SPST300 - Introduction to Space Studies
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REQUIRED FIRST COURSE before taking any 300 or 400 series core or major course in the BS in Aerospace.
Space studies, by its very nature, is an interdisciplinary subject.
These various disciplines will be surveyed in this course, at a level
appropriate for the non-specialist, including the space environment,
policy, astrodynamics, systems design, technologies, business and
management, law, applications, physical and life sciences, and space
and society. This course provides a foundation for more in-depth study
of these areas.
Prerequisites
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Corequisites
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Schedule of Classes
| 09/26/11 - 02/26/12 |
03/05/12 - 04/29/12 |
Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 05/27/12 |
Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 07/01/12 |
Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 12/26/11 - 05/27/12 |
06/04/12 - 07/29/12 |
Spring 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 01/30/12 - 06/24/12 |
07/02/12 - 08/26/12 |
Summer 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 02/27/12 - 07/29/12 |
08/06/12 - 09/30/12 |
Summer 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 03/26/12 - 08/26/12 |
09/03/12 - 10/28/12 |
Summer 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 04/30/12 - 09/23/12 |
10/01/12 - 11/25/12 |
Fall 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 05/28/12 - 10/28/12 |
11/05/12 - 12/30/12 |
Fall 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 06/25/12 - 11/25/12 |
12/03/12 - 01/27/13 |
Fall 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
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Stateside & Canadian Students: The e-book is available via the Online Library and the access information is provided in the classroom. If you wish to purchase the hard copy text, you may do so through the bookseller of your choice.
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Online Library E-book Note
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Something New Under the Sun: Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age
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| ISBN: |
0387949143
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Copernicus
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| Author: |
Gavaghan, Helen
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$22.75
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Harnessing the Heavens
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| ISBN: |
1879176459
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Imprint
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Gillespie, Paul and Grant Weller, editors
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$27.75
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Frontiers of Space Exploration, 2nd Ed-E-book provided inside the APUS Online Library
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0313325243/968659
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Greenwood
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| Author: |
Launius, Roger
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$48.00
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