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Specialistic seminar I

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Course ID:	1104-5A14
Erasmus code / ISCED:	13.705 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Specialistic seminar I
Name in Polish:	Proseminarium specjalistyczne III
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Physics
Course groups:	Astronomy (2nd level); 2nd year courses
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Prerequisites (description):	Bachelor of Science degree needed
Short description:	Seminar on contemporary achievements of theoretical and observational astrophysics
Full description:	Seminar is devoted to review of up-to-date papers on theoretical and observational astrophysics. Particularly, papers on compact stars (white dwarfs, neutron stars), sources of x-ray radiation (bursters, accreting black holes, interstellar medium) and papers presenting observations of celestial objects from space (e.g. cosmic microwave radiation) are presented. The main instructive aim is to acquaint students with methods of preparing and presentation of lectures. Seminars are prepared by students based on papers published in refereed journals or are available as preprints written in English. Seminar is available to students of the 1st and 2nd grade of Astronomy II courses. Seminars are supervised by members of the scientific staff of the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory
Bibliography:	Papers provided by lecturers.
Learning outcomes:	After taking part in the seminar, the student: 1) reads scientific papers with proper understanding 2) prepares presentation in electronic form 3) delivers in attractive manner his presentation 4) is capable to listen and understand lectures presented by other 5) takes part in discussion following the presentation
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	presentations, attendance checking, activity

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU PSEM W TH FR
Type of class:	Proseminar, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Dorota Rosińska
Group instructors:	Grzegorz Pojmański
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Proseminar - Grading

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU PSEM W TH FR
Type of class:	Proseminar, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Dorota Rosińska
Group instructors:	(unknown)
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Proseminar - Grading

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