes

PTYS 442

Mars

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Carter
Tuesday, Thursday
11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 450

Origin of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Youdin
Tuesday, Thursday
2:00 - 3:15PM
SO 204
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Astrophysics of Planet Formation

PTYS 510A

Cosmochemistry

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Zega
Tuesday, Thursday
12:30 - 1:45p.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Cosmochemistry
  • Meteorites and the Early Solar System II
  • Meteorites, Comets, and Planets
  • Planetary Materials

PTYS 519

Physics of the Earth

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Harig
Tuesday, Thursday
9:30-10:45a.m.
Gould-Simpson 203

Books on Reserve:

  • Geodynamics

PTYS 541B

Dynamic Metereology

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Galarneau
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10:00 - 10:50a.m.
PAS 488

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 542

Mars

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Carter
Tuesday, Thursday
11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF)

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 550

Origin of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Youdin
Tuesday, Thursday
2:00 - 3:15PM
SO 204
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Astrophysics of Planet Formation

PTYS 553

Solar System Dynamics

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Malhotra
Tuesday, Thursday
9:30 - 10:45a.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Solar System Dynamics

PTYS 558

Plasma Physics with Astrophysical and Solar System Applications

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Giacalone
Monday, Wednesday
9:30 - 10:45a.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

  • Physics of Solar System Plasmas
  • Solar Astrophysics
  • The Physics of Astrophysics, Vol. II : Gas Dynamics
  • The Physics of Plasmas

PTYS 579

Boundary Layer Meteorology & Surface Processes

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Hazenberg
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
1:00 - 1:50p.m.
PAS 488

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 582

High Energy Astrophysics

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Ozel
Monday, Wednesday
2:00 - 2:50p.m.
SO 204

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 589

Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Rozo
Tuesday, Thursday
2:00 - 3:15PM
Saguaro Hall 223

Books on Reserve:

  • Modern Cosmology

PTYS 594A

Planetary Geology Field Studies

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Byrne
Friday
3:00-5:00pm
Kuiper 312
Syllabus (PDF) / Course Page

Books on Reserve:

None

PTYS 595B

Special Topics in Planetary Science

Section: 1
Instructor(s): Yelle
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
11:00 - 11:50a.m.
Kuiper 312

Books on Reserve:

None