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Archived Version 2008 - 2009

Module Title	The Universe
Module Code	PS108
School	School of Physical Sciences
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Level	1	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

Learning Outcomes

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	36
Tutorials	0
Laboratories	0
Seminars	0
Independent Learning Time	39

Total	75
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

Gravitation and the motion of planets: Kepler and Newton Laws (4) The nature of light and matter. Wave nature of light, Blackbody Radiation, Atomic energy level diagrams, spectral lines, the Doppler Effect (5) Telescopes, optical and radio (4)The Solar System: Earth-moon, planets, asteroids, comets (4)Stellar structure:Magnitudes, luminosity Hertzprung-Russell Diagram,Distance scales (5)Stellar evolution: Birth of Stars, Main sequence,death of stars, neutron stars, black holes (5)Galaxies: Hubble classification,Hubble Law,galactic evolution,dark matter, quasers (5)Cosmology: Olbers Paradox, The Big Bang, Expansion of the Universe , The Microwave Background, Gravitiational Waves, the Fate of the Universe (4)