Modeling physical processes at galactic scales and above
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1.    Physics of the IGM [1.5 lectures]

      1.1 Starting point
      1.2 Baryons
      1.3 Ionization
      1.4 Lyman-alpha forest
      1.5 Temperature
      1.6 Modeling
      1.7 Observations

2.    From IGM to CGM [1.5 lectures]

      2.1 Large scale structure
      2.2 How gas gets into galaxies
      2.3 Galactic halos
      Diversion: cooling of rarefied gases
	
3.    ISM: Gas in Galaxies [3 lectures]

      3.1 Galaxy formation lite
      3.2 Galactic disks
      3.3 Disk stability
      3.4 Reynold's layer
      3.5 From atomic to molecular gas
      3.6 Multa-phase ISM
      3.7 Thermodynamics of H_2
      3.8 Blitz-Rosolowsky relation
      3.9 Cosmic Pandora box: the X-factor
      3.10 Cosmic Pandora^2 box: the X-factor in ULIRGS and ODPs

4.    Star formation [1 lecture]

      4.1 Kennicutt-Schmidth and all, all, all
      4.2 Excursion set formalism in star formation
	
5.    Stellar feedback [1 lecture]

      5.1 What escapes from stars
      5.2 Unconventional marriage: feedback and star formation
      5.3 Miracles do happen
      5.4 Towards the future