39 hours lectures, 13 hours practicals. Semester 2.
Staff:
Assoc. Professor I Whittingham.
Solar system - formation and characteristics; stars - evolution; galaxies - structure and evolution; Galaxy clusters; cosmology - big bang, cosmic background radiation and dark matter.
Learning Objectives:
develop an understanding of astronomy and the governing principles and laws;
develop skills in applying laws and making predictions;
develop an appreciation of the scales of size and distance and to appreciate the experimental tools of remote observation.
Assessment by 10 weekly projects (30%); major assignment (20%); end-of-semester examination (50%).
