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Originally Posted by renormalised
How are you going with the SAO (which course are you doing??).
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I started with the Grad Certificate course - choose any 4 subjects. I finished that last year and have kept going so I guess I'm now moving on to the Diploma and if I am patient enough, finish off with the Master of Science.
So far I've done the introductory solar system, stars and galaxy subjects (just finished the galaxy one). These are all mandatory for the MSc I think. Also done the radio astronomy subject which was a real challenge but fascinating. The astrophotography subject was also good - I (foolishly) thought it would be a softer option. Not so of course.
I'm looking forward to the cosmology/relativity subject next year as well as the particle physics subject. Next term is observational astronomy. Hopefully familiar but I expect it to be challenging nevertheless.
To be honest, I am loving it. 1 subject a term is plenty - it can be a demanding course in terms of hours and trying to squeeze it in among full time work and family commitments is a challenge.But its well worth it
Pete