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    "courseNumber": "ASTR 410",
    "courseCode": "ASTR410",
    "title": "Galactic Astronomy",
    "credits": 3,
    "term": "Fall",
    "yearInCurriculum": 4,
    "prerequisites": "ASTR 330; PHYS 331",
    "description": "Studies the Milky Way, stellar populations, kinematics, rotation curves, spiral structure, chemical evolution, dark matter, Galactic center, and nearby galaxies."
  },
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    "stage": "approved for review release",
    "reviewStatus": "Approved for review release; not yet approved for instructional use",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-25"
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    "notes": 14,
    "labs": 7,
    "problemSets": 7,
    "solutionKeys": 7,
    "assessmentInstructions": 7
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    "lectures": 14,
    "labs": 7,
    "problemSets": 7,
    "rationale": "Matched 1:1 biweekly cadence: seven thematic units, each exactly two lectures, followed by one lab and one problem set. The pairing keeps each computational/data-analysis activity downstream of the complete physical toolkit it uses."
  },
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    "levels": {
      "level1": "No external values were live-verified during this production run.",
      "level2": "Rotation-curve, abundance, Gaia-like kinematic, and standard Galactic parameter values are published/survey-summary values not re-verified this session; human spot-checks are required.",
      "level3": "SVG diagrams and any explicitly described representative model curves are synthetic/instructor-provided."
    }
  }
}