ASTR 0349 - Integrated Physical Science: Astronomy

Credits: 3

This course examines current topics in astronomy with an emphasis on the application of basic principles of chemistry and physics to those topics. Both conceptual and quantitative approaches to the subject will be explored. Topics may include comparative planetology, meteorites, tidal forces, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, extrasolar planets, dark matter, chemistry of the interstellar medium, galactic dynamics, or cosmology. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

Prerequisites: ASTR 0101  and one semester each of college-level chemistry and physics.

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