Syllabus

ASTR132 is kind of the big sibling of ASTR4B, both cover stars and galaxies. This class being upper divison, the depth we dive into topics will be greater, and there will be tougher concepts to wrap our heads around. That said, this isn't an astrophysics class, and while there will be the odd bit of maths, most of the class is graded on written assignments.

Details

This class will meet three times a week over a the Fall semester. We approximately follow the textbook Astronomy: a Phsyical Perspective by Kutner, though won't go into as much mathematical detail.

A copy of the most recent course syllabus can be found here.

Class slides

PDFs of the most recently completd semester's lecture slides can be found in the ASTR132 folder at this url.

Part A1: Radiation

Part A2: Spectra

Part B1: The Sun

Part B2: Stars

Part B3: Star formation and interstellar gas

Part B4: Stellar evolution

Part B5: Stellar death

Part C1: The Milky Way

Part C2: Galaxies

Part D1: Cosmic structure

Part D2: The Universe