| Class Id | 8027 |
| Days | MW |
| Start time | 01:30 PM |
| End time | 02:50 PM |
| Building | PEYTH |
| Room | 145 |
| Course Id | 3561 |
| Dept and Number | AST 401 |
| Dept and Number | PHY 401 |
| Area | |
| Title | Cosmology |
| Description | A general review of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. Topics include the properties and nature of galaxies, quasars, clusters of galaxies, superclusters, the large-scale structure of the universe, theories of the origin of structure in the universe, the big bang, the early universe, nucleosynthesis, baryogenesis, and inflation. |
| Prerequisites | MAT 201 and MAT 202 and PHY 203 |
| Professor | David N. Spergel |
| Professor | Neta A. Bahcall |