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.
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 winter or spring term. This course, taught as three consecutive term courses, represents a full-year study of introductory physics. The emphasis of the course is on the investigation of the fundamental principles of physics and their relation to the student's own experience.