The celestial sphere, Celestial mechanics, Co-ordinate systems, Sidereal Time; Telescopes and their capabilities; The Solar System, Stellar Radiation, Magnitudes, Classification; Stellar Structure, Binary Stars; Distance measurements and the distance ladder; hour diagram; Stellar Evolution and Endpoints; The Milky Way; Other galaxies; Cosmological Distance methods; The structure of the Universe; Introductory Cosmology; Simple Cosmological Models; Observational Cosmology; The Age of the Universe; The Big Bang.
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
