Scott A. Severson - Courses

Courses

• Astronomy 100 - Descriptive Astronomy
Historic astronomy, Newton's laws, gravitation, atomic structure, light, and telescopes. The solar system, space flight, stars and stellar evolution, interstellar matter, star clusters, galaxies, the universe. A survey designed primarily for non-science majors.
• Astronomy 305 - Frontiers in Astronomy
A survey of recent developments in astronomy and how these breakthroughs are made: the discovery of planets orbiting other stars; the explosive deaths of stars and the creation of neutron stars and black holes; the study of the origin and fate of the Universe, including mysterious "dark matter" and "dark energy".
• Astronomy 380 - Astrophysics: Stars
A quantitative study of the structure and evolution of stars, including stellar interiors and atmospheres, nucleosynthesis and late stages of stellar evolution.