ASTR 1010 Survey Of Astronomy

[3 credit hours]

Not for major credit; not open to science majors; no credit after 2010, 2020. General astronomy, including appearance of the sky and nature and evolution of the Earth, Moon, solar system, stars, galaxies and the Universe.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Core Natural Sciences, OT36 Natural Science

ASTR 2010 Solar System Astronomy

[3 credit hours]

A quantitative introduction to the contents, origin and evolution of the solar system, as revealed by recent advances in space exploration. High school mathematics at the level of graphs, algebra and elementary logarithms is required.

Prerequisites: ACT Math with a score of 22 or MATH SECTION SCORE with a score of 550 or Aleks Math Placement Test with a score of 61 or Aleks Math Placement Retest with a score of 61 or Math - Coll Algebra Placement with a score of 12 or MATH 1320 with a minimum grade of C- or MATH 1330 with a minimum grade of C- or MATH 1340 with a minimum grade of C-

Term Offered: Fall

Core Natural Sciences, OT36 Natural Science

ASTR 2020 Stars, Galaxies, And The Universe

[3 credit hours]

A quantitative introduction to the nature and evolution of stars, galaxies and the universe, as revealed by observation and physical theory. High school mathematics at the level of graphs, algebra and elementary logarithms is required.

Prerequisites: ACT Math with a score of 22 or MATH SECTION SCORE with a score of 550 or Aleks Math Placement Test with a score of 61 or Aleks Math Placement Retest with a score of 61 or Math - Coll Algebra Placement with a score of 12 or MATH 1320 with a minimum grade of C- or MATH 1330 with a minimum grade of C- or MATH 1340 with a minimum grade of C-

Term Offered: Spring

Core Natural Sciences, OT36 Natural Science

ASTR 2050 Elementary Astronomy Laboratory

[1 credit hour]

Laboratory exercises and observational measurements in elementary astronomy. Two hours laboratory per week. (not for major credit)

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

Core Natural Sciences, OT36 Natural Science

ASTR 2320 Life In The Universe

[3 credit hours]

The astronomical factors involved in the emergence of life in the universe, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the likelihood of advanced civilizations in the Galaxy. May be offered as writing intensive.

Prerequisites: ASTR 1010 with a minimum grade of D- or (ASTR 2010 with a minimum grade of D- and ASTR 2020 with a minimum grade of D-)

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

ASTR 2340 New Frontiers In Astronomy

[3 credit hours]

Descriptive treatment of recent developments in astronomy from spacecraft, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, or from the newest, very large ground based telescopes. May be offered as a writing intensive.

Prerequisites: ASTR 1010 with a minimum grade of D- or ASTR 2010 with a minimum grade of D- or ASTR 2020 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring

ASTR 3880 Foundations of Astronomy

[4 credit hours]

Positional Astronomy and Time; Telescopes and Optics; Detection and Characterization of Light (Imaging, Photometry and Spectroscopy); Data Reduction and Measurements; Fundamental Techniques of Astronomy (Parallax, Magnitudes, Interstellar Extinction, Doppler Shift and Spectral Line Widths, Stellar Classification, Color-Magnitude and Color-Color Diagrams, Lightcurves, and Redshifts); Measuring Properties of Stars, Star Clusters, Galaxies, and the Universe.

Prerequisites: ASTR 2020 with a minimum grade of D- and PHYS 3310 with a minimum grade of D- and CSET 1100 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring

ASTR 4810 Astrophysics I

[3 credit hours]

Spherical coordinate systems, astronomical time, celestial mechanics, the solar system and planetary physics, photometry, radiative transfer, stellar spectra and classification, binary stars and stellar masses.

Prerequisites: ASTR 3880 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Fall

ASTR 4820 Astrophysics II

[3 credit hours]

Stellar structure and evolution, close binaries, origin of the elements, the sun, variable stars, star clusters, the interstellar medium, the Milky Way Galaxy, stellar statistics, galaxy structure and evolution, cosmology.

Prerequisites: ASTR 4810 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring

ASTR 4880 Astrophysical Measurements

[3 credit hours]

Astronomical, optical and electronic principles of operation of a modern astronomical observatory. Observing with the 1 meter telescope of Ritter Observatory, introduction to reduction, analysis and interpretation of astrophysical data. Six hours laboratory per week. May be offered as writing intensive.

Prerequisites: ASTR 3880 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Fall