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\subsection{About AST 208}
AST 208 is the first rigorous course in the astronomy major. Its prerequisite course, AST 207, serves as more of a broad survey over the entire field, whereas AST 208 contains a laboratory (observing) component and explores
in more depth a specific topic, planetary science \citep[using,
e.g.,][]{Lissauer2013Fundamental-Pla}. e.g.,][]{Lissauer2013Fundamental-Pla}, in greater depth. The marriage of a lecture-based planetary science course with a laboratory course on observational practice came about as a quirk of history. Indeed, in previous editions of the course these two components operated independently.
We felt that a tighter integration of the lecture and the lab would improve student competency in using statistics and numerical analysis tools.
\subsection{An integrated approach to learning outcomes across the major}