Astronomy Department Course Catalog: 2011-2012

Course # Term Title Offered
100-level course descriptions
101 F Stars: From Suns to Black Holes
102 S The Solar System--Our Planetary Home
104 S The Milky Way Galaxy and the Universe Beyond  
111 F Introduction to Astrophysics
200-level course descriptions
207T F Extraterrestrial Life in the Galaxy (tutorial)  
211 F Astronomical Observing, Image Processing, and Analysis
300-level course descriptions
330 S The Nature of the Universe
336 S Science, Pseudoscience, and the Two Cultures (same as History of Science 336)  
338 S The Progress of Astronomy: Galileo through the Hubble Space Telescopes (same as History of Science 338)  
400-level course descriptions
402 S Between the Stars: The Interstellar Medium  
408T S The Solar Corona (tutorial)
410 S Compact Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes  
412T S Solar Physics (tutorial)
Research course descriptions
ASPH 493-494 F-S Senior Research in Astrophysics
ASPH 497,498 F,S Independent Study in Astrophysics
ASTR 497,498 F,S Independent Study in Astronomy
WSP course descriptions