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Does the night sky fill your eyes with awe and wonder? Learn how to find and identify celestial objects by observing the night sky with and without a telescope. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn how to capture your findings with cameras and learn how to use computer imaging equipment. While in the classroom you’ll explore topics such as the solar system, stars and measurements of stars, galaxies, black holes, stellar composition, and stellar evolution. Other topics you’ll learn include the properties of light, color, gravity, Newton’s laws, and Einstein’s principles.

This course offers an introduction to physics provided through the study of Newtonian physics, energy, thermodynamics, and statistical thermodynamics. Special emphasis is given to contemporary physics–physics developed during the 20th century. You’ll learn skills useful in other disciplines as well as physics: laboratory record-keeping, problem solving, and computer simulation. This course is centered around laboratory experience and the importance of learning physics through the observations and measurements in the laboratory.

Interested in quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and spectroscopy? In this you’ll learn to interpret and explain the fundamental principles governing the observed spectroscopic behavior of a quantum mechanical system as predicted by statistical mechanics. Translation, vibration, rotation, and nuclear states will be thoroughly explored and then applied