AST 1004 STELLAR ASTRONOMY 3 credits

Prerequisites: (ENC 0020 and REA 0002 and MAT 0024) or (EAP 1695 and MAT 0024). This course is a study of the sun as a star, physical properties of the stars, basic principles of spectroscopy as applied to astronomy, double stars, variable stars, star clusters, gaseous nebulae, stellar motions and distributions, the Milky Way system, the external galaxies, the expanding universe, and the cosmic time scale. Also includes discussion of astronomical instruments. (This course may not be taken for credit subsequent to receiving a grade of "C" or better in AST 1002.) 47 contact hours.