ASTRONOMY COURSES OFFERED:

AST 2100 Solar System Astronomy (3 credits). 
General principles of Astronomy with emphasis on the structure and evolution of the Solar System, 
the laws of planetary motion, and the physical aspects of the sun, planets, and interplanetary debris. 
Prerequisites: College Algebra and Geometry. (F,S,SS) 

  
AST 2100L Solar System Astronomy Laboratory (1 credit). Laboratory section of AST 2100. 
Outdoor observing of the moon, planets and indoor exercises including celestial positions and time, 
the moon’s orbit, planetary motions, comparative planetology. 
Corequisite: AST 2100. (Lab fees assessed) (F,S,SS) 

  
AST 2201 Stellar Astronomy (3 credits). 
General principles of Astronomy with emphasis on the structure and evolution of stars, stellar systems, 
galaxies and the universe. Topics include stellar birth and death, neutron stars and black holes, galactic 
distances and the expansion of the universe. 
Prerequisites: College Algebra and Geometry. (F,S,SS) 

  
AST 2201L Stellar Astronomy Laboratory (1 credit). Laboratory section of AST 2201. 
Outdoor observing of stars, constellations, binary and variable stars, star clusters, nebulae and indoor 
exercises including radiative properties of the stars, spectra, stellar and galactic distances, Hubble’s Law. 
Corequisite: AST 2201. (Lab fees assessed) (F,S,SS) 


AST 3213 Modern Astrophysics (3 credits). 
An introduction to the structure of stars and galaxies and the evolution of the universe as a whole. 
Topics will include atomic spectra, stellar classifications, galactic structure, cosmology. 
Prerequisites: PHY 2048, 2049. (F or S) 

  
AST 5215 Stellar Astrophysics (3 credits). 
Topics in Stellar Astrophysics, in greater detail and depth than similar topics in AST 3213. 
Emphasis on current stellar structure, evolution models and the underlying observa-tional data. 
Prerequisites: PHY 3124, PHY 3503, PHY 4324, PHY 4222 or equivalent. (F or S) 

  
AST 5405 Extragalactic Astrophysics (3 credits). 
Topics in extragalactic astro-physics, in greater detail and depth than similar topics in AST 3213. 
Emphasis on galactic structure and evolution, quasars and cosmology. 
Prerequisites: PHY 3124, PHY 3503, PHY 4324, PHY 4222 or equivalent. (F or S) 

  
AST 5507 Celestial Mechanics (3 credits). 
Principles of classical Newtonian mechanics applied to the motions of planets, satellites, and interplanetary 
space probes. Prerequisites: PHY 4222 or equivalent. (F or S)