Schedule

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The following schedule is a guide to the topics we shall discuss. I expect to adhere closely but not rigidly to this outline. You are encouraged to read material in the text before it is covered in class.

AST 301 – Schedule for FALL 2015

Week 1   Thursday, August 27
Review of Handout 1. Chapter 1: Here and Now.
Week 2 Tuesday, September 1:
Chapter 2 – A User’s Guide to the Sky 		Thursday, September 3:
Chapter 2 – Concluded
Chapter 3 – Moon Phases and Eclipses
Week 3 Tuesday, September 8:
Chapter 4 – Origins of Modern Astronomy 		Thursday, September 10:
Chapter 4 – Concluded
Week 4 Tuesday, September 15:
Chapter 5 – Gravity 		Thursday, September 17:
Chapter 6 – Light and Telescopes
Week 5 Tuesday, September 22:
Chapter 7 – Atoms and Spectra 		Thursday, September 24:
Quiz 1
Week 6 Tuesday, September 29:
Chapter 7 – Concluded 		Thursday, October 1:
Chapter 8 – The Sun
Week 7 Tuesday, October 6:
Chapter 9 – The Family of Stars 		Thursday, October 8:
Chapter 10 – The Interstellar Medium
Week 8 Tuesday, October 13:
Chapter 11 – Formulation and Structure of Stars 		Thursday, October 15:
Chapter 11 – Concluded
Week 9 Tuesday, October 20:
Chapter 12 – Stellar Evolution 		Thursday, October 22:
Chapter 12 – Concluded
Week 10 Tuesday, October 27:
Chapter 13 – Deaths of Stars 		Thursday, October 29:
Quiz 2
Week 11 Tuesday, November 3:
Chapter 14 – Neutron Stars and Black Holes 		Thursday, November 5:
Chapter 14 – Concluded
Week 12 Tuesday, November 10:
Chapter 15 – The Milkyway Galaxy 		Thursday, November 12:
Chapter 16 – Galaxies
Week 13 Tuesday, November 17:
Chapter 17 – Active Galaxies and Supermassive Blackholes 		Thursday, November 19:
Quiz 3
Week 14 Tuesday, November 24:
Chapter 18 – Cosmology 		Thursday, November 26:
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Week 15 Tuesday, December 1:
Chapter 18 – Concluded 		Thursday, December 3:
Chapter 19 – Life Elsewhere?

Monday, December 14, 9:00 - 12:00 noon
FINAL EXAM

5 August 2015
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