Astronomy 220 - Special Topics in Astronomy

The course will introduce students to the key concepts of galaxy formation and evolution using the Milky Way and Local Group as a laboratory. We will begin with a brief survey of the physical processes that govern galaxy structure and study the role and implications of dark matter. The students will then spend the remaining semester working in small teams on projects that use modern data sets to explore some of these findings.

Pre Req: 1 PHYSICAL SCI course Special Topics in Astronomy: How Galaxies Work