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2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

ASTR 100L - Introductory Astronomy Laboratory

(1 unit)

Prerequisites/Corequisites: One course from Subject Area 2 of GE requirements; ASTR 100 .

Introductory laboratory course in astronomy. Topics covered include astronomical coordinates; graphing real and simulated data; solar and planetary dynamics; nature of light and spectroscopy; classification of stars; star clusters; distance measurements; large-scale structure of the universe; age of the universe.

Both grading options. (Laboratory 3 hrs.) Not open for credit to students with credit in ASTR 101.