There are 16 weeks in the autumn session. The following is a fairly good
schedule of material that will be covered in the course for each lecture.
A given topic may overrun into the lecture following or begin
in the lecture prior; to be safe, attend every lecture!
| Week | Date | Topic | Chapter | Homework | Exam | Lab |
| 1 | 01/15 | Introduction and Astromaths | 1 | No Lab in Week 1 | ||
| 01/17 | The Sky | 1 | No Lab in Week 1 | |||
| 2 | 01/22 | The Remarkable Mr. Newton | 2 | No Lab in Week 2 | ||
| 01/24 | Properties of Light | 3, 5 | No Lab in Week 2 | |||
| 3 | 01/29 | Telescopes | 3, 5 | HW#1 | Lab meets | |
| 01/31 | Properties of Radiation | 3, 4 | Lab meets | |||
| 4 | 02/05 | Properties of Gases | 4 | Lab meets | ||
| 02/07 | The Sun, Our Nearest Star | 16 | Lab meets | |||
| 5 | 02/12 | Review for Exam #1 | HW#2 | EXAM #1 | Lab meets | |
| 02/14 | The Study and Properties of Stars | 17 | Lab meets | |||
| 6 | 02/19 | The Treasure Trove of Binary Stars | 17 | Lab meets | ||
| 02/21 | Star Formation | 19 | HW#3 | Lab meets | ||
| 7 | 02/26 | Stellar Evolution | 20 | Lab meets | ||
| 02/28 | The Demise of Stars | 21 | Lab meets | |||
| 8 | 03/04 | Spring Break | No Lab in Week 8 | |||
| 03/06 | Spring Break | No Lab in Week 8 | ||||
| 9 | 03/11 | Stellar Corpses | 22 | Lab meets | ||
| 03/13 | Review for Exam #2 | HW#4 | EXAM #2 | Lab meets | ||
| 10 | 03/18 | The Milky Way Galaxy, Part One | 18, 23 | Lab meets | ||
| 03/20 | The Milky Way Galaxy, Part Dieu | 23 | Lab meets | |||
| 11 | 03/25 | Galaxies | 24 | Lab meets | ||
| 03/27 | Hubble's Expanding Universe | 24 | HW#5 | Lab meets | ||
| 12 | 04/01 | Active Galactic Nuclei | 25 | Lab meets | ||
| 04/03 | Cosmology: The Nature of Spacetime | 27 | Lab meets | |||
| 13 | 04/08 | Cosmology: The Early Universe | 27 | Lab meets | ||
| 04/10 | Cosmology: The New Universe | 27 | Lab meets | |||
| 14 | 04/15 | Review for Exam #3 | HW#6 | EXAM #3 | Lab meets | |
| 04/17 | Searching for Planets | 15.5 | Lab meets | |||
| 15 | 04/22 | Searching for Life | 28 | No Lab in Week 15 | ||
| 04/24 | Review for FINAL EXAM | HW#7 | No Lab in Week 15 | |||
| 16 | 04/29 | FINAL EXAM (10:30-12:30) | No Lab in Week 16 |
Students with Disabilities: I need to hear from anyone
who has a disability which may require some modification of seating,
testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements
may be made. Please see me after class or during my office hours.
Complaint Procedures: In the event of a ``complaint'', the first step would be to speak with the Instructor. Alternatively one could speak with the Chair of Physics, Astronomy, and Geology in 277 Brown Hall.