AST 308

Galaxies and Cosmology

Fall Semester (odd-numbered years)

3 credits (3 hrs lecture, 0 hrs lab)

Prerequisites:

• AST 208
• PHY 215 or concurrently (or PHY 215B)
• PHY 321 or concurrently
• Working familiarity with introductory astronomy, calculus and differential equations will be assumed.

Alias: AST 402

The Milky Way. Galaxies beyond the Milky Way. The expanding universe. Modern cosmological models. Galaxy evolution and active galactic nuclei.