4.00 Credits
An introductory course in the astronomy of stars and galaxies. Topics includethe history of astronomy, astronomical coordinates, Newton's Laws,gravitation, properties of light, kinds of telescopes and their uses, the Sun,stars, and stellar properties, nebulae, star clusters, galaxies and galacticdistributions, pulsars, quasars, neutron stars, black holes, and cosmology.PREREQUISITE(S): Placement level of college ready in reading and math.