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PHYS 130 - Astronomy

(3,2) 4 Credits
General Education Course: Science (lab)
Prerequisite(s):   .
This course studies periodic changes in the night sky, astronomical instrumentation, the solar system, stars, nebulae and galaxies, and cosmology. Laboratory exercises will utilize simulations and night-sky observations. May be used to fulfill one semester of a laboratory science requirement for non-science majors, or as an elective for science majors.


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