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| Introduction to Astronomy | |||
| INT ASTRONOMY | |||
| CLASS CODE: | PH 227 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to modern planetary and stellar astronomy. Frequent use is made of the planetarium and observatory. Intended for Physics and secondary education majors. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduces students to modern planetary and stellar astronomy. Includes naked eye observations, telescopes, stellar astronomy, including the life history of stars, galaxies, cosmology, and modern planetary astronomy. | ||
| TOPICS: | Naked Eye observations Telescopes Light and spectra Properties of stars Stellar evolution Galaxies and cosmology The solar system, its members, and origin |
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| OBJECTIVES: | Be able to find the 20 brightest stars in the sky Identify 25 constellations Describe the observations made by the ancient astronomers without the aid of a telescope. Describe observations made through modern telescopes that lead scientists to create theories of stellar evolution. Describe observations that led scientists to the formation of the Big Bang theory. Describe observation that led scientists to the modern theory of planet formation. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | |||
| PREREQUISITES: | Physics 121 Concurrent Registration: none Math Level: Extensive use of college algebra, trigonometry, and elementary calculus. |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||