Prerequisites: graduate standing
Description: Discusses the structure, stability, and dynamic and cosmologic evolution of galaxies. Interprets observational data on galaxies within a coherent theoretical framework. Topics include poten- tial theory, orbits, collisionless systems, and the struc- ture and evolutionary history of galaxies. Students whose research is related to astronomy receive a letter grade; other students receive a letter grade or
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade.