— Astronomy of the Solar System

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Introduction to naked eye and telescopic observations of events in the night sky: positions of sun, moon, planets throughout the year. Historical perspective on how our understanding of the solar system evolved to current non-mathematical astrophysical interpretation of planetary systems. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s). Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken AST 002, any quarter of PHY 009 or PHY 009H, or any upper division PHY course (other than PHY 137 or PHY 160). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s). Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken AST 002, any quarter of PHY 009 or PHY 009H, or any upper division PHY course (other than PHY 137 or PHY 160). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL).