INTEG 321 - Ptolemaic to Copernican Texts

Upper Division

Prerequisites
INTEG 121; Minimum grade C-.

Oral presentation and demonstration/explication of Ptolemy’s hypotheses on the apparent motion of the Sun, Moon, so-called fixed stars, and the visible planets (with Venus as the case in point), then of Copernicus’ alternative account; essay writing on the nature of astronomical understanding in Ptolemy and Copernicus.

Repeatable
No

Additional Notes
Previous course number: INTEG 133

Course credits: 3