Minneapolis Community and Technical College · Courses
ASTR
3 courses with the subject ASTR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ASTR 1110Astronomy3.00
(3.00 lec) This survey course introduces you to the objects and processes in the universe with particular emphasis on collections of ordinary matter like planets, stars and galaxies; more exotic matter like pulsars, black holes and dark matter; their interactions; and the human place in and responsibility to the environment. Topics include: stargazing; the scale of our universe; some history of astronomy; how we get information from the universe; our solar system; comparative environments; threats to our environment; the Greenhouse Effect; other solar systems; the birth, life and death of stars; dark matter and dark energy; and the origin and fate of our universe. The optional lab is necessary for transfer as a lab science and to satisfy some Natural Science competencies. Fulfills MnTC Goal Area 3. Completion of the optional lab (ASTR 1115) is necessary for transfer as a lab science and to satisfy MnTC Goal Area 3. 334
(1.00 lab) This laboratory enhancement to the concepts presented in ASTR 1110 is optional but highly recommended. It enables ASTR 1110 to transfer as a lab science and to satisfy Natural Science competencies. Fulfills MnTC Goal Area 3. Completion of the optional lab (ASTR 1115) is necessary for transfer as a lab science and to satisfy MnTC Goal Area 3. Prerequisite/Co-requisite: ASTR 1110.
