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Astronomy

Spring Semester 2010

ASTR 101: Introduction to Astronomy I: The Solar System

This is an introductory course that will explore the following topics: charting the heavens, the Copernican Revolution, radiation, spectroscopy, telescopes, the solar system, the formation of planetary systems, the Sun, measuring the stars, star formation, stellar evolution, stellar explosions, neutron stars and black holes, the Milky Way galaxy, normal galaxies, cosmology, the early Universe, and life in the Universe.

Required Text

  • Chaisson and McMillan, Astronomy Today, 6th edition (2007), ISBN 978-0132400855

Additional Requirement

  • WebAssign, a homework management system, is needed for this course. Students must purchase a WebAssign access code (available from Friday Center Books & Gifts or at the WebAssign site when class begins).

You may purchase the textbook and WebAssign code at Friday Center Books & Gifts. You may visit the store in person, order online, or mail or fax in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

  • Instructor: Daniel Reichart, PhD
  • Department: Physics and Astronomy
  • Credit hours: 3
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • View a sample course syllabus.

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ASTR 101L: Introduction to Astronomy I: The Solar System (Laboratory)

This laboratory uses exercises and elementary calculations to illustrate methods used in astronomy.

Required Materials

  • Students are required to rent a lab kit for this course. The refundable rental fee is $90 plus postage (amount will depend on your address; for students on the West coast, the postage may be as much as $60 each way).

Additional Requirement

  • WebAssign, a homework management system, is needed for this course. Students must purchase a WebAssign access code (available from Friday Center Books & Gifts or at the WebAssign site when class begins).

Course Details

  • Instructor: Daniel Reichart, PhD
  • Department: Physics and Astronomy
  • Credit hours: 1
  • Corequisite: ASTR 101
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • A sample course syllabus is not yet available.

link How to Enroll

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ASTR 102: Introduction to Astronomy II: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

ASTR 102 is the second of a two-course sequence and explores the following topics: the Sun, stellar observables, stellar formation and evolution, stellar explosions and neutron stars, relativity and black holes, the Milky Way galaxy, galaxies and dark matter, cosmology, and the early Universe. Astronomy is a scientific subject, and students can expect to work with scientific equations and mathematics.

Required Text

  • Chaisson and McMillan, Astronomy Today, 6th edition (2007), ISBN 978-0132400855

Additional Requirement

  • WebAssign, a homework management system, is needed for this course. Students must purchase a WebAssign access code (available from Friday Center Books & Gifts or at the WebAssign site when class begins).

You may purchase the textbook and WebAssign code at Friday Center Books & Gifts. You may visit the store in person, order online, or mail or fax in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

  • Instructor: Aaron LaCluyze, PhD
  • Department: Physics and Astronomy
  • Credit hours: 3
  • UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
  • A sample course syllabus is not yet available.

link How to Enroll

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