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The Central American Master’s Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Maria C. Pineda de Carias
Maria C. Pineda de Carias*
Affiliation:
Central American Astronomical Observatory of Suyapa, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras. e-mail: [email protected]://www.astro.unah.hondunet.net

Abstract

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The Master’s Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics for Central America arises as part of the project of the National Autonomous University of Honduras to contribute to the establishment of “Astronomy and Astrophysics” as an academic field within the region (Pineda de Carias 1993). In 1997, the same year that the Central American Suyapa Astronomical Observatory (CASAO) was officially inaugurated (within the frame of the VII UN/ESA Workshop on Basic Space Science), a degree course in astronomy and astrophysics at graduate level was approved. In 1998 the program was formally opened for Central American graduate students in physics, mathematics or engineering. In the year 2000, the first group of students is expected to finish their courses. In this document we present the main features of the Master’s Program: the syllabus, resources, organization. A discussion of the results achieved and of future tendencies is also included, together with some recommendations about how the international community may contribute to the enhancement of this type of effort, and on how this model may be useful for developing countries.

Type
Section 2: The Current Situation in Astronomy Education
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 69 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001

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