Astronomy 4402: Galaxies and Cosmology

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Syllabus
Astronomy Courses
Astronomy Major
A Career in Astronomy

Lectures:

Overview
  1. Week 1: Early Cosmologies
  2. Week 2: Greek Cosmology I
  3. Week 2: Greek Cosmology II
  4. Week 3: The Scientific Revolution
  5. Week 3: Laws of Motion and Gravitation
  6. Week 4: A Universe beyond the Solar System: Stars
  7. Week 4: A Universe beyond the Stars: Galaxies I, II,
  8. Week 5: The Hubble Law and the Distance Scale
  9. Week 6: Foundations of the Big Bang theory
  10. Week 7: Nucleosynthesis
  1. Week 8: The Cosmic Microwave Background
  2. Week 8: Inflation
  3. Week 9: Geometry of the Universe
  4. Week 10: The Cosmological Parameters: Ho
  5. Week 10: The Cosmological Parameters: Omega
  6. Week 11: Galaxy Formation and Evolution
  7. Week 12: Large Scale Structure
  8. Week 13: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
  9. Week 14: Fate of the Universe
  10. Week 14: The Anthropic Principle

Projects/Exams/Grades:

Project #1. Discussion: Jan 25; Deadline: Feb 13
Project #2. Discussion: Feb 22; Deadline: Mar 29
Project #3. Discussion: Apr 5; Deadline: Apr 24

 Midterm Exam: Feb 27
Final Exam: Apr 24
Grades

Internet Resources:

Wolfram's World of Science
Hyperphysics
Ned Wright's Cosmological Tutorial
James Schombert's Astronomy Lectures
MAP's Notes on Cosmology
The COSMOS Tour
 A Cosmology Database
Links to Cosmology Pages
Atlas of the Universe
Chris Mihos' JavaLab
Hubble Deep Field North
Hubble Deep Field South

Copyright: The lectures on this course are a compilation of information on Observational Cosmology obtained in the web, including several NASA Space Observatories web sites, various educational web sites, and the excellent web-based lectures on Cosmology by James Schombert and Ned Wright. Since this web site is open to the Net, the public is free to view and educate themselves.