ASTRON 0113 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Topics covered include: size scales in the universe; some fundamental physics; telescopes; overview of phenomena in the solar system; stellar distances, motions, luminosities, and temperatures; the HI diagram, stellar interiors and energy generation; the formation of stars and evolution to their final stages (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes); the ism; star clusters; the milky way galaxy; types of galaxies; the expansion of the universe; active galaxies and quasars; dark matter; galaxy formation and clustering; cosmology.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0020 or any MATH greater than or equal to MATH 0031 (Min Grade 'C') or MATH PLACEMENT SCORE (61 or greater)

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