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\section{Why revamp AST 208?} 208, \emph{Planets and Telescopes}?}  The undergraduate major not only imparts knowledge about a discipline; it also trains students in the practice of that field.  Astronomy---like all sciences---evolves, and the skills that a student of astronomy is expected to acquire therefore also evolve. Numerical software has made tables of integrals gather dust; data analysis and CCD detectors have replaced visual scanning of photographic plates.