The important areas of physics, such as motion, forces, energy, waves, light, electricity, magnetism, and nuclear reactions are explored. Open to third and fourth form students. I is a prerequisite. Students taking this course are ineligible for PH401, PH402, PH403. This course is a descriptive study of the historical and modern developments in astronomy that pertain to the solar system.
Students have the opportunity to view the night sky with the school's telescopes.
This non-laboratory course does not satisfy the physical science requirement. Open to all students. Offered fall or winter term. This course is a descriptive study of historical and modern developments in astronomy with particular emphasis on stellar and galactic astronomy. The observed characteristics of stars and galaxies, the basic types and functions of telescopes, and the theories and physical laws of stellar evolution and stellar groupings are investigated.