3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1018296CNR for all students in the 2nd semester of even academic years (e.g. 2012-2013)
at
a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
- Semester
- biennial: 2nd semester of an even academic year (e.g. 2012-2013)
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Students must have followed ‘Introduction to Astrophysics’, before they can enroll for ‘Galactic Astronomy’.
Je hebt ‘Inleiding astrofysica’ gevolgd, alvorens ‘Galactische astronomie’ op te nemen.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
- Department
- Physics
- Educational team
- Katrien Kolenberg
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 13 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
- Course Content
Introduction to extragalactic astronomy
- Morphology of galaxies
- The interstellar medium
- Stellar and gas kinematics: observations and interpretation
- Dark matter in galaxies
- Interacting and peculiar galaxies
- Active Galactic Nuclei
- Formation and evolution of galaxies
- Galaxy clusters and large scale structure
- Elements of cosmology
- Course material
- Handbook (Recommended) : Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology – An Introduction, Peter Schneider, Springer
Digital course material (Recommended) : articles, chapters, project reports
- Additional info
None
- Learning Outcomes
-
General Competencies
- Acquire knowledge about physical and observational properties of extragalactic objects;
- Write a report about a project assignment - gaining the ability to communicate results in an efficient and clear way;
- Analyse some observational/experimental data.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Oral exam with writt prep
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 60% of the final mark.
Note: Oral examination with written preparation about the lectures and about the project report.
Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Practical Exam
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 40% of the final mark.
Note: Written report of a project assignment that will be given during the year.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Oral examination with written preparation about the lectures and about the project report.
Written report of a project assignment that will be given during the year.
The exam will assess the following competences:
- knowledge of the fundamentals of extragalactic astronomy
- insight in some current forefront research problems
- being able to solve problems in an independent and critical way.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Physics and Astronomy: Default track (only offered in Dutch)