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2020 Course Catalog Welcome to the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences Statement of Institutional Mission The Mission of the International Institute for Astronautical Science is to provide a high-value, immersive education within culturally-diverse operational environments that enable professional citizen-science research promoting multi- national space exploration, science literacy, and the equitable and peaceful uses of outer space. We embrace three core values: 1. Democratizing Science IIAS is a citizen-science organization that relies on private participation and funding in addition to traditional public funding sources to conduct and communicate science. IIAS strives to provide high-value, immersive educational services that enable peer-reviewed publishable science while communicating science to a global audience. The majority of IIAS research is privately funded through sponsorships and foundations. 2. International Stewardship Understanding our shared global environment and laying seeds to be multi-planetary species are highly international objectives and IIAS embraces its diversity as an international organization. As of 2020, IIAS has students originating from 46 different nations. 3. Empowering All Communities We believe that global issues demand a global response. We encourage and embrace everyone to participate in the process of conducting, publishing, and communicating science. IIAS sponsors outreach programs serving under- represented minorities in science including: the PoSSUM 13, Out Astronaut, and Space for all Nations. General education requirements: IIAS certificate programs are available to students that have met the following prerequisites: • Demonstrated academic success in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field including coursework including differential and integral calculus, research methods, and university-level physics. • High School diploma, GED, or equivalent • Fluency in English • Current FAA Class III Flight Physical • SCUBA Experience Candidacy to the IIAS M.S. of Astronautical Sciences program is available to candidates that have the above requirements in addition to a qualifying B.S. degree. Resources: IIAS courses are structured in a hybrid format where instruction is provided through distance-learning as much as possible. This is combined with intensive field campaigns where the production of novel research publications or relevant technology maturation is the measure of success. Generally, 101 and 102-level courses are completely educational in nature; 103-level courses (and higher) are centered around research campaigns. These courses evolve each year as new research objectives are introduced but the academic components to these courses remains mostly constant. In tehse courses, students are ‘matrixed’ into active research campaigns with the instructors and subject-matter experts. Typically, such courses have a lead instructor complemented by two or three subject-matter experts. Instruction: Instructors and private tutoring services are provided through both distance education and in-person teaching methods. IIAS maintains virtual instruction and webinar services through GoToMeeting. Students have access to resources maintained through the members-only Learning Management System accessible through the IIAS website at astronauticsinstitute.org. IIAS Satellite Research Centers: • National Research Council Flight Research Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario (NRC) for BIO 103 • Canadian Space Agency Headquarters, Montreal, Quebec (CSA) for EVA 104 • Survival Systems USA, Groton, CT (SSUSA) for OPS 102, BIO 104, and EVA 105* • Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL (FIT) • Hypobaric and Hyperbaric Research Facility, Melbourne, FL (SAMI) * IIAS maintains a partnership with the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) for all SCUBA-related activities at Survival Systems USA. IIAS Field Campaign Locations: • San Francisco Volcanic Fields, Flagstaff, AZ. (SFVF) for EVA 102 and EVA 103 • Yellowknife Airport, Yellowknife, NWT. (CYZF) for AER 103 • Colorado Air and Space Port (CASP) for FTE 102, FTE 103, and FTE 104 Institutional Facilities IIAS Facilities are established at several locations with IIAS partner institutions • Reduced Gravity Laboratory (NRC) • Gravity-Offset Laboratory (CSA) • Post-Landing Human Factors Laboratory (SSUSA) • Hypobaric and Hyperbaric Altitude Chamber (Melbourne, FL) • Research and Training Aircraft (Marchetti S-211, Mooney M20K, Piper PA-23 Apache, Pitts S2B), CSAP • Instrumentation and Remote Sensing Laboratory (CSAP) • Space Suit Testing Laboratory (Melbourne, FL) • IIAS Orbital Space Flight Simulator (Melbourne, FL) • IIAS Suborbital Space Flight Simulator (Melbourne, FL) • Soyuz Mission Simulator (Melbourne, FL) Admission and Academic Policies: Admission: Admission applications are managed online. IIAS accepts students from all countries except those under Export Control through Export Administration Regulations (currently inclusive of the Crimea Region of the Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria). Students must be 17 years of age in addition to meeting the requirements listed above. There is no charge to apply to the IIAS. IIAS maintains eight courses that are considered ‘open university: AER 101, BIO 101, OPS 101, OPS 102, FTE 101, EDU 101, EVA 101, and EVA 102. These courses are open to all but preference is given to applicants that have previously completed AST 101. For all other courses, AST 101 is a mandatory prerequisite. AST 101 is held two times per year: once in the Spring and once in the Fall. This class is restricted to 16 students. Applicants for AST 101 are selected on a competitive basis each semester. Conditionally-accepted applicants are then asked to provide transcripts to support academic credential claims and a background check is conducted. On acceptance to the program, students receive a flight suit, textbooks, access to online resources, lapel pin, and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that must be signed (see attachment below). Grading and Feedback: All IIAS grading is done on a ‘pass-fail’ basis where quantifiable measures are established by each instructor for each course to establish a nominal effort for each class. We want to emphasize publications and scientific contributions as the figure-of-merit for student success, rather than more subjective interpretations of academic performance. Graduation: Students may petition for graduation to receive a certificate or the M.S. of Astronautical Science degree online. Students receive a formal diploma and transcript. These services are free. The Master of Science in Astronautical Sciences (30 credits) The IIAS is seeking accreditation for a 30-credit Master of Science degree that offers one of four different concentrations: Bioastronautics, Space Flight Operations, Aeronomy, or Science Education. Bioastronautics Concentration Core Courses: (18 credits) AST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics (3 credits) EDU 101: Citizen-Science Research Methods (3 credits) BIO 101: Space Flight Physiology (3 credits) EVA 101: Life Support Systems (3 credits) OPS 102: Spacecraft Egress and Rescue Operations (3 credits) AST 199: Thesis (3 credits) Select One of the Following: (3 credits) EVA 102: Operational Space Medicine EVA 103: Planetary Field Geology and EVA Tool Development Select Three of the Following: (9 credits) BIO 103: Microgravity Space Suit Evaluation BIO 104: Post-Landing Space Suit Evaluation EVA 104: Gravity-Offset EVA Space Suit Evaluation (3 credits) EVA 105: Fundamentals of Underwater Analog EVA Space Flight Operations Concentration Core Courses: AST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics (3 credits) EDU 101: Citizen-Science Research Methods (3 credits) AER 101: Space Flight Physiology (3 credits) OPS 101: System Engineering for Human Space Flight OPS 102: Spacecraft Egress and Rescue Operations (3 credits) OPS 103: Space Robotics OPS 104: Orbital Mechanics and Mission Simulation AST 199: Thesis (3 credits) Select Two of the Following: AER 103: Airborne Noctilucent Cloud Tomography BIO 103: Microgravity Space Suit Evaluation BIO 104: Post-Landing Space Suit Evaluation EVA 104: Gravity-Offset EVA Space Suit Evaluation (3 credits) EVA 105: Fundamentals of Underwater Analog EVA Aeronomy Concentration Core Courses: AST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics (3 credits) EDU 101: Citizen-Science Research Methods (3 credits) AER 101: Space Flight Physiology (3 credits) AER 101: Space Environment AER 102: Remote Sensing and Mesospheric Modeling AER 103: Airborne Noctilucent Cloud Tomography AST 199: Thesis (3 credits) Select Three of the Following: BIO 103: Microgravity Space Suit Evaluation BIO 104: Post-Landing Space Suit Evaluation EVA 104: Gravity-Offset EVA Space Suit Evaluation (3 credits) EVA 105: Underwater EVA Space Suit Evaluation (3 credits) OPS 104: Orbital Mechanics and Mission Simulation Science Education Concentration Core Courses: (15 credits) AST 101: Fundamentals of Astronautics (3 credits) EDU 101: Citizen-Science Research Methods (3 credits) EDU 102: Science Communication (3 credits) EDU 103: Instructor Development Course (3 credits) AST 199: Thesis (3 credits) Select Two of the Following: (6 credits) AER 101: Space Flight Physiology (3 credits) OPS 101: System Engineering for Human Space Flight (3 credits) OPS 102: Spacecraft Egress and Rescue Operations (3 credits) EVA 101: Life Support Systems (3 credits) FTE 101: Fundamentals of Flight Test Engineering (3 credits) Select Three of the Following: (9 credits) AER 103: Airborne
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