3 courses with the subject EPS, 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.
EPS 150ASTRONOMY4
An introductory course for non-science programs. It provides a broad introduction to Astronomy including basic observing skills and scientific reasoning; the historical development of the subject; basic physics of motion, gravity, light and atoms; telescopes and other instrumentation; planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system; extrasolar planets; the Sun and other stars; the evolution of stars; the Milky Way galaxy and other galaxies; distant quasars and other active galaxies; the expanding universe; cosmology based on the Big Bang theory; and life in the universe. This course covers most of the areas of modern astronomy at a level, which requires only basic algebra and mathematics. Prerequisite(s): MTH 052 or Placement
A physical science course with emphasis on topics from astronomy, meteorology, oceanography and geology, focusing on the earth as the physical environment in which we live. This course also covers man’s impact on the environment. 179 westmoreland.edu
Deals with materials, landforms and structural features of the earth and the biological, chemical and physical processes that produced them. Topics include water; wind and glaciers; the construction and composition of rocks and minerals; the formation and deformation of rock beds; earthquakes and volcanoes; the interior processes and origins of the earth.
