Cosmology

Catalog description

This course covers the origins and evolution of the universe. It begins by describing the scale of the universe, both in size and in distance. It will take an in-depth look at the important eras in the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the expansion and inflationary periods. This course will analyze the possible future of the universe as a function of critical density, dark matter, and dark energy. It will consider observational evidence for these theories and also investigate the Steady State Theory and alternate cosmologies. (Prerequisite SPST440)