AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy

3 credit hour(s) | Fall | Spring | Summer

Prerequisite(s): documented exemption, appropriate placement test scores, or completion of developmental education reading and writing.
Provides a general, non-mathematical introduction to astronomy, stressing basic physical principles applied to the universe as a whole. Includes features of our night sky, our solar system, stars and their evolution, galaxies, and cosmology. Lecture: 3 hours.