Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Explores the origins and history of ancient astronomy from Mesopotamia to the Greco-Roman world. Topics include the problems of the calendar and planetary motion, and the relation between astronomy and Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages astrology in the ancient world. Focuses on readings from primary texts. Cross-listed with HIST 110. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences require- ment for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.