ASTR 022 - From Big Bang to Black Holes

    Recent Professors
    Helene Flohic
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
    Class Size
    32 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of ASTR 022
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This is an introductory course in Cosmology. Topics include an examination of the technologies (telescopes, particle accelerators and neutrino detectors) that are used to study the Cosmos, the study of interactions of light, matter, space-time and gravity, and the study of the history of the Universe including the Big Bang, cosmic expansion, inflation, large scale structure, dark matter & dark energy.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 9:20am–10:45am, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:55pm