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\section{Motivation: Why \section{Why  revamp AST 208?} The undergraduate major not only imparts to students knowledge about a discipline, but 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 acquiremust therefore  also evolve. For example, we no longer emphasize mastery of arcane recurrence relations for Bessel functions, but we do want students to have proficiency with numerical computation.  Further, the majority of astronomy majors do not become professional astronomers; they do, however, find employment in a variety of STEM fields. For both these reasons, the undergraduate major must impart skills that are broadly applicable. As part of a recent accreditation exercise, the astronomy group committed to the following learning outcomes for the undergraduate astronomy program.  \begin{quote}