PSC 30 - Introductory Astronomy

    Recent Professors
    Alessandro Baldi, Yaghmorassene Hebib
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    24 students
    Credits
    4
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of PSC 30
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area B3
    Description
    This course is a study of our dynamic universe. Topics include the history of astronomy, the science of observation and discovery, stellar birth, maturation and death, planetary formation, a description of our solar system galaxies, quasars and cosmology.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:30am–10:45am, Thu 2:00pm–4:50pm, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:45pm, Wed 2:00pm–4:50pm