These learning outcomes are meant only as sample and are not representative of Santa Ana College's learning outcomes.
Astro 102 – Astronomy Laboratory
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| Students will be able to identify bright, naked eye stars and constellations.
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| Students will be able to assemble, use and disassemble the various types of
telescopes available for their use.
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Astro 110 – Solar System Astronomy
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1.
| . Students will be able to identify, classify and compare the bodies of our solar
system.
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| Students will recognize and explain the movements of the Sun, Moon and
planets, as viewed from Earth, over the course of time.
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3.
| Students will be able to examine and critique both the geocentric and the
heliocentric models of our solar system and explain them within a historical
perspective.
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4.
| Students will be able to explain the production, transmission, refraction and
reflection of electromagnetic radiation and the detection of this radiation by both
Earth-based and space-based instruments.
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Astro 120 – Stars & Galaxies
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| Students will be able to identify, classify and compare the stars on the
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
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| Students will be able to identify, classify and compare the objects in the
Universe, including, but not limited to; atoms, nebulae, stars, stellar clusters,
galaxies, clusters of galaxies, quasars.
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3.
| Students will be able to examine and critique the expansive and dynamic nature
of our Universe, within a historical perspective.
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4.
| Students will be able to explain the evolution of stars as well as of the large scale
structure of the Universe.
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Source: Glendale Community College
