ASTR 430: Lecture and Workshop Schedule

Fourteen lectures ยท seven matched research-methods workshops

WeekLecture focusWorkshop / assessment
1Lecture 01: What Makes a Result Reproducible?Method development
2Lecture 02: Literature Search as an ExperimentWorkshop and PS 01
2Lecture 03: Archive Discovery and Query ProvenanceMethod development
3Lecture 04: Identifiers and Cross-MatchesWorkshop and PS 02
3Lecture 05: Uncertainty Propagation and CalibrationMethod development
4Lecture 06: Model Selection and ResidualsWorkshop and PS 03
4Lecture 07: Reproducible Coding and EnvironmentsMethod development
5Lecture 08: Scientific Visualization and Figure CritiqueWorkshop and PS 04
5Lecture 09: Observational Planning and Time AllocationMethod development
6Lecture 10: Ethical Conduct and Data StewardshipWorkshop and PS 05
6Lecture 11: Statistical Ethics and InferenceMethod development
7Lecture 12: Conference-Style CommunicationWorkshop and PS 06
7Lecture 13: Capstone Proposal DesignMethod development
8Lecture 14: Synthesis and Peer ReviewWorkshop and PS 07

The matched cadence is intentional: each workshop integrates the two preceding lectures and produces an artifact revisable into the capstone portfolio.