Course:ASTR311
| Exploring the Universe: Stars and Galaxies | |
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| ASTR 311 | |
| Section: | 201 |
| Instructor: | Jeremy Heyl |
| Email: | heyl@phas.ubc.ca |
| Office: | Hennings 417 |
| Office Hours: | MWF 11-12 |
| Class Schedule: | MWF 12-1 |
| Classroom: | Hennings 201 |
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Exploring the Universe: Stars and Galaxies
Instructor: Jeremy Heyl
Learning Goals
- Be a lifelong observer of nature, seeking the patterns behind what you see.
- Decide and judge using quantitative reasoning.
- Use the scientific method to synthesize and refine explanations for what you experience.
- Explain how stars form, produce energy and what happens when they exhaust their fuel.
- Describe the various structures in the Universe from groups of stars to the largest scales.
- Outline the history of the Universe from its formation until today and its possible futures.
- Explain how life on Earth relies on the rest of the Universe.
Textbook
Astronomy Today (8th Edition) by Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan