2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Astronomy
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
ASTRON 101-0 Sec. 26
Modern Cosmology
CAESAR Class Number: 40514
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 2 - 4:30pm
Michael Smutko
This course will be held in Tech Institute room M177.
The modern Big Bang perspective on the origin, structure, evolution, and fate of the universe. Topics to be discussed include the extragalactic distance scale, the Hubble expansion, the large-scale clustering of galaxies, cosmic inflation and the early universe, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, dark energy, and the recent evidence for acceleration in the expansion of the universe. This course counts toward the Weinberg College Natural Sciences distribution requirement, Area I. This distribution course is designed for nonscience majors.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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