| Date
| Topics
| Reading
| Assignment Due
|
| Jan 17 |
Introductions |
Syllabus |
|
| Jan 19 |
The Sky |
Ch 1/Ch 2 |
|
| Jan 24 |
The Glorious Dance |
Ch 2 |
|
| Jan 26 |
The Earth-Moon System |
Ch 3 |
HW 1 |
| Jan 31 |
Gravity and the Planets |
Ch 4 |
|
| Feb 2 |
The Nature of Light |
Ch 5 |
HW 2 |
| Feb 7 |
Matter and Light |
Ch 5 |
|
| Feb 9 |
Optics and Telescopes |
Ch 6 |
HW 3 |
| Feb 14 |
Brief Overview of Solar System |
Ch 7 |
|
| Feb 16 |
The Sun |
Ch 18 |
HW 4 |
| Feb 21 |
Stars |
Ch 19 |
|
| Feb 23 |
The Nature of Stars |
Ch 19 |
HW 5 |
| Feb 28 |
Stellar Evolution: The Main Sequence |
Ch 20 & 8-6 |
|
| Mar 2 |
Stellar Evolution: Post Main Sequence |
Ch 21 |
HW 6 |
| Mar 7 |
Stellar Evolution: The End |
Ch 23 |
|
| Mar 9 |
Midterm |
|
|
| Mar 14 |
Neutron Stars |
Ch 23 |
|
| Mar 16 |
Black Holes I |
Ch 24 |
|
| Mar 21-23 |
Spring Break |
|
|
| Mar 28 |
Black Holes II |
Ch 24 |
Nightlabs |
| Mar 30 |
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life |
Ch 30 |
HW 7 |
| Apr 4 |
The Milky Way |
Ch 25 |
|
| Apr 6 |
Normal Galaxies |
Ch 27 |
HW 8 |
| Apr 11 |
Active Galaxies & Quasars |
Ch 27 |
|
| Apr 13 |
Large Scale Structure |
Ch 26 |
HW 9 |
| Apr 18 |
Dark Matter |
Ch 26 |
|
| Apr 20 |
The Big Bang |
Ch 28 |
HW 10 |
| Apr 25 |
The Primeval Fireball |
Ch 28 |
|
| Apr 27 |
Dark Matter & Dark Energy |
Ch 28 |
HW 11 |
| May 2 |
Finale: The Very Early Universe |
Ch 29 |
|
|
1:30-4:30 pm, Friday May 5 |
FINAL EXAM |