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Michigan Tech To Offer Online Introductory Astronomy Course
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Dec. 7, 2006--Michigan Tech is offering an online introductory astronomy course for its spring 2007 semester, beginning Jan. 16.
The course is a standard two-credit course, with all its material including lectures, homework and tests available online. As such, students will never have to attend a class. Topics will include basic information about the sky, the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, black holes, the Big Bang theory and what we know about the universe as a whole.
The class will also be available as a podcast. A podcast is an Internet audio show, much like a radio show. It can be saved to one's hard drive as an MP3 and played back at any time, as well.
Tuition for the course will amount to $589.40 for residents and $1,374 for non-residents. Access to a computer with Windows XP is required. A program such as iTunes is required if one wishes to listen to the podcast; this is optional.
For more information, call the Michigan Tech physics department at 906-487-2086 or e-mail epollins@mtu.edu.
To apply for the class, contact the Michigan Tech Admissions office at 487-2335 or 888-688-1885 and say you are interested in taking PH1600, Introductory Astronomy, online. |
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