Space, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering (SPASE)

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Details of courses

Note: The suffix M to any course code implies modular (half-semester) course

UG Courses

SPA201 (9 credits) Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics

SPA401 (9 credits) Galaxies and Observational Cosmology

SPA402 (9 credits) Introduction to Manmade Satellite Systems and its Environment

SPA403M (5 credits) Observing the Milky Way galaxy - Our Home in the Cosmos

SPA404 (9 credits) Introduction to Space Technology

SPA405M (5 credits) Space Economics - Law, Policy and Benefits

PG Courses

SPA601 (9 credits) Introduction to space & astronomical instrumentation

SPA603 (9 credits) Solar system processes and space missions

SPA610 (9 credits) Fundamentals of Astronomy and Astrophysics

SPA611 (9 credits) Radio Astronomy

SPA613M (5 credits) Introduction to Celestial Observational Techniques

SPA614M (5 credits) Introduction to Celestial Mechanics

SPA616 (9 credits) Stars and Stellar Evolution

SPA617M (5 credits) Space Instrumentation Laboratory

SPA618M (5 credits) Introduction to radiative processes in space

SPA621 (9 credits) Planetary Surface Processes

SPA622M (5 credits) Mathematical Techniques in Space Sciences & Engineering

SPA623M (5 credits) Numerical Techniques in Space Sciences & Engineering

SPA624M (5credits) Optical Instrumentation Laboratory

SPA626 (9 credits) Space environment and Space systems

SPA627M (5 credits) Introduction to fluid mechanics in space

SPA631M (5credits) Statistical Methods and Applications in Space Sciences

SPA632M (5credits) Introduction to Mathematical Transforms and Applications in Space Sciences

SPA633 (7 credits) Introduction to Astrobiology

SPA634 (8 credits) Applied Optics: From Rays to Waves

SPA636 (5 credits) Radio instrumentation, observing techniques and data analyses (Radio Lab)

SPA637 (9 credit) Spacecraft Dynamics

SPA660 (9 credits) High Energy Astrophysics of Binary star systems