Course	SCI 161 Astronomy
Professor	Peter Skiff
CRN	90409
Schedule	Tu Th 1:00 -2:20 pm Hegeman 102
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: n/a

An introductory course in astronomy and astrophysics, developing the current status of knowledge and theories of the solar system, individual stars, galaxies, and the interstellar medium. Theories of particular unique objects (quasars, pulsars, supernovae, X-ray stars, and black holes) will be discussed in terms of models of stellar, galactic, and cosmic evolution.

Course	SHP 223 Physical Science After Newton
Professor	Peter Skiff
CRN	90410
Schedule	Tu Th 4:00 -5:20 pm Hegeman 102
Distribution	OLD: n/a	NEW: n/a

Cross-listed: Victorian Studies

A survey of major agendas of physical science since 1750. Characteristic episodes include Lavoisier and the theory of elements; Maxwell and the mathematization of physics; arguments about light from Newton, Young, Michelson, and Einstein; twentieth-century atomic theory; and the emergence of "big science."