Since antiquity, doing astronomy means basically stepping outside, looking upward, and considering the widest environment. Thus any undergraduate astronomy program, no matter how diverse its course offering, is incomplete without observational astronomy. For example, some California community colleges offer several courses including such titles as “Man and the Cosmos,” “Final Stellar States,” “Astronomy Enrichment,” and “Astronomical Myths, Mysteries & Fallacies,” but do not offer “Observational Astronomy.” As a teaching astronomer, I question the wisdom and honesty of such practice of proliferation solely based on sensationalism. An introductory lecture course and an observational lab course must be the core of lower-division undergraduate astronomy education. Anything else, in my opinion, is peripheral.