| Course Title: The History of Space Exploration |
| Start Date: 08/24/2020 End Date: 10/15/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| Description: This class will delve into the history of space exploration starting with the 1960 space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The class will continue to follow the last 60+ years of space exploration across the globe, changing from a competitive endeavor between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the global cooperative venture it is today. Topics will include but not be limited to manned missions, technology such as unmanned rovers and high-resolution cameras, exploration missions such as Voyager, and the search for life. The class will include readings such as a fiction novel, appropriate science articles, and other relevant material. Students will be required to write several short papers and do several presentations over the semester. This class will be conducted using a seminar format where topics are introduced through various means and explored through discussion. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Eileen McGowan | emcgowan@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Monday | 09:45AM - 11:00AM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:30AM - 11:15AM | Weekly | ||
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Wednesday and Friday | 10:15AM - 11:15AM | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| MOD0001 | MOD-1: Courses meeting in Module 1 | This course meets in Module 1. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Right Stuff Author: Wolfe, Tom Copyright: 1979 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Picador |
Required | 12.00 |
| Title: Hidden Figures Author: sheerly, Margot Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780062363 Publisher: William Morrow and Company |
Required | 7.50 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |