Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to compare the three motions of the earth and predict the motion of the sky due to these motions.
• Students will be able to identify and explain the basic motion of the planets.
• Students will be able to identify current developments in astronomy and understand their significance.
• Students will be able to summarize and evaluate our current understanding of cosmology.
• Students will be able to explain stellar evolution.
• Students will be able to classify and identify meteorites based on their visual properties.
• Students will be able to summarize and evaluate current theories of the origin and evolution of the solar system.
• Student will be able to classify types electromagnetic radiation.
• Students will be able to explain the motion and phases of the Moon, as well as the mechanism of eclipses.
• Students will be able to relate the major structures of the universe to specific units of measurement.
• Students will be able to evaluate and discuss the merits of proposed astronomical instruments (telescopes, satellites, etc.).