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Astronomy
GPC offers several Astronomy classes including honors classes. Most all Astronomy classes are also offered through Distance Learning (Online).
COURSES
ASTR 1010 - Astronomy of the Solar System
Credits:
3.00
Pre-requisite - Exit or exemption from Learning
Support Mathematics and exit or exemption from Learning Support Reading
or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091.
Astronomy from the early ideas of the cosmos to modern
observational techniques. The solar system planets, satellites and minor
bodies are studied. The origin and evolution of the solar system are
studied.
ASTR 1010H - Astronomy of the Solar Sys (H)
Credits:
3.00
Pre-requisite - Exit or exemption from Learning
Support Mathematics and exit or exemption from Learning Support Reading
or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091.
This course is ASTR 1010 for honors students. This course
presents astronomy from the early ideas of the cosmos to modern
observational techniques. The solar system planets, satellites, and minor
bodies are studied. The origin and evolution of the solar system are
studied.
ASTR 1010L - Astronomy of the Solar Sys Lab
Credits:
1.00
Pre-requisite - Exit or exemption from Learning
Support Mathematics and exit or exemption from Learning Support Reading
or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091.
Laboratory to accompany ASTR 1010.
ASTR 1020 - Stellar and Galactic Astronomy
Credits:
3.00
Pre-requisite - Exit or exemption from Learning
Support Mathematics and exit or exemption from Learning Support Reading
or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091.
The study of the Sun and stars, their physical properties and
evolution, interstellar matter, star clusters, our galaxy and other
galaxies, and the origin of the Universe.
ASTR 1020H - Stellar/Galactic Astronomy (H)
Credits:
3.00
Pre-requisite - Exit or exemption from Learning
Support Mathematics and exit or exemption from Learning Support Reading
or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091.
This course is ASTR 1020 for honors students. This course
includes the study of the Sun and stars, their physical properties and
evolution, interstellar matter, star clusters, our galaxy and other
galaxies, and the origin of the Universe.
ASTR 1020L - Stellar and Galactic Astr. Lab
Credits:
1.00
Pre-requisite - Exit or exemption from Learning
Support Mathematics and exit or exemption from Learning Support Reading
or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091.
Laboratory to accompany ASTR 1020.