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Astronomy
Description: Course will survey the scientific topics that comprise the key elements of "Astrobiology." These include the philosophical foundations of astrobiology as a science, astronomical sources of life's chemical building blocks and habitable environments, extremophilic organisms, the history of life on earth, the role of asteroid/comet impacts and micro-meteoritic dust, feasibility of space travel, and the search for life in the solar system and beyond. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science
Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Scientific Inquiry
Astronomy
Term : Summer 2018
Catalog Year : 2017-2018
AST 183 - Life In The Universe
Description: Course will survey the scientific topics that comprise the key elements of "Astrobiology." These include the philosophical foundations of astrobiology as a science, astronomical sources of life's chemical building blocks and habitable environments, extremophilic organisms, the history of life on earth, the role of asteroid/comet impacts and micro-meteoritic dust, feasibility of space travel, and the search for life in the solar system and beyond. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Requirement Designation: Science and Applied Science
Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Scientific Inquiry