Welcome to Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, a three-credit course designed to introduce the science of astronomy. The course has the following goals:
- to help students gain an understanding of how the human view of the universe has changed over time.
- to develop students’ basic understanding of the major components of the universe we see—the planets, the Sun, other stars, and galaxies.
- to show students how the scientific method is used to develop an understanding of nature and the universe.
- to give students an appreciation of science, both for its own sake and for the benefits of its technological applications.