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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Directed study in a specific area of art. Permission of the instructor is required.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Directed research is designed to give students the opportunity to design and carry out a research project to be agreed upon by the student and a supervising faculty member.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introductory course on Latin America and the Caribbean. Since the indigenous past and colonial experiences have repercussions in the present and future of the nations in the region, the course begins with a historical perspective. It then surveys major topics and issues such as religion, the environment, art, race and gender, etc. in contemporary contexts and from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course will stimulate students to pursue further study of Latin American/Caribbean or world issues during their undergraduate careers.
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3.00 Credits
This course is for students who have a desire to become familiar with the nature and motions of celestial objects in the night sky and techniques to observe them. Each week students meet for two 50 minute lectures on campus and one evening session at Allegheny Observatory. Transportation to the Allegheny Observatory is provided by the University. The course will be given at a level suitable for both science and non-science majors who want to learn how to use a telescope and enjoy observational and practical astronomy. The course will make use of existing Observatory facilities. The activities will focus on: (1) practical astronomy from the standpoint of understanding the motions of objects in the sky (including constellations versus celestial coordinate systems), (2) telescopes and their use, (3) observational astronomy using a digital CCD camera, (4) the nature of astronomical objects which are observable with the unaided eye or a small telescope.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course in astronomy includes topics in light and the telescope, solar system, stars, nebulae, stellar evolution, quarks to quasars, galactic systems, and cosmology. Prerequisite: MATH 0110 GE: Physical Sciences
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3.00 Credits
The course includes topics concerning the philosophy of science and astronomy; the history of the study of the solar system; astronomy applications of the electromagnetic spectrum; properties of the sun; properties of the planets and related objects; the study of comets, asteroids and meteorites; cosmogony of the solar system; and the search for other planetary systems and extraterrestrial life. Prerequisite: MATH 0110 GE: Physical Sciences
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1.00 Credits
The laboratory includes activities in the following areas: experimental processes and analysis methods, laboratory report writing, determination of the Earth’s gravitational acceleration, celestial coordinate systems, properties of lenses and mirrors, telescopes, graphical construction of planetary orbits, power output of the sun, photometry, distance measurement methods, spectroscopy, and astrophotography methods. Prerequisite: MATH 0110 GE: Physical Sciences
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3.00 Credits
This course challenges the student’s critical thinking and scientific reasoning methods regarding the grand questions associated with the formation of the universe. Topics include the history of cosmology, physics fundamentals applied to cosmology, lives of stars and galaxies, the structure of the universe, special and general theories of relativity, time, the Big Bang, and models of the universe. Prerequisites: Math 0110, a laboratory science course GE: Physical Sciences
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3.00 Credits
The study of a special topic in astronomy.
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