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AN: ED11A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Space Weather At George Mason University
AU: Poland, A I
EM: apoland@gmu.edu
AF: School of Computational Sciences George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS 5C3, Fairfax, va 22030
AU: * Zhang, J
EM: jiez@scs.gmu.edu
AF: School of Computational Sciences George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS 5C3, Fairfax, va 22030
AB: George Mason University (GMU), located in Fairfax, Virginia has an exciting and rapidly growing set of graduate programs in Astrophysics, Space Weather, Planetary Sciences, and Earth Sciences. The faculty members in these programs are affiliated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the School of Computational Sciences (SCS). The synergy between these two departments creates opportunities for learning not found in traditional programs. Our curriculum emphasizes multi-disciplinary science that crosses traditional department boundaries. Space Weather/solar terrestrial physics is one of these multi-disciplinary areas. We expect our students to develop a deep understanding of the Sun, the heliosphere, geospace, and their interactions; we emphasize a systems view. The graduate program in Space Weather at GMU offers degrees at the Masters (M.S.) and Doctoral (Ph. D) levels through the School of Computational Sciences (SCS) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). A wide variety of relevant courses are offered through (SCS) in partnership with (CAS). Students also have the opportunity to do research associated with the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Navel Research Laboratory. For more information on the program see: http://www.scs.gmu.edu/spaceweather/ Undergraduates and people from local industry are also taking some of our courses to further their education in this area. Many of them are finding the lectures directly relevant to their daily work, such as satellite orbit maintenance.
UR: http://www.scs.gmu.edu/spaceweather/
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly