Oct 24, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYS 215 - Astronomy II


When Offered: F, S

3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course studies Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology. The following topics will be explored: stellar observables; star birth, evolution, and death; novae and supernovae; white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; normal galaxies, active galaxies, and quasars; dark matter and dark energy; cosmology; and the early universe

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 214  and PHYS 224 .