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Exploring Stars and the Milky Way

Postgraduate | SWI-AST80004 | 2021

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Revolve around the Milky Way and classify stars. Illuminate stellar lifecycles from the birth of dazzling white dwarfs to fading red giants. Get deeply topical. Discuss dark matter and raise awareness of modern theory. Map out an astronomical topic. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks

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Exploring Stars and the Milky Way

About this subject

  • Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:

    1. Identify the way stars are classified and recognise the approaches used to discover their properties
    2. Explain and summarise the principles involved in the life cycle of stars, from protostar to stellar remnants
    3. Appraise and state the basic principles and concepts about our Galaxy and its constituents (stars, protostars, stellar remnants, gas clouds, dark matter) in a non- technical way understandable to the wider public
    4. Judge the limits of our understanding of our place in the Galaxy, and interpret the role of dark matter in modern astronomical theories
    5. Use problem solving skills to explain and synthesise solutions to problems in stellar astronomy
    6. Design and create an essay on an astronomy topic, assessing and critiquing current knowledge, using credible sources of astronomical information and research articles

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • SWI-HET603 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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