2 courses with the subject SPRG, 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.
SPRG 101Foundations of Modern Science3
Outlines the history of science from Aristotle to the present The course will focus on the modern his- tory of four scientific disciplines physics, chemistry, geology, and biology, and will include computer- based virtual laboratories to demonstrate the clas- sical experiments that have led to our modern understanding of science In addition to the material on science, the development of mathematics, as it has influenced the development of science, will be presented in six areas arithmetic, Euclidean geo- metry, formal logic, algebra, analytical geometry and calculus The course will use World Wide Web resources No prerequisite of science or mathematics is required
The elementary, qualitative course deals with the fundamental topics and questions of cosmology The experimental and theoretical underpinnings of the Big Bang Cosmology, including Einstein's Gen- eral Theory of Relativity, the red shift of the distant Galaxies, and the discovery of the 2 7KO Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation How did matter and radiation emerge and couple in the early uni- verse? Studies of White Dwarf Stars, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes The discussions of Neutron Star and Black Holes will include Supernova Explosions, Pulsars, and Quasars What processes led to the for- mation of our galaxy (the Milky Way) and the super- galaxy to which it belongs? Finally, a study of the mysterious Dark Matter known to exist in the universe
