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AST 108 Syllabus

 


BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

The City University of New York 

Department of Science 

Title of Course: ASTRONOMY: GENERAL THEORY,  AST 108

Class Hours: 3 

Professor: Vasiliy Znamenskiy          vznamenskiy@bmcc.cuny.edu

Required Text:

        Title: ASTRONOMY (openstaxtm

         Free download from https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy

Other Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/GeneralAstronomy/ 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GeneralAstronomy/

https://twitter.com/GenAstronomy 

https://GenAstronomy.blogspot.com/

 


Evaluation and Requirements of Students:


Homework/quizzes: 20%

Research project:    20%

Exams:                    60%

Extra Credits:          Extra


WEEK

TOPIC

CHAPTERS

1

Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour.

Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy.


Chapter 1 Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour. 

Chapter 2 Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy.

2

The Science of Astronomy.

Understanding Motion, Energy and Gravity

Chapter 3 Orbits and Gravity.

3

Light: The Cosmic Messenger

Chapter 5 Radiation and Spectra. 

 Chapter 6 Astronomical Instruments.

4

Formation of Planetary Systems: Our Solar System and Beyond

Chapter 4 Earth, Moon, and Sky. 

Chapter 7 Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System.  

Chapter 8 Earth as a Planet. 

5

Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds

Chapter  9 Cratered Worlds 

Chapter  10 Earth Like Planets: Venus and Mars

6

Jovian Planet Systems

Chapter 11 The Giant Planets. 

Chapter 12 Rings, Moons, and Pluto. 

7

Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts

13 Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System 

14 Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System

8

Our Star - The Sun

15 The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star

16 The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse

9

Surveying the Stars

17 Analyzing Starlight 

18 The Stars: A Celestial Census 

10

Star Stuff

19 Celestial Distances

20 Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space

11

The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard

21 The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System

22 Stars from Adolescence to Old Age

23 The Death of Stars

24 Black Holes and Curved Spacetime 

12

Our Galaxy - The Milky Way

25 The Milky Way Galaxy

26 Galaxies

27 Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes 

13

A Universe of Galaxies

26 Galaxies

27 Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes

28 The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies

14

The Birth of the Universe.

Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe

29 The Big Bang

30 Life in the Universe

15

 

Finals Week

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