PHS4530 — Introductory Astronomy (T►) (SGE)
5 hour(s) Elective Type: General Education Core - Physical Science Lab (T►) Kansas Regents System Wide Transfer Course: [KRSN PHS1020] Description: Introduction to Astronomy topics include fundamental concepts (planetary, stellar, and lunar motion; gravitation; light and telescopes); solar system 1 (Earth, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars); solar system 2 (Jupiter and satellites, Saturn and satellites, outer planets); stars (nature of stars, birth, evolution and death of stars, neutron stars, black holes); universe (galaxies, quasars, blazars, cosmology). Course Classification: 3 cr. Lecture/2 cr. Lab (Knowledge of algebra is very ful). Course