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LAW 3172: Law and National Security Space Operations
This course explores the development of law (domestic and international) governing space operations generally, application of the law to present day national security activities, and emerging issues in national security space law. The course will address the impact of the UN space treaties to national security activities, international and domestic law governing national security space […]
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BIOL 4947: Pop-Up Astrobiology Lab I
Welcome to Pop-Up Labs! In the first semester of this course, we will to tackle real-world astrobiology research questions. Regardless of where samples derive from, we’ll enter the world of extremophile microbiology and discover something new. In the fall semester, we will design our project in collaboration with this year’s astrobiology partners, collect and inventory […]
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SEST 6567: Space Technologies and Security
This course examines the extent to which spacepower doctrine, concepts, and operations influence national security strategy and international security. It identifies key space policy issues facing the United States and places them in the larger context of technological advances and a changing international strategic environment. The course will briefly examine the historical and policy foundations […]
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ERTH 4010: Environmental GIS
Students will learn how to work with geospatial data to understand and address environmental issues. Popular GIS tools (such as ArcGIS) will be used to create maps for the effective communication of many types of environmental data. Relevant applications in areas such as climate science, biodiversity monitoring, and human-ecosystem interactions will be explored. More advanced […]
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LAW 3078: Commercial Space Law
This course will provide an overview of U.S. domestic legal regimes that govern commercial spaceflight activities, including those managed by the Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Commerce, U.S. Defense Department and State Department. The course will examine existing regulations and statutes as well as current discussions about changes to policy and law […]
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HIST 3413: Outer Space—Plato to Pluto
Human beings, regardless of when and where, have looked to the skies and pondered, “what’s up there.” Answers and speculations have found their way into religious texts, scientific books, and the canon of world literature. Some reflections highlight the differences between the world above and the world we live in, others on connections and similarities. […]
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SEST 6518: Space Strategy, Policy, and Ops
This course examines the extent to which space power theory, concepts, and operations influence national security strategy and international security. It identifies key space policy issues facing the United States and places them in the larger context of a changing international strategic environment. This course will briefly examine the historical and policy foundations for U.S. […]
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SEST 6577: GIS for Security Studies
This course provides an introduction to geospatial data science and its applications to public policy, political economy, and international relations. The course will enable students to work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data structures and understand cartography, transformations, georeferencing, geocoding, and spatial analysis. It will provide students with hands-on experience in using open-source GIS software […]
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HIST 3415: Neighboring Worlds—The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Asteroids in History
We may be on the verge of a new era in humanity’s expansion into outer space. Space agencies in the United States, China, and Russia have all committed themselves to settlements on or near the Moon, and are building enormous rockets to make that possible. A growing number of space agencies have now dispatched satellites […]
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STIA 2270: Earth and Planetary Science
How did Earth become the planet we know today, and what can it teach us about worlds beyond our own? In this course, we’ll explore Earth as a dynamic system, from the crust that records our geologic history to the movement of water through aquifers, glaciers, and oceans, to the circulation of air that drives […]