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Introduction to Cosmology *Non-Credit* Online Course Members 1/16-5/8/13

This discounted course is intended for members in related Associations such as: NJ Astronomical Association, United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey, South jersey Astronomy Club, Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society, Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, etc. 

Please send proof of association to the instructor at kendallj@wpunj.edu 

If you are not a member of any of the aforementioned associations and would still like to register, please register for course Number S001A.

Primary Text: “Introduction to Cosmology” Barbara Ryden, First Edition: 2002, Addison-Wesly (ISBN 0-8053-8912-1

Recommended Text: “An Introduction to Modern Cosmology”, Andrew Liddle, Second Edition, 2003, Wiley (ISBN 0-4708-4835-7)

Course Description

The Big Bang.  Inflation.  The Cosmic Microwave Background.  Dark Matter.  Dark Energy.  Cosmic Nucleosynthesis.  The Birth of the Milky Way.   Cosmological Redshift.  Galaxy and Large-Scale Structure Formation.

This is the first Cosmology Course to be taught at William Paterson!

Instructor : Jason Kendall
Dates : 01/16/13 to 05/08/13
Days : Weds
From : 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Fee : $ 300.00
Course Number : S001B

Class is unavailable at this time please call 973-720-2354 for more information or other course options

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