AST 1140 - Astronomy of Ancient Cultures

3 Credits 45 Lecture Hours

Prerequisite(s): College Readiness in English and College Readiness in Quantitative Literacy Math

Introduces the study of archeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy. The principles of unaided eye observational astronomy, timekeeping, navigation, religion and ritual, political power, cosmology, and worldview are covered. Methods of the ethnoastronomer, including measurement of architectural alignments, analysis of written records, examination of art, and general knowledge about a culture, will be discussed. (SC2)
Locations(s): Online