Overall, many people did quite well on the final - congratualtions to those who moved their grades up. This is a Natural Sciences Tier 1 course. The focus of this course is astronomy.
Astronomy is the most observational of all the physical sciences.
In general, we do not have the opportunity to manipulate the object we are studying. The goal of this course is to provide you an overview of our understanding about the universe and how we arrived at our understanding. The emphasis of the course is on understanding, not on memorization of facts . No previous astronomy experience is assumed. It will be assumed that the student is familiar with basic algebra, trigonometry, and fractional powers.