PHS4530 - Introductory Astronomy

5 hour(s)
Elective Type: Laboratory Science
Kansas Regents Shared Number: [KRSN PHS1020]
Special Funding Identifier: AcceleRate
Introduction to Astronomy topics include fundamental concepts (planetary, stellar, and lunar motion; gravitation; light and telescopes); solar system 1 (Earth, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars); solar system 2 (Jupiter and satellites, Saturn and satellites, outer planets); stars (nature of stars, birth, evolution and death of stars, neutron stars, black holes); universe (galaxies, quasars, blazars, cosmology).
Prerequisite(s): Basic computer skills, campus or personal Internet access. (Knowledge of algebra is very helpful).

Course Outcomes/Procedures: Link to document