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4.00 Credits
Lecture and recitation. Islamic civilization and its characteristic political, social, and religious institutions and intellectual traditions. Global Core.
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4.00 Credits
The contemporary Islamic world studied through freshly translated texts; recorded interviews with religious, political, and intellectual leaders; and films highlighting the main artistic and cultural currents. Topics include religion and society, religion and politics, issues of development, theories of government, gender issues, East-West confrontation, theatre, arts, films, poetry, music, and the short novel.
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1.00 Credits
First-Year Seminar In Contemporary Physics and Astronomy -level course in the Physics or Astronomy Department. May be taken for Pass/Fail credit only. Lectures on current areas of research with discussions of motivation, techniques, and results, as well as difficulties and unsolved problems. Each student submits a written report on one field of active research.
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3.00 Credits
Recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. Introduction to astronomy intended primarily for nonscience majors. Includes the history of astronomy; the apparent motions of the moon, sun, stars, and planets; gravitation and planetary orbits; the physics of the earth and its atmosphere; and the exploration of the solar system. This course is similar to ASTR C1403. You cannot enroll in both courses and receive credit for both. Science Requirement: Partial Fulfillment.
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3.00 Credits
Recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. The properties of stars, star formation, stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis, the Milky Way and other galaxies, and the origin and evolution of the universe. You cannot enroll in ASTR BC1754 in addition to one of the following ASTR C1404, ASTR C1420 or ASTR C1836 and received credit for both. Science Requirement: Partial Fulfillment.
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3.00 Credits
Recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. The overall architecture of the solar system. Motions of the celestial sphere. Time and the calendar. Major planets, the earth-moon system, minor planets, comets. Life in the solar system and beyond. This course is similar to ASTR BC 1753. You cannot enroll in both courses and receive credit for both. Science Requirement: Partial Fulfillment.
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3.00 Credits
Distances to, and fundamental properties of, nearby stars; nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution; novae and supernovae; galaxies; the structure of the universe and theories concerning its origin, evolution, and ultimate fate. You cannot enroll in ASTR C1404 in addition to one of the following ASTR BC1754, ASTR C1420 or ASTR C1836 and received credit for both. Science Requirement: Partial Fulfillment.
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3.00 Credits
Milestones in the science of cosmology over the past 6000 years. Skylore and observation in ancient cultures. The twin revolutions of the Greeks: Pythagoras and Ptolemy. Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Great Chain of Being. The "scientific revolution": the impersonal and deterministic world-order of Newton, Laplace, and Kelvin. The erosion of that world-order by mathematics and experiment in the 20th century (relativity, quantum physics, dark matter, and the expanding universe). Today's searches for a new grand order in the Universe, which can cope-or maybe not-with these blows to yesterday's comfortable wisdom. Science Requirement: Partial Fulfillment.
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3.00 Credits
Recommended preparation: a working knowledge of high school algebra. A study of the life cycles of stars, from their birth in cold gas clouds to their final throes in supernova explosions. The turn-of-the-century revolution in physics: X-rays, radioactivity, the nuclear atom, and the quantum theory. Energy production by nuclear fission and fusion, and its consequences. You cannot enroll in ASTR C1836 in addition to ASTR BC1754 or ASTR C1404 and receive credit for both. Science Requirement: Partial Fulfillment.
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1.00 Credits
Projects include observations with the department's telescopes, computer simulation, laboratory experiments in spectroscopy, and the analysis of astronomical data. Lab 1 ASTR C1903 - goes with ASTR BC1753 or ASTR C1403.
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