AS 181 - Lab for AS 180

Credit Hours: Included in the 4.0 credit hours for AS 180

To be taken concurrently with AS 180. The laboratory will include experiments designed to reinforce the astronomical principles covered in AS 180 lectures and will give students training in data analysis and report writing. AS 180 with AS 181 satisfies the lecture laboratory science requirement for science and non-science majors. This laboratory course is to be taken concurrently with the lecture course AS 180 Astronomy.

Fulfills SUNY General Education – Natural Sciences.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

interpret basic information about the stars and the planets;and
interpret current literature about the heavens.

Concurrent Registration: AS 180
F/S (C, N, S)