Introduction to Astronomy I: The Solar System

3 credits · Undergraduate

This is an introductory course in astronomy that is general enough to be of interest to science and non-science majors with a proper background in mathematics. This course is complementary to ASTR 121-3. Topics include: an overview of our solar system; the Sun; Earth and Moon; the inner planets; the gas giants and their ring structures and moons; Pluto and Charon; asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteorites; the origin and evolution of our solar system; the origin and evolution of the Sun; and other solar systems and exoplanets. ASTR 120 and ASTR 121 may be taken in either order. Prerequisite(s): At least one of Pre-calculus 11 or Pre-calculus 12 or Foundations of Math 11 or Foundations of Math 12 or UNIV 113-3 or MATH 115-3 or permission of the instructor Preclusion(s): PHYS 120-3