Astronomy

• ASTR 101: Descriptive Astronomy

ASTR 101: Descriptive Astronomy

This is an introductory course that will explore the following topics: charting the heavens, the Copernican Revolution, radiation, spectroscopy, telescopes, the solar system, the formation of planetary systems, the Sun, measuring the stars, star formation, stellar evolution, stellar explosions, neutron stars and black holes, the Milky Way galaxy, normal galaxies, cosmology, the early Universe, and life in the Universe.

Required Text

• Chaisson and McMillan, Astronomy Today, 5th edition (2004)

You may purchase the textbook at the Higher Grounds bookstore in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

• Instructor: Daniel Reichart, PhD
• Department: Physics and Astronomy
• Credit hours: 3
• UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
• View sample course syllabus.

How to Enroll

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