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2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

AST 151 - General Astronomy I

Class: 3 Lab: 0 Clinical: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): MAT 060 and MAT 070 or DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030, DMA 040 or DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030, DMA 045 or DMA 025, DMA 040 or DMA 025, DMA 045 or MAT 003  or MAT 010 or MAT 021 or MAT 043  or MAT 052  or MAT 071  
Corequisite(s): AST 151A  
This course introduces the science of modern astronomy with a concentration on the solar system. Emphasis is placed on the history and physics of astronomy and an introduction to the solar system, including the planets, comets, and meteors. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate a general understanding of the solar system. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a general education course in Natural Science. This is a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course.
Offered: Spring