ASTR - Physics Course Descriptions

Explores the entire realm of the universe, its origins and history, and establishes our time and place and role in it. Our solar system, our galaxy, the expanding universe of many galaxies will be discussed along with more recent discoveries such as quasars, pulsars and black holes.

Designed to fulfill the 30000-level core science requirement, the course covers the fundamental physical laws that underlie the motions of heavenly bodies, including Newtonian mechanics and Einstein's theory of relativity, planetary, stellar and galactic evolution; the methods, techniques and instruments used by modern astronomy, including the Hubble Space Telescope and planetary space probes.