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AST 307 · Introductory Astronomy

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Grading

Homework will count 1/6 of your grade, weekly quizzes will count 1/6, each of two exams will count 1/6, and the final exam will count 1/3. Your lowest homework and lowest quiz scores will be dropped. We will not have make-up quizzes, but let us know if you have a legitimate excuse for missing one.

Although this is not a writing class, test answers will usually consist of short written explanations, and we will count off for confusing or ungrammatical answers.

Reading Schedule

Dates		Reading
8/27	ch. 1	Observing the Sky
9/3	ch. 2	The Copernical Revolution
9/12	ch. 3	Radiation
9/17	ch. 4	Spectroscopy
9/22	ch. 5	Telescopes
9/26	Exam #1
9/29	ch. 6	The Solar System
10/3	ch. 15	The Formation of Planetary Systems
10/8	ch. 16	The Sun
10/13	ch. 17	Measuring the Stars
10/17	ch. 18	The Interstellar Medium
10/22	ch. 19	Star Formation
10/27	ch. 20	Stellar Evolution
10/31	ch. 21	Stellar Explosions
11/3	ch. 22	Neutron Stars and Black Holes
11/7	Exam #2
11/10	ch. 23	The Milky Way Galaxy
11/14	ch. 24	Normal Galaxies
11/19	ch. 25	Active Galaxies and Quasars
11/24	ch. 26	Cosmology
12/1	ch. 27	The Early Universe

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22 August 2003
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