SOLAR SYSTEM ASTROPHYSICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ASTRON 200 and ( PHYSICS 241 , 249 , PHYSICS/E C E 235 , or concurrent enrollment) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a sense of wonder and curiosity about our solar system and planetary systems around other stars. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe various methods of how we collect information to study these systems and our limitations and challenges in this process. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply physics learned in their previous physics courses to explain and analyze properties and phenomena seen in our solar system and beyond. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply knowledge of current and forthcoming NASA missions to explain their objectives, and the vital role they play in enhancing our knowledge of the solar system and extrasolar systems. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a sense of wonder and curiosity about our solar system and planetary systems around other stars. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe various methods of how we collect information to study these systems and our limitations and challenges in this process. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply physics learned in their previous physics courses to explain and analyze properties and phenomena seen in our solar system and beyond. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply knowledge of current and forthcoming NASA missions to explain their objectives, and the vital role they play in enhancing our knowledge of the solar system and extrasolar systems. Audience: Undergraduate