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A survey of the development of astronomy with an emphasis on understanding the observable properties of the solar system, the sun and other stars, our own and other galaxies, and the entire universe. Topics of current interest will be discussed as time permits.

No Prerequisites

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area C Quant Relationships
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Philip Lubin
2.5
53 reviews
SH 1430
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15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
50 / 50 Full

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14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
50 / 50 Full

SH 1430
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15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
0 / 0 Closed

ARTS 1353
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16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
3 / 0 Closed

SH 1430
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14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
50 / 50 Full

ARTS 1349
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16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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BRDA 1610
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
Fall 2024 . Geller R M
BRDA 1610
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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ASTRO 1 Lubin P Spring 2024 Total: 100
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2.5
ASTRO1 . 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

Dr. Lubin is seriously dedicated to his students. The lecture mood is extremely welcoming, and his research interests are fascinating. The negative comments are from unappreciative people; the coursework itself is nothing to complain about. A very rare experience to have an incredibly knowledgeable prof that loves students.

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ASTRO1 . 4 Years Ago

This class was super easy, I did the work once a week. The midterm was relatively easy and the lectures are straightforward and there was no final. If you've done basic math like algebra 2 and so forth you should be fine, especially if you took a physics class.

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ASTRO1 . 4 Years Ago

Horrible. There was no syllabus at the beginning, and they changed how our grading was throughout the quarter. Long & boring lectures, I stopped watching because they didn't help. The website we used cost money and was easy. Easy class but poorly taught.

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ASTRO1 . 4 Years Ago

Aside from not providing us with a syllabus whatsoever, Professor Lubin, as the rest of these reviews state, gave horribly long lectures that had really nothing to do with the content. There are a couple homework chapters that get fairly tough when it comes to math, but the rest of it is mindless busy work that takes forever to finish.

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ASTRO1 . 6 Years Ago

I feel like Prof. Lubin sometimes get's a bad rap, he can be a little boring sometimes but he is really passionate about what he is talking about. Go to office hours! He is super nice and genuinely wants to help. Warning: final was A LOT harder than the midterm (which was pretty easy) but there was a fat curve on the final which made up for it

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ASTRO1 . 6 Years Ago

Homework was a piece of cake but the absurdly difficult, 110 question final worth 50% of your grade was not. Lectures are hilariously useless, as the professor goes off on tangents for 3/4 of the class. The only way I managed to scrape by was by reading the chapters over & over again, and still the final seemed impossible. Save yourselves!

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ASTRO 1
160 / 162 Enrolled
Basic Astronomy
T B A
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
31.0% A
ASTRO 1
0 / 50 Enrolled
Basic Astronomy
M
15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
31.0% A
ASTRO 1
6 / 50 Closed
Basic Astronomy
M
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
31.0% A
ASTRO 1H
1 / 20 Enrolled
Honors Supplement to Basic Astronomy
Philip Lubin 2.5
T
15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
69.0% A
ASTRO 2
54 / 94 Enrolled
History of the Universe
T B A
M W
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
30.6% A