PHYS 1006  -  Astronomy for Beginners

Teaching Pattern

• Duration of course: about 14 weeks

• Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / TBA

Content

• Introduction to our Universe; observation in astronomy; origin of modern astronomy

• Newton's law of motions; gravity; light, atoms and telescope

• The Sun; stellar formation and evolution; white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes

• The Milky way Galaxy; Normal galaxies, active galaxies and supermassive black holes

• Foundation of modern cosmology; dark matter, dark energy and the fate of the Universe; the beginning of time

Remarks

• Exclusion(s): Level 3 or above in HKDSE 1/2x Physics OR HKDSE 1x Physics, a passing grade in AL/AS Physics, PHYS 1001, PHYS 1002, PHYS 4054
• Common Core Course