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Other Recommended Reading
Title: The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology
Author: Joseph Silk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Title: In Search of Dark Matter
Author: Ken Freeman and Geoff McNamara
Publisher: Springer Praxis Books
Title: Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology
Author: Jose Wudka
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Title: The State of the Universe: A Primer in Modern Cosmology
Author: Pedro Ferreira
Publisher: Cassell
Title: The Edge of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe
Author: Fulvio Melia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Exams and Grading
Exams
There will be 6 multiple-choice in-class exams, and no final exam. Please see the course schedule at the end
of the syllabus for the dates of exams. The lowest exam score will be dropped, and the remaining 5 scores will
be counted toward the grade. Each exam contributes 15 points toward the final grade.
There will be make-up exams for students with valid excuses. The reasons for absence must be presented
and acknowledged in advance of examination. No make-up exams will be arranged for those who did not
notify the instructor about their absence in advance. The penalty for cheating on an exam is a score of zero
that will be counted toward the final grade.
Homework
There will be 3 homework assignments, each counting 10 points toward the grade. Each assignment will be a
set of simple essay questions, based on the material covered in class and/or available in resources that will
be specified in the assignment. Your answers of the essay questions should be submitted in typewritten form,
about two to three pages in length (to be specified in the assignment), double-spaced, in 12-point font.
On an additional page, you must provide a complete, numbered list of references (scholarly books, scholarly articles,
scholarly web pages) that you used to answer the essay questions. You can paraphrase but not cite or copy
material from any source. Distinction between paraphrasing and citing or copying is clearly explained in:
http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts/files/Paraphrasing.pdf
You are encouraged to discuss and work on the homework assignments in groups, but you must write the final
answers on your own. Essays containing identical text fragments will be returned ungraded. Please number and staple
together all pages of your assignment.
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