Astronomy 201

Title: Introduction to Astronomy

Taught: Fall/Summer

Hours: 4:3-3 (A 4 credit hour course with 3 hours of class and 3 hours of laboratory each week.)

Prerequisiste: Eligibility to take MATH 111 or MATH 121

Description: A survey of astronomy, including historical observations and star maps; celestial motions of the sun, moon, planets and stars; electromagnetic radiation, including radiation laws and spectral classification; astronomical instruments and methods; the stars, including formation, evolution, properties, and types of stars; the universe, including the Milky Way Galaxy, other galaxies, theories of formation and evolution. The laboratory section for the class will include work at night in the FMU Observatory.

Text Used: Stars and Galaxies (6th Edition) by Michael A. Seeds

Laboratory Manual: Purchase from the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Proceeds go to the Society of Physics and Engineering Students