Courses / Module

• Summarise the different scales from planets to stars to galaxies to cosmological distances and the basic physics that underpins them
• Explain stellar structure and energy sources in stars
• Describe the basic processes behind star formation and the end points of stellar evolution, including white dwarves, neutron stars and black-holes
• Interpret the evidence for cosmological expansion
• Calculate the dynamics of the Universe at cosmological scales using different equations of state in the Friedmann equations
• Give an overview of the Big Bang theory of cosmological evolution and nucleosynthesis

• 24 lecture hours 8 tutorial hours

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): Total Marks 100%. One-and-a-half-hour written examination at the end of Semester 1 80%. 20% will be allocated for continuous assessment applied to the student''s advantage.

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• 40%

• Written exam
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 90 minutes

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