The Story of Our Universe: An Introduction to Cosmology

About this Online Live Course

The Story of Our Universe: An Introduction to Cosmology is a four-week course covering 13.8 billion years of history!

Join us as we venture deep into spacetime.

Why should I attend?

This course will give you an understanding of our universe’s history and an appreciation of its grandiosity.

What will I learn?

In this class, you’ll learn:

• What the early universe was like.
• How stars, galaxies, and black holes formed.
• How dark matter shapes everything we see.
• How this story ends.

Who is the instructor?

Professor Alan Duffy is a professional astrophysicist, creating universes on supercomputers to understand how galaxies form and to probe the nature of dark matter.

Course structure

4x 90-minute sessions, which take place in our virtual classroom over Zoom.

It is a live and interactive course featuring lectures and reading material, Q&A sessions with the instructor, as well as breakout rooms with your intellectually curious classmates.

What is the class schedule?

Week 1: The Universe

• The Road to the Big Bang and the Laws of Nature.

Week 2: The Act of Creation

• The Formation of Stars, Planets, and Supernovae.

Week 3: Galactic Census

• Galaxies, Black Holes, and Dark Matter.

Week 4: With a Bang or a Whimper?

• The Death of the Universe in a Dark Energy Future.

What's included?

• Live online lectures.
• Live Q&A sessions with the instructor.
• Zoom breakout rooms for collaboration with other classmates.
• Downloadable pre-readings.
• Weekly homework tasks.
• Downloadable PDF summaries of the lectures and course.
• Lifetime access to the lecture recordings.
• A certificate of completion.
• The opportunity to make new intellectually curious friends.

Are there any requirements?

All you need is a stable internet connection and a desire to learn.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected]