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ECE-4154: 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: AOE-4654

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.16 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 34.56%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.24%

C R Clauer201647.7%33.2%8.5%3.6%2.8%4.3%3.234
Joseph B Baker202218.2%45.5%18.2%0.0%9.1%9.1%2.611
Scott M Bailey202380.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801
Scott L England201815.6%64.1%13.6%3.0%0.0%3.8%2.972

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