ASTR 307 - Understanding the Cosmos

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Bowling Green State University-Main Campus

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Description:

Spring alternate years. The universe as a whole, as viewed by prehistoric civilizations to the present, including Greek/pre-Greek cosmology, the Copernican revolution, the development of modern cosmology, gravity, galaxies, dark matter, large-scale structure, universal expansion, the background radiation, the big bang and other models, the earliest times, dark energy, and the fate of the universe. Prerequisite: ASTR 201. Applicable to the BG Perspective (general education) natural sciences requirement.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bgsu.edu

Phone Number:

(419) 372-2531

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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