Upon completing the course, you will be able to:

1. describe the spatial and temporal scales of the expanding universe.
2. explain the scientific method and its application to science and astronomy, that produced new theories and the many scientific revolutions that followed.
3. list and describe the physical laws that govern the interaction of matter, energy, time, and space in the cosmos and how they allow astronomers to comprehend the vast array of objects observable in the sky.
4. describe how electromagnetic radiation is produced and utilized by astronomers to understand phenomena that lie at remote distances from the Earth and how studying greater distances correlates to a view of the universe further back in time.
5. describe how studying exotic forms of life on Earth may assist in the search for life elsewhere and how human introspection may aid in pursuit for extraterrestrial intelligence within our galaxy.