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AOE-4654: Space Weather: The Solar Wind and Magnetosphere

Description: Solar-terrestrial interactions and space weather: the sun, solar wind, and interplanetary magnetic field; space plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics; Earths magnetosphere and ionosphere; geomagnetic storms and auroral substorms; societal impacts of space weather; planetary magnetospheres; space science instrumentation.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-3014 or ECE-3105

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: ECE-4154

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 7

Average GPA: 3.24 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.72%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 7.32%

Scott L England202064.4%33.2%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.593
Joseph B Baker202420.5%31.1%22.7%8.2%2.6%14.9%2.693
Scott M Bailey202376.6%16.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.7%3.841

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W