ASTRONOMY / 71 ARH 6948L-Gallery Practicum (3) Prereq: permission ofgradu- ate coordinator andprior arrangements with coordinating profes- sor. Work under supervision of gallery professionals. Readings and periodic discussions with coordinating professor. ARH 6971--Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. ART 5905C-Individual Study (3-4; max: 12 including ARH 5905) ART 6xxx-Digital Art Studio (4; max: 12) Prereq: graduate standing in art or permission of instructor. Investigation of digital art practices in one or more of the following areas: bit-mapped and object-oriented graphics, 3-D modeling, computer animation, hypermedia and interactivity, and image-processing. ART 6835C-Research in Methods and Materials of the Artist (3- 4; max: 8) ART 691 OC-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U. ART 6926C-Advanced Study I (2-4; max: 12) Prereq:majorin art and permission of graduate coordinator. Application of basic principles of studio art in one of the following areas: ceramics, creative photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, and multi-media. ART 6927C-Advanced Study 11 (2-4; max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordinator. Investigation of selected problems in one of the following areas: ceramics, cre- ative photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, and multi-media. ART 6928C-Advanced Study III (2-4; max: 12) Prereq: major in art and permission of graduate coordinator. Experimentation in nontraditional approaches to studio art in one of the following areas: ceramics, creative photography, drawing, painting, print- making, sculpture, graphic design, and multi-media. ART 6929C-Advanced Study IV (2-4; max: 12) Prereq: major in artandpermission ofgraduate coordinator. Stylistic and technical analysis of contemporary studio practices in one of the following areas: ceramics, creative photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, and multi-media. ART 6933C-Special Topics (1-4; max: 8) Prereq: permission of graduate coordinator. Readings, discussions, and/or studio explo- ration of various art issues. ART 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U. ART 6971--Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. ART 6973C-Individual Project (1-10; max: 10) Creative project in lieu of written thesis. S/U. ASTRONOMY College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GRADUATE FACULTY 1992-93 Chairman: S. T. Gottesman. Graduate Coordinator: R. J. Leacock. Graduate Research Professor: G. Contopoulos;A. E. S. Green. Distinguished Service Professor: A. G. Smith. Professors: J. R. Buchler; T. D. Carr; K-Y. Chen; S. F. Dermott; S. L. Detweiler; F. E. Dunnam; H. K. Eichhorn; S. T. Gottesman; J. H. Hunter; J. R. Ipser; C. A. Williams;* R. E. Wilson; F. B. Wood (Emeritus). Associate Professors: H. Campins; H. L. Cohen; J. N. Fry; H. E. Kandrup; R. J. Leacock; G. R. Lebo; J. P. Oliver; H. C. Smith. Associate Scientists: F. Giovane; B. A. Gustafson. *This member of the faculty of the University of South Florida is also a memberof thegraduatefacultyof the UniversityofFlorida andparticipates in the doctoral program in the University of Florida Department of Astronomy. The Department of Astronomy offers graduate work in astronomy and astrophysics leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. Current research fields include radio, infrared, and optical astron- omy; astrometry and data adjustment theory; cosmology; general relativity; quantum field theory in the early uni- verse; photometry of compact binaries and intrinsic vari- ables; photometry of active galactic nuclei; dynamical astronomy; structure, kinematics, and dynamics of galax- ies; solar system dynamics; comets; interplanetary dust; satellite interiors; planetary magnetospheres; lunar occulta- tion observations; radio and optical instrumentation; and certain topics of theoretical stellar astrophysics. The De- partment is active in Voyager radioastronomical investiga- tions of the magnetospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Research Facilities.-Rosemary Hill Observatory, about 30 miles from Gainesville, houses 76-cm and 46-cm reflec- tors. Instrumentation includes photographic and CCD cam- eras, and microprocessor-based photometers. The obser- vatory contains one terminus of a 46-km baseline radio interferometer. The other terminus is at the Dixie County Radio Observatory, 50 miles from campus. The radio observatory has low-frequency (below 40 MHz) instrumen- tation consisting of a 7-acre filled aperture, phase-steered array, and several smaller antennas, advanced terminal equipment, including wide-band radio spectrographs. Sev- eral research programs use national astronomy facilities (KPNO, NRAO, NAIC, CTIO, IRTF, IPAC, and the Kuiper Airborne Observatory). On campus facilities include a research darkroom con- taining hypersensitization, sensitometric and photomicro- graphic equipment, an electronics shop, data reduction rooms with audio and videotape processing equipment, iris photometer, microdensitometer, blink comparator, mea- suring engines, the Palomar Sky Survey, and a planetary imaging center (under development). The Department also maintains the International Card Catalog of Photometric Binaries. Most scientific books and publications are cen- trally housed in an extensive science library located near the Department. Computing within the Department is handled by a distributed client-server environment based on more than 20 RISC-based UNIX workstations (Sun, DEC, IBM). This environment provides each user with the desktop comput- ing power necessary to run sophisticated applications ranging from document preparation (The Publisher, TEX) to data analysis and image processing (AIPS, IRAF, PV WAVE). In addition to the Department's facilities, researchers also have access (via Internet) to an IBM 3090/600J mainframe vector facility operated and maintained by the Northeast Regional Data Center (NERDC) and located in the same building as the Astronomy Department. BITNET, Internet, and SPAN network connections are also available. The University isa SmartnodeoftheCornell National Computer Facility and has a direct link to the Florida State Supercomputer in Tallahassee. For direct admission to the program, a student should have a degree in astronomy, physics, or mathematics from an accredited program. Students with degrees in related fields, such as engineering, may be admitted with the understanding that certain foundation courses will have to be taken. If it seems desirable, an individual with a strong background in physics may perform the graduate research work in astronomy but take the qualifying examination and degree in physics rather than astronomy. All degree candi- dates are required as part of their training to assist in the Department's teaching program. Complete details of the program and research facilities may be obtained by writing the Graduate Coordinator, 211 Bryant Space Sciences Building.