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AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy

3 credit hour(s) | Fall | Spring | Summer
Prerequisite(s): satisfactory completion of Developmental Writing II (ENC0025 ) and Developmental Reading II (REA0017 ), or appropriate placement scores.
Provides a general, non-mathematical introduction to astronomy, stressing basic physical principles applied to the universe as a whole. Includes features of our night sky, our solar system, stars and their evolution, galaxies and cosmology. Lecture: 3 hours.