| ASTR 330h | Spring 2015 |
|---|
| Date | Topics | Reading | Assignment Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20 | Course Introduction | Syllabus | |
| Jan 22 | Astronomy Highlights | p.1-4 | HW 1 (Jan 25th) |
| Jan 27 | Pseudoscience and Science | p.5-14 | |
| Jan 29 | Big Bang | p.15-22 | |
| Feb 3 | Origin of H | p.23-29 | |
| Feb 5 | Fate of the Universe | p.30-31 | Presentation Synopsis (Feb 8th) |
| Feb 10 | How the Sun Shines | p.32-35 | |
| Feb 12 | Stellar Death | p.36-38 | HW 2 (Feb 15th) |
| Feb 17 | Origin of Planets | Jeffrey Lu | |
| Feb 19 | Planet Formation | HW 3 (Feb 22nd) Zachary Brewer Quinn Calvert | |
| Feb 24 | Exoplanets | Itamar Allali Brian Campbell-Deem | |
| Feb 26 | Moon Origins | HW 4 Zoe Richter Tara Chattoraj | |
| Mar 3 | Earth for Life | p.39-40 | |
| Mar 5 | Life in the Solar System | p.41-45 | HW5 Stephanie Gerstetter John Ryan |
| Mar 10 | Life in the Solar System | ||
| Mar 12 | Life on Earth | Anish Bhattacharya Tyler Blum | |
| Mar 17 | Origins of Life | ||
| Mar 19 | Life in the Solar System | p.46-61 | HW 6 |
| Mar 24 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 26 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 31 | Biological Evolution | p.62-66 | |
| Apr 2 | Origin of Intelligence | p.67-74 | HW 7 |
| Apr 7 | Cultural Evolution | p.75-91 | Akshay Murthy Mary Lavoie |
| Apr 9 | Evolution of World View | p.92-103 | HW 8 |
| Apr 14 | Lifetime | p.104-105 | Saaya Nath Obinna Onyemepu |
| Apr 16 | Communication | p.106-119 | HW 9 Brandon Murchison Kevin Brenner |
| Apr 21 | Future of Civilization | Connor Bailey | |
| Apr 23 | Rockets | Sean Sarcu Saloni Sheth | |
| Apr 28 | Space Travel | Vincent Abejuela Cassandra Jensen | |
| Apr 30 | Visitations | HW 10 | |
| May 5 | Contact |