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Summer 2025 Distance Learning Lower DivisionScience
This course is intended for students interested in learning about everything in the cosmos, from the Solar System, stars, our Galaxy, and other external galaxies now and in the distant past. Key physical principles in understanding these topics will be covered at the non-calculus level. The key space missions that enabled space explorations as well as their challenges and societal impact will be also discussed.
Learning Outcomes1Identify a wide range of phenomena seen in the Solar System and in the night sky and explain the key physical principles responsible for them.
2Understand the technical challenges in space exploration and the technological developments that overcame them.
3Develop an appreciation of our place on our planet and in the Solar System in a broader context of the history of the universe as we understand it.
4Connect our understanding and discoveries in astronomy to the larger changes in society and the development of human civilization and provide biographical information about transformative figures in astronomy research.
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