ASTR 1303 - Stars and Galaxies

Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

TCCN: ASTR 1303
Core Category: Life and Physical Sciences
Part of a two-semester survey course in astronomy intended for both science and nonscience majors. Properties of the sun and stars, stellar spectra, stellar formation, life and death of stars, formation of the elements, black holes, galaxies, expansion of the universe and cosmology. Laboratory experiments and activities in stellar and galactic astronomy.