NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 普通天文學(4206)
	(Eng.) General Astronomy
Offering Dept	Department of Physics
Course Type	Elective	Credits	3	Teacher	Hashimoto Tetsuya
Department	Department of Physics/Undergraduate	Language	English	Semester	2026-FALL
Course Description	[!! This course will start on 19 Sep !!] This course will overview the cutting-edge of modern astronomy and astrophysics. The course topics includes introduction to astronomy, planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, galaxy clusters, and large-scale structures, and some key concepts e.g., distance ladder, cosmic expansion, dark matter, dark energy etc. If students have physics background, it would help better understand, although the physics background is not required to take this course.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
[!! This course will start on 19 Sep !!] This course aim to learn some basic knowledge to better understand the Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics are rapidly growing in these years with new instruments and technology, including NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, and Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope etc. Such cutting-edge telescopes are keep releasing exciting news in the world. This course aims to provide sufficient knowledge to understand such exciting achievements and news in modern astronomy and astrophysics.			Networking/Distance Education Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Assignment Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 [!! This course will start on 19 Sep !!] (05 Sep): The first week Week 2 (12 Sep): The second week Week 3 (19 Sep): Introduction to the course and astronomy and astrophysics  Week 4 (26 Sep): How to observe the Universe Week 5 (03 Oct): Structures of the Universe: planets, stars, galaxies, and galaxy clusters Week 6 (10 Oct): Holiday Week 7 (17 Oct): Black holes in a wide range of physical scales Week 8 (24 Oct): The history of the Universe 1 Week 9 (31 Oct): The history of the Universe 2 (distribute the midterm assignment) Week 10 (07 Nov): Review of Chapters 2-7 and Q&A for the midterm assignment Week 11 (14 Nov): Explosions in the Universe 1: nova, kilonova and supernova (deadline for the midterm assignment) Week 12 (21 Nov): Explosions in the Universe 2: gamma-ray bursts Week 13 (28 Nov): Explosions in the Universe 3: fast radio bursts Week 14 (05 Dec): Remaining mysteries in the Universe 1 Week 15 (12 Dec): Remaining mysteries in the Universe 2 Week 16 (19 Dec): New telescopes and technologies: distribute the final assignment (26 Dec): Review of Chapters 9-16 and Q&A for the final assignment (02 Jap): Deadline for the final assignment (no need to come) self-directed learning
Evaluation
Attendance: 40% Active discussion and question: 20% Midterm assignment: 20% Final assignment: 20%
Textbook & other References
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Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Teaching materials used in this course will be uploaded to the following website. http://www.phys.nthu.edu.tw/~tetsuya/
Office Hours
08:00 AM-17:00 PM
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
include experience courses：N

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