Professor
Prof. Paul Shapiro
Office: RLM 16.204
Hours: TBA
Phone: (512) 471-9422
or leave word at 471-3000
email
TA
Review Sessions &
Individual Help
Mr. Sean Couch
TA
Homework Grading
[Section 48880 ONLY]
Ms. Hyo Jeong Kim
[Section 48885 ONLY]
Mr. Daniel Kagan
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Textbook
(Required) Bennett, J., Donahue, M., Schneider, N., Voit, M. The Cosmic Perspective (2007 Edition),
(Addison-Wesley) ISBN: 0-8053-7248-2.
Exams
There will be four exams during the semester and no final exam.
Tentative Exam Dates: Feb. 13, March 8, April 10, May 3. The exams will be objective multiple choice.
Homework
There will be required reading assignments. Problems will be assigned regularly and must be handed in. They should
be handed in at the beginning of class on the due date. Since solutions will be posted at the end of class on the due
date, no late homework can be accepted.
Grading
The course grade will be based on the average of the scores on the four exams and the graded homework sets. All
of the homework grades averaged together will be equal in weight to one of the exams. We will drop your lowest two
homework grades before we take the final average homework grade. We will drop your lowest exam score (but not
your average homework grade) before computing your final course grade.
Help Sessions
Section 48880 [TTh 11:00-12:30]
M 6:30-7:30 PM, ENS 115
W 6:30-7:30 PM, ENS 115
Section 48885 [TTh 12:30-2:00]
M 7:30-8:30 PM, ENS 115
W 7:30-8:30 PM, ENS 115
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