The Course

Do you have some background in astronomy but find it difficult to keep up with
the pace of discovery at the research frontier? This massive open online course
(MOOC) is designed to cover the entire subject and take you to the “state of the
art.” The course is conceptually high level but mostly non-mathematical. Target
audiences are (1) amateur astronomers, (2) astronomy instructors at 2-year and
community colleges, and high schools, (3) planetarium, science center and EPO
professionals, and (4) adult learners with a strong interest in astronomy.
Instructor: Chris Impey,
Main Topics Distinguished Professor,
• The next generation of ground-based telescopes and space observatories. University of Arizona
• Advances in fundamental physics as related to the study of the universe.
• Exploration of the Solar System, in particular Mars and the Saturn system.
• Research on star formation, stellar cataclysms and exotic states of stars.
• Surveys of galaxies that take us to the “dawn” of light 13 billion years ago.
• Evidence for dark matter, dark energy, and the implications for cosmology.
• Status report on the exoplanet “zoo” and the search for life beyond Earth.

Instructor
Chris Impey is a nationally-reputed astronomer and educator. He has over 220
research publications, 11 teaching awards, 2 textbooks, 3 popular astronomy
books, and he has had 12 projects approved on the Hubble Space Telescope.

March 25 – May 10, 2013. Completion Certificates Available.

Register online: http://www.teachastronomy.com/mooc/