ASTR 350
Introduction to Cosmology

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Physical Sciences course.

Descriptive course on modern cosmological theories. Topics include aspects of special and general relativity; curved spacetime; the Big Bang; inflation; primordial element synthesis; the cosmic microwave background; the formation of galaxies and large scale structure. Prerequisite: ASTR 100, or ASTR 121, or ASTR 122, or ASTR 210, or consent of instructor.