Courses Offered by Us

EE8086 Astronomy - Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology

About the Course

- First launch on January 2005 semester 2
- General elective course for all students in NTU
- Total lecture hour (includes normal lectures & video shows) : 39 hours

- Lectures supplemented with star gazing sessions (weather-permitting)
- Assessment mode : 2 quizzes (30%) & 1 written examination (70%)
- Maximum class size : 701 students per semester

- Course is offered at least twice in each academic year

 

Objective

The basic goal of this course is to give students a fundamental understanding of astronomy and a general appreciation of what lies beyond the sky. Through the course, the students will understand the birth of the universe, the origin of galaxies, the evolution of stars and the formation of planets. Our solar system will be one of the main topics to be studied. Some unanswered mysteries of the universe and mankind will be discussed and hopefully will entice interested students to explore further on their own. During this course, the diverse facts that form the context of science will be delivered.

 

Lecturers

1^st part of the course

Dr YU Siu Fung
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Division of Microelectronics

2^nd part of the course

Dr NG Beng Koon
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Division of Microelectronics

Our lectures in LT1A, NTU