Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?"
-Victor Hugo

Planetary Astronomy

PHYS 1404 MATH 0306, ENGL 0305 or ENGL 0316 AND ENGL 0307 or 0326, OR higher level course (ENGL 1301), OR placement by testing Credit: 4 3 hrs. lec.; 3 hrs. lab

This is an introductory course that will concentrate on the origin, life and fate of the solar system, the various bodies in the solar system and solar system mechanics. An appropriate laboratory program will include real-time telescope observations, field trips asnd internet research. This is a course for nonscience majors who need natural science credit or anyone who wants to study the wonders of the universe. (4002015103)

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