Astronomy 301 - Fall 2010
INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
MWF 11-12 · WEL 3.502 · Unique No. 47645
Sagittarius A* (NASA/ESA/JPL)
Professor
Courses - Fall '10 | Course Website
Grades: Grades will be based on homework (20% of the grade), the weekly quizzes (10%), in-class assignments (10%), the four exams (30%), and the final (30%). Your lowest quiz and homework scores (one of each) will be dropped. Your lowest exam score will be dropped, or if you want to keep all four exams, you may skip the final and your exam average will replace the final.
Collaboration: You are encouraged to study and work on homework assignments with other students, and you are encouraged to get help from the TA, but you must write out your own answers and make the assigned observations yourself. If you copy another homework or let someone copy yours, both of you will receive zero credit. In-class assignments will be done in groups, and all group members will receive the same grade (if the assignment is graded).
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Aug 25 |
Ch 1 |
Our Place in the Universe |
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Aug 30 |
Ch 2 |
Motions in the sky |
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Sep 8 |
Ch 3 |
History of Astronomy |
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Sep 13 |
Ch 4 |
Laws of Motion |
Fri, Sep 17 |
Sep 20 |
Ch 5 |
Light and Matter |
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Sep 27 |
Ch 7&8 |
Solar System & Formation |
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Oct 4 |
Ch 10 |
Atmospheres |
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Oct 11 |
Ch 11 |
Outer solar system |
Fri, Oct 15 |
Oct 18 |
Ch 13 |
Other planetary systems |
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Oct 25 |
Ch 14.2&15 |
Properties of stars |
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Nov 1 |
Ch 17 |
Lives of stars |
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Nov 8 |
Ch 18 |
Deaths of stars |
Fri, Nov 12 |
Nov 15 |
Ch 20 |
Galaxies and the Universe |
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Nov 22 |
Ch 22 |
Cosmology |
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Nov 29 |
Ch 23 |
Big Bang |
Fri, Dec 3 |