Tag: Graduate courses
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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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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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STIA 4400: Space Diplomacy
Spaceflight increasingly serves as a powerful tool for diplomacy, fostering collaboration between nations and shaping global relations. This interdisciplinary course explores the role of outer space in international relations, examining how space programs, missions, and technologies influence political, economic, and strategic interactions on Earth. Throughout the semester, students will investigate how spaceflight has served as […]
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SEST 6631: Outer Space/Strategic Capabilities
This course will explore how outer space and associated strategic technologies are transforming the international security environment. The course will examine the role that outer space played during the Cold War and discuss how current technological trends are shaping today’s space security environment. Additionally, this course will explore contemporary topics like the rise of commercial […]
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SEST 6632: Space Policy and Power
This course examines the evolution and challenges of U.S. space policies and strategies, space programs, and space activities within the context of technological, environmental, economic, and international relations theories. Integral to this process is the development of critical thinking on the utility of the space domain to further overall US policy and space power projection. […]
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STIA 4406: Space Security and Exploration
Satellites provide a foundation for Earth and space science, weather forecasting, treaty verification, strategic and military intelligence, global communications and navigation, and projection of military power. This course will focus on intersections between space and international security, with additional discussion about modern space exploration and new private companies. We will cover four broad areas: fundamentals […]
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STIA 4321: Rocket Economics
A new generation of reusable rockets and smaller more powerful satellites are revolutionizing the space business. Rocket Economics will examine the fundamentals of the rapidly expanding space economy driven by applications for commercial, civil, and national security customers around the globe. The goal is to educate future business, government, and science leaders on next generation […]
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BIOL 5170: Astrobiology Journal Club
This journal club provides a relaxed setting for students to present their research for peer review and discuss the most recent topics in astrobiology and planetary sciences. Course information