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    Nov 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

ASTRO 104 The Solar System and Beyond

(IAI: P1 906L)
Prerequisite: Placement into ENG 099  or higher; placement into MATH 091  or higher.
3 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs transfer credit
This lab course is a one-semester conceptual study and investigation of astronomical phenomena. Topics include motions and cycles of the Earth, Moon, and Sun, the origin of modern astronomy, electromagnetic radiation and astronomical telescopes, characteristics of the solar system, comparative planetology, evolution and death of stars, structure of the Milky Way galaxy, types of galaxies, modern cosmology and astrobiology.