Astronomy
Department Course Catalog: 2010-2011
| Course # |
Term |
Title |
Offered |
| 100-level course descriptions |
| 101 |
F |
Stars: From
Suns to Black Holes |
 |
| 102 |
S |
The Solar System--Our Planetary Home |
|
| 104 |
S |
The Milky Way Galaxy
and the Universe Beyond |
|
| 111 |
F |
Introduction to Astrophysics |
|
| 200-level course descriptions |
| 207T |
F |
Extraterrestrial Life in the Galaxy (tutorial) |
|
| 211 |
F |
Astronomical Observing, Image Processing, and Analysis |
|
| 221 |
F |
Compact Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars & Black
Holes
|
|
| 300-level course descriptions |
| 330 |
S |
The Nature of the Universe |
|
| 332 |
S |
A Guide to Black Holes and Other Exotic Objects |
|
| 336 |
S |
Science,
Pseudoscience, and the Two Cultures (same as History of Science 336) |
|
| 338 |
S |
The Progress
of Astronomy: Galileo through the Hubble Space Telescopes (same as History of Science
338) |
|
| 400-level course descriptions |
| 402 |
S |
Between the
Stars: The Interstellar Medium |
|
| 408T |
S |
The Solar
Corona (tutorial) |
|
| 410 |
S |
Compact Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
|
| 412T |
S |
Solar
Physics (tutorial) |
> |
| 420 |
S |
Observational Cosmology: Observing and Modeling the Universe |
|
| Research course descriptions |
| ASPH
493-494 |
F-S |
Senior Research in Astrophysics |
|
| ASPH
497,498 |
F,S |
Independent Study in
Astrophysics |
|
| ASTR
497,498 |
F,S |
Independent Study in
Astronomy |
|
| WSP course descriptions |
|
10 |
WSP |
Applied Aerodynamics |
> |
| 11T |
WSP |
Exoplanets: Detection and Details (tutorial) |
|
| 37 |
WSP |
Pluto and Other Dwarf Planets |
> |
