Humanity in Space - GIS 4604 (Syllabus)

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Instructor: Luis E. Pena
E-mail:
Luis.Pena@stockton.edu
Phone: 652-4897
Office: J-107a (inside the Math Skills Center)
Office hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00pm
Thursday 2:00 - 3:30pm


Announcements:

February 27: The last presentation on the History of Space Travel as well as the presentation on the Space Shuttle are now available. The first test is now scheduled for this upcoming Friday, March 4th. It will cover all the power point lessons, nuclear fusion, Apollo 13, and our discussions. Finally, please read this
article for Wednesday's class. We'll discuss it then.
February 14: Last week's presentations on the History of Space Travel are now available.
February 8: The last class presentation (part 3) on the solar system is now available. I added a few images that might help to visualize some of the topics. Also finish reading Apollo 13 for next week.
January 30: Last week's power point presentations are now available in the Lessons section. There'll be a short 10 minute quiz on this material on Wednesday February 2nd.
January 23: Last week's power point presentations are now available in the Lessons section of this web page. I made some minor changes to them but overall they contain the same information as they did in class.


Lessons

Week 1:
Chapter 1 - Current Missions
Chapter 1 - Current Missions (Part 2)

Week 2:
Chapter 2 - The Solar System
Chapter 2 - The Solar System (Part 2)

Week 3:
Chapter 2 - The Solar System (Part 3)

Week 3:
Chapter 3 - The History of Space Travel
Chapter 3 - The History of Space Travel (Part 2)
Chapter 3 - The History of Space Travel (Part 3)

Week 4:
Chapter 4 - The Space Shuttle


Websites

Current Space News Websites
Space.com
UniverseToday.com
CNN's space page
NASA's news page
SpaceDaily.com
British space web page Solarspace
SpaceToday.net


Evaluation

Two Exams:   30%
Journal and other assignments:20%
Final Project30%
Class Participation20%



Luis Pena
Last modified: Sun Feb 27 20:38:47 EST 2005