APY 412 - Culture and Astronomy

Institution:

University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: SEM Involves a cross-cultural and historical examination of a variety of astronomies focusing on practices and empirical realities. Compares in detail Medieval Western astronomy, Mayan calendrical astronomy, and Pacific Islanders navigational astronomy. Students participate in an in-class workshop dealing with an artifact from each of these systems, and research, report, and write on these and other astronomical systems. Students have the opportunity to use computer-based planetarium programs to simulate the sky at other times and places.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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