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Faculty of Sciences
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Master in Space Sciences, Research focus
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Or
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Th
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Pr
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Au
 | Credits
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 First Year
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 Compulsory courses
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SPAT0039-1
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Spectroscopy in Astrophysics and Geophysics - Jerôme Loicq
 | TA
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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PHYS0124-1
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Instrumental Optics I - Serge Habraken
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 15
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0040-1
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Fluid mechanics - Pierre Dauby
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0001-1
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Plasma Physics - Hervé Lamy, Anne Thoul
 | Q2
 | 25
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0002-1
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Numerical methods and programming basics - Guy Munhoven
 | Q1
 | 10
 | 20
 | -
 | 3
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 Optional courses
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|  Choose, in agreement with the Jury, several courses totalling 12 credits, from the two options offered below or from other Masters programmes, in particular the Masters in Civil Engineering and Aerospace :
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|  Astrophysics
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SPAT0064-1
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Solar physics, activity phenomena and solar-earth relations - Frédéric Clette
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 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0056-1
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Planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres - Jean-Claude Gérard, Denis Grodent
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
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SPAT0043-1
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Small bodies in the solar system - Emmanuel Jehin
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 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
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SPAT0044-1
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Stellar Structure and evolution I - Marc-Antoine Dupret
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 20
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0045-1
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Stellar structure and evolution II - Marc-Antoine Dupret
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 20
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0005-1
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Stellar stability and asteroseismology - Marc-Antoine Dupret
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0007-2
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Variable stars - Grégor Rauw
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0006-1
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Stellar atmospheres - Grégor Rauw
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0008-1
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Interstellar Medium - Damien Hutsemekers, Yaël Nazé
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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GEOL0263-1
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Astrobiology - Philippe Claeys, Véronique Dehant, Moreno Galleni, Emmanuelle Javaux, Yaël Nazé, Annick Wilmotte (Even years)
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0009-1
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High-energy astrophysics - Grégor Rauw
 | Q1
 | 25
 | 5
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0010-1
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Theoretical physical cosmology - Christian Barbier, Michel Tytgat
 | Q2
 | 40
 | -
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0011-1
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Extragalactic astrophysics - Pierre Magain
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 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0012-1
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General relativity - Yves De Rop
 | TA
 | 60
 | -
 | -
 | 6
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SPAT0014-1
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Introduction to time series analysis - Eric Gosset
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
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| 
PHYS0125-3
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Instrumental Optics II - Serge Habraken
 | Q2
 | 25
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
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SPAT0015-1
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Signal acquisition and processing : application to embedded systems - Christian Servais
 | Q2
 | 10
 | 30
 | -
 | 4
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| 
SSTG0043-1
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Placement - N... - Suppl : Christian Barbier, Yaël Nazé, Grégor Rauw, Jean-Pierre Swings
 | TA
 | -
 | 140
 | -
 | 10
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AERO0018-3
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Space Experiment Development - Pierre Rochus
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 | 30
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
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SPAT0017-1
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Current questions and seminars - Alberto Borges, Jean-René Cudell, Benoît Hubert, Damien Hutsemekers
 | TA
 | -
 | 30
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0018-1
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Evolution of ideas in Astronomy - Yaël Nazé
 | Q1
 | 15
 | -
 | -
 | 2
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SPAT0019-1
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Special Relativity - Jean Surdej
 | Q1
 | 15
 | -
 | -
 | 2
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SPAT0020-2
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Introduction to astrochemistry - Michaël De Becker
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0021-1
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Introduction to astroparticles - Joseph Cugnon
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0060-1
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Astroparticles, Part 1 : Astroparticles and standard model - Jean-René Cudell
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0060-2
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Astroparticles, Part 2 : Astroparticles and gravitational effects - Jean-René Cudell
 | Q2
 | 10
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
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SPAT0061-1
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Theory group and astroparticle (english language) - Diego Aristizabal Sierra
 | Q2
 | 30
 | -
 | -
 | 3
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SPAT0062-1
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Quantum field theory, Part 1 : Quantum electrodynamics - Jean-René Cudell
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0062-2
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Quantum field theory, Part 2 : Elements of renormalization - Jean-René Cudell
 | TA
 | 10
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
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PHYS2012-1
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Relativistic quantum mechanics and relativistic statistics - Peter Schlagheck
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
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| 
SPAT0063-1
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Introduction to exoplanetary - Michaël Gillon
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
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|  Earth and Planetary Sciences
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| 
SPAT0023-1
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Terrestrial magnetosphere and polar lights - Benoît Hubert
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 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0024-2
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Meteorology - Louis François
 | Q1
 | 40
 | 20
 | -
 | 6
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OCEA0072-1
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Geophysical fluid dynamics - Part 2 - Jean-Marie Beckers
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
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OCEA0059-2
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Remote Sensing of the Oceans, Introduction to satellite oceanography (english language) - Yves Cornet
 | Q1
 | 15
 | 15
 | -
 | 3
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OCEA0045-1
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Statistical methods of analysis of oceanographic data - Aïda Alvera Azcarate
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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GEOG0037-1
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GNSS : Theory and applications - René Warnant
 | Q2
 | 35
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
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GEOG0038-1
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Space geodesy - René Warnant - [1d FW]
 | Q2
 | 20
 | -
 | [+]
 | 3
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SPAT0025-1
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Environmental modelling - Louis François, Guy Munhoven
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0026-1
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Paleoenvironment and evolution of the Earth system - Louis François
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0027-3
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Climate change and impacts - Louis François, Guy Munhoven
 | TA
 | 15
 | 45
 | -
 | 5
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| 
SPAT0028-2
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Planetary magnetospheres and aurorae - Denis Grodent
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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| 
OCEA0081-1
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Numerical Methods in Geophysics - Part 2 - Jean-Marie Beckers
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
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| 
SPAT0064-1
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Solar physics, activity phenomena and solar-earth relations - Frédéric Clette
 |
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0056-1
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Planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres - Jean-Claude Gérard, Denis Grodent
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
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| 
SPAT0043-1
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Small bodies in the solar system - Emmanuel Jehin
 |
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
GEOL0263-1
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Astrobiology - Philippe Claeys, Véronique Dehant, Moreno Galleni, Emmanuelle Javaux, Yaël Nazé, Annick Wilmotte (Even years)
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0014-1
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Introduction to time series analysis - Eric Gosset
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
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| 
PHYS0125-3
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Instrumental Optics II - Serge Habraken
 | Q2
 | 25
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0015-1
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Signal acquisition and processing : application to embedded systems - Christian Servais
 | Q2
 | 10
 | 30
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SSTG0043-1
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Placement - N... - Suppl : Christian Barbier, Yaël Nazé, Grégor Rauw, Jean-Pierre Swings
 | TA
 | -
 | 140
 | -
 | 10
 |
| 
AERO0018-3
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Space Experiment Development - Pierre Rochus
 |
 | 30
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
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| 
SPAT0029-1
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Space environment - Denis Grodent
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 15
 | -
 | 3
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| 
SPAT0032-2
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Remote sensing - Christian Barbier
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
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| 
SPAT0063-1
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Introduction to exoplanetary - Michaël Gillon
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
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 Research Focus
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|  Compulsory courses
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SPAT0033-1
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Astrophysics - Pierre Magain
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 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4,5
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| 
SPAT0055-1
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Atmosphere of Earth - Denis Grodent
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4,5
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| 
OCEA0071-1
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Geophysical fluid dynamics - Part 1 - Jean-Marie Beckers
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4,5
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SPAT0035-1
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Space operations (english language) - Grégor Rauw
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
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SPAT0036-1
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Celestial mechanics and space trajectories - Grégor Rauw
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
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| 
PHYS0931-1
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Data processing - Pierre Magain
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 | 15
 | 30
 | -
 | 3
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| 
SPAT0057-1
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Observing the Sky - Jean Surdej - [5d FW]
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | [+]
 | 5
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SPAT0058-1
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Observing Earth from space - N... - Suppl : Christian Barbier
 | Q1
 | 15
 | -
 | -
 | 1,5
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 Second Year
 |
 Compulsory course
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| 
SMEM0029-1
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Final thesis - Collégialité
 | TA
 | -
 | -
 | -
 | 27
 |
 Optional courses
 |
| [...] | Choose, in agreement with the Jury, several courses totalling 9 credits, from the two options offered below or from other Masters programmes, in particular the Masters in Civil Engineering and Aerospace : | | | | | 9 |
|  Choose one option from the following :
 |
|  Option Astrophysics
 |
|  Choose courses, with the approval of the Jury, totalling 24 credits amongst :
 |
| 
SPAT0064-1
 | 
Solar physics, activity phenomena and solar-earth relations - Frédéric Clette
 |
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0056-1
 | 
Planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres - Jean-Claude Gérard, Denis Grodent
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0043-1
 | 
Small bodies in the solar system - Emmanuel Jehin
 |
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
SPAT0044-1
 | 
Stellar Structure and evolution I - Marc-Antoine Dupret
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 20
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0045-1
 | 
Stellar structure and evolution II - Marc-Antoine Dupret
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 20
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0005-1
 | 
Stellar stability and asteroseismology - Marc-Antoine Dupret
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0007-2
 | 
Variable stars - Grégor Rauw
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0006-1
 | 
Stellar atmospheres - Grégor Rauw
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0008-1
 | 
Interstellar Medium - Damien Hutsemekers, Yaël Nazé
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
GEOL0263-1
 | 
Astrobiology - Philippe Claeys, Véronique Dehant, Moreno Galleni, Emmanuelle Javaux, Yaël Nazé, Annick Wilmotte (Even years)
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0009-1
 | 
High-energy astrophysics - Grégor Rauw
 | Q1
 | 25
 | 5
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0010-1
 | 
Theoretical physical cosmology - Christian Barbier, Michel Tytgat
 | Q2
 | 40
 | -
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0011-1
 | 
Extragalactic astrophysics - Pierre Magain
 |
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0012-1
 | 
General relativity - Yves De Rop
 | TA
 | 60
 | -
 | -
 | 6
 |
| 
SPAT0014-1
 | 
Introduction to time series analysis - Eric Gosset
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
PHYS0125-3
 | 
Instrumental Optics II - Serge Habraken
 | Q2
 | 25
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0015-1
 | 
Signal acquisition and processing : application to embedded systems - Christian Servais
 | Q2
 | 10
 | 30
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SSTG0043-1
 | 
Placement - N... - Suppl : Christian Barbier, Yaël Nazé, Grégor Rauw, Jean-Pierre Swings
 | TA
 | -
 | 140
 | -
 | 10
 |
| 
AERO0018-3
 | 
Space Experiment Development - Pierre Rochus
 |
 | 30
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0017-1
 | 
Current questions and seminars - Alberto Borges, Jean-René Cudell, Benoît Hubert, Damien Hutsemekers
 | TA
 | -
 | 30
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0018-1
 | 
Evolution of ideas in Astronomy - Yaël Nazé
 | Q1
 | 15
 | -
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
SPAT0019-1
 | 
Special Relativity - Jean Surdej
 | Q1
 | 15
 | -
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
SPAT0020-2
 | 
Introduction to astrochemistry - Michaël De Becker
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0021-1
 | 
Introduction to astroparticles - Joseph Cugnon
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0060-1
 | 
Astroparticles, Part 1 : Astroparticles and standard model - Jean-René Cudell
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0060-2
 | 
Astroparticles, Part 2 : Astroparticles and gravitational effects - Jean-René Cudell
 | Q2
 | 10
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
SPAT0061-1
 | 
Theory group and astroparticle (english language) - Diego Aristizabal Sierra
 | Q2
 | 30
 | -
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0062-1
 | 
Quantum field theory, Part 1 : Quantum electrodynamics - Jean-René Cudell
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0062-2
 | 
Quantum field theory, Part 2 : Elements of renormalization - Jean-René Cudell
 | TA
 | 10
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
PHYS2012-1
 | 
Relativistic quantum mechanics and relativistic statistics - Peter Schlagheck
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0063-1
 | 
Introduction to exoplanetary - Michaël Gillon
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |
|  Option Earth and Planetary Sciences
 |
|  Choose courses, with the approval of the Jury, totalling 24 credits amongst :
 |
| 
SPAT0023-1
 | 
Terrestrial magnetosphere and polar lights - Benoît Hubert
 |
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0024-2
 | 
Meteorology - Louis François
 | Q1
 | 40
 | 20
 | -
 | 6
 |
| 
OCEA0072-1
 | 
Geophysical fluid dynamics - Part 2 - Jean-Marie Beckers
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
OCEA0059-2
 | 
Remote Sensing of the Oceans, Introduction to satellite oceanography (english language) - Yves Cornet
 | Q1
 | 15
 | 15
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
OCEA0045-1
 | 
Statistical methods of analysis of oceanographic data - Aïda Alvera Azcarate
 | Q1
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
GEOG0037-1
 | 
GNSS : Theory and applications - René Warnant
 | Q2
 | 35
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
GEOG0038-1
 | 
Space geodesy - René Warnant - [1d FW]
 | Q2
 | 20
 | -
 | [+]
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0025-1
 | 
Environmental modelling - Louis François, Guy Munhoven
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0026-1
 | 
Paleoenvironment and evolution of the Earth system - Louis François
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 10
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0027-3
 | 
Climate change and impacts - Louis François, Guy Munhoven
 | TA
 | 15
 | 45
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0028-2
 | 
Planetary magnetospheres and aurorae - Denis Grodent
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
OCEA0081-1
 | 
Numerical Methods in Geophysics - Part 2 - Jean-Marie Beckers
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0064-1
 | 
Solar physics, activity phenomena and solar-earth relations - Frédéric Clette
 |
 | 20
 | 10
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0056-1
 | 
Planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres - Jean-Claude Gérard, Denis Grodent
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0043-1
 | 
Small bodies in the solar system - Emmanuel Jehin
 |
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |
| 
GEOL0263-1
 | 
Astrobiology - Philippe Claeys, Véronique Dehant, Moreno Galleni, Emmanuelle Javaux, Yaël Nazé, Annick Wilmotte (Even years)
 | Q2
 | 30
 | 15
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SPAT0014-1
 | 
Introduction to time series analysis - Eric Gosset
 | Q2
 | 20
 | 5
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
PHYS0125-3
 | 
Instrumental Optics II - Serge Habraken
 | Q2
 | 25
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0015-1
 | 
Signal acquisition and processing : application to embedded systems - Christian Servais
 | Q2
 | 10
 | 30
 | -
 | 4
 |
| 
SSTG0043-1
 | 
Placement - N... - Suppl : Christian Barbier, Yaël Nazé, Grégor Rauw, Jean-Pierre Swings
 | TA
 | -
 | 140
 | -
 | 10
 |
| 
AERO0018-3
 | 
Space Experiment Development - Pierre Rochus
 |
 | 30
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0029-1
 | 
Space environment - Denis Grodent
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 15
 | -
 | 3
 |
| 
SPAT0032-2
 | 
Remote sensing - Christian Barbier
 | Q1
 | 30
 | 30
 | -
 | 5
 |
| 
SPAT0063-1
 | 
Introduction to exoplanetary - Michaël Gillon
 | Q2
 | 15
 | 5
 | -
 | 2
 |