Course Synopses
01:750:110. ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY (3)
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Credits: 3
- SAS Core Certified: NS
- Course Code: 01:750:110
- Course Description:
No prerequisite. For nonscience majors. May not be taken for major or minor credit in physics or astronomy/astrophysics. Courses 01:750:109 and 01:750:110 are independent and may be taken in either order or concurrently.
A predominantly descriptive introduction to current ideas concerning the nature and origin of the earth, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe; neutron stars and black holes; the "big-bang"; the possibility of life outside the earth. 750:109: Development of our understanding of the solar system from the time of the Greeks to the present day. 01:750:110: Current understanding of stars, galaxies and the universe.
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