AST 1140 Astronomy Ancient Cultures: SC2
Introduces the study of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy. Students will study the principles of naked eye astronomy and examine how those principles have been used for timekeeping, navigation, religion and ritual, political power, cosmology and worldview. Methods of the ethnoastronomer will be covered, including measurement of alignments, analysis of written records, examination of art and architecture and incorporation of general knowledge about the culture being studied. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SC2 category.
Prerequisite
Grade of C or higher in the following courses:
MAT 0250 and
CCR 0092 or
CCR 0094 or equivalent placement scores