| Date | Required Reading *
(D=Discovery, MP=More precisely) (Chaisson & McMillan) |
Homework
(RD=Review & Discussion, P=Problem) |
Suggested Reading
(Moche**) |
Lecture: |
| 25-Aug | - | - | - | Introduction; Nature of Science; The Sky We See; Celestial Cycles |
| 1-Sep | - | Web Assignment #1 - complete by midnight 9/6 | - | Holiday |
| 8-Sep | Ch1: all
Appendices A-1, A-2 |
Ch. 1:
RD 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 13, 14; P 2 |
Introduction, Ch. 1 |
Size of the universe;
Scientific Notation; Astrology and Astronomy; Science and Pseudoscience |
| 15-Sep | Ch. 2: all |
Ch. 2:
RD 2, 4, 5, 7-10, 13, 14, 16, 18 |
Introduction, Ch. 1 |
Classical Astronomy;
Historical Development; Basic Physics |
| 22-Sep | Ch. 3: all
Ch. 4: all |
Ch. 3:
RD 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11-15, 17 Ch.4: RD 1, 3-5, 12-14, 20 |
Ch. 2 | Newton; Radiation |
| 29-Sep | Ch. 5: all |
Ch. 5:
RD 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19 |
Ch. 2 |
Spectroscopy;
Telescopes; Full spectrum astronomy; Review for Exam 1 |
| 6-Oct | Ch. 6: all | - | Ch. 8-11 | Exam #1: Ch. 1-5;
Solar System Overview |
| 13-Oct | Ch. 6: all Ch. 15: 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6 |
Ch. 6:
RD 1, 2, 4-10, 12, 14, 17-20 Ch. 15: RD 1, 2, 15, 17 |
Ch. 3, 4 | Solar System Comparative Planetology Solar System Formation |
| 20-Oct | - | - | - | Holiday |
| 27-Oct | Ch. 16, 17 | Ch. 16: RD 1-3, 5, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20 Ch. 17: RD 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 15, 18, 19 |
Ch. 3, 4 | Sun |
| 3-Nov | Ch. 19:
19.1-19.4, 19.6; Ch. 20: all Ch. 21: 21.1-21.3; |
Ch. 19: RD 1, 5-13, 15, 19 Ch. 20: RD 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 Ch. 21: RD 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 |
Ch. 5 | Stars, Stellar Birth and Evolution; |
| 10-Nov | Ch. 21;
Ch. 22: 22.1, 22.2, 22.5, 22.6, 22.8 |
Ch. 22: RD 1, 3, 7, 10, 11-13, 15, 17, 18 |
Ch. 5 | Exam #2 - Ch 6, 15-20;
Binary Star Evolution; Stellar Death; Stellar Corpses |
| 17-Nov | Ch. 23: all
Ch. 24: all |
Ch. 23: RD 1-6, 9, 11, 14-16, 20 Ch. 24: RD 1-3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19 |
Ch. 6 | Milky Way; Galaxies |
| 24-Nov | Ch. 25: 25.1, 25.4;
Ch. 26: all Ch. 27: 27.1, 27.4 |
Ch. 25: RD 2, 11, 12 Ch. 26: RD 2-7, 9, 10, 14, 15-18 Ch. 27: RD 12-15 |
Ch. 7 | Cosmology |
| 1-Dec | Ch. 28: all | Ch. 28: RD 1-3, 5-7, 9-13, 15-17, 19 |
Ch. 12 | Life in the Universe;
Review |
| 8-Dec | - | - | - | Final Exam: Cumulative |
* NOTE: If a reading assignment includes only certain sections of some chapters, it should be understood that the introduction and summary sections of that chapter are expected to be read, even though not explicitly listed on the assignment. You are encouraged to read the entire chapter, and will probably find it easier to follow if you do so, but you should concentrate on learning the material in the specified sections.