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Apr 25, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Astronomy |
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ASTR 100 - Introductory Astronomy
2019-2020 Catalog Year
Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
A summary of modern astronomy: the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the structure of the observable universe. Counts for Natural Science general education credit only if ASTR 101 is taken concurrently.
Corequisite(s): ASTR 101 .
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ASTR 101 - N/Introductory Astronomy Laboratory
2019-2020 Catalog Year
Credit(s): 1
Lecture: 0
Non-Lecture: 2
General Education Area(s): Natural Sciences
An introductory laboratory experience to help students understand astronomy. Activities include taking data, statistical analysis, and comparison with theoretical models. Laboratories will include material from observations of planets, the sun, stars, and galaxies.
Corequisite(s): ASTR 100 .
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ASTR 105 - The Solar System
2019-2020 Catalog Year
Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course is an introduction to the solar system. Topics studied will include the motions of the night sky, the historical and scientific underpinnings of the Copernican revolution, and a look at our modern understanding of the bodies that make up our solar system, including planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets. The course will also explore how and what we know about planetary bodies orbiting other stars.
Corequisite(s): ASTR 106 or permission of instructor.
Offered: Every fall
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ASTR 106 - N/The Solar System Laboratory
2019-2020 Catalog Year
Credit(s): 1
Lecture: 0
Non-Lecture: 2
General Education Area(s): Natural Sciences
A laboratory experience to complement the material covered in ASTR 105 . Lab activities will include analyzing and interpreting data on Kepler’s Laws, optics, and planetary systems.
Corequisite(s): ASTR 105 or ASTR 100 .
Offered: Every fall
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ASTR 110 - N/Stars and Galaxies
2019-2020 Catalog Year
Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
General Education Area(s): Natural Sciences
An introduction to our modern understanding of the universe. Topics studied will include the interaction between light and matter, the formation, structure and evolution of stars, and galaxy kinematics and morphology. The course will also explore our understanding of the universe as a whole, from its origin to present structure, to possible fates.
Corequisite(s): ASTR 111 or permission of instructor.
Offered: Every spring
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ASTR 111 - N/Stars and Galaxies Laboratory
2019-2020 Catalog Year
Credit(s): 1
Lecture: 0
Non-Lecture: 2
General Education Area(s): Natural Sciences
A laboratory experience to complement the material covered in ASTR 110 . Labs activities will include spectroscopy, Kepler’s Laws, and analyzing and interpreting data on stars, galaxies, and the universe.
Corequisite(s): ASTR 110 or ASTR 100 .
Offered: Every spring
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