Explores ideas about citizenship, national identity, and the social contract in the broader Americas. What makes us "Americans" How do wedefine "America" How does national identitycompete with and relate to other forms of identity, such as social status or class, religious association, gender and sexuality, and racial or ethnic description

4 Credits 3 Class Hours, 3 Lab Hours An introductory course in the astronomy of our Solar System. Topics include the history of astronomy, astronomical coordinates, Newton's Laws, gravitation, properties of light, kinds of telescopes and their uses, the Moon, eclipses, the Sun and its planets, asteroids, comets, and other interplanetary objects. Prerequisites: DSPR 0800 and DSPM 0800 This course is part of the general education core.