Astronomy Course Descriptions

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ASTR 201   Introduction to Astronomy: Sun and Planets   3 Credit Hours
A descriptive introduction to the universe, our sun and its solar system, the Earth and the other planets, asteroids, and comets. Practical observational astronomy. Planetary discoveries made by space craft. Life in the universe.
Lecture: two hours.
Laboratory: two hours.

ASTR 202   Introduction to Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies   3 Credit Hours
The universe outside the solar system, the sun as a typical star, the Milky Way and other galaxies, pulsars, quasars, and black holes are studied.
Lecture: two hours
Laboratory: two hours.

ASTR 412   Stellar and Galactic Astrophysics    3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: PHYS 211 and MATH 132
The structures, atmospheres, dynamics, and evolutions of stars; the techniques of stellar abundance analysis and spectral classification; the reduction, eigenvalue problems, boundary-value problems, representation theory, and perturbation theory.
Lecture: three hours.