Coronet (NASA/Chandra)
Astronomy 307 - Spring 2009
INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY
TTh 9:30 - 11:00 · RLM 15.216B · Unique No. 48495
Professor
RLM 16.324 · (512) 471-3449 · email
Courses - Spr '09 | Course Website
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Upon request, the University of Texas at Austin provides appropriate academic adjustments for qualified students with disabilities. Contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, or (TTY) 471-4641, or via email to ssd@uts.cc.utexas.edu or see http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/ssd/.
SPECIAL EVENTS: The Astronomy Department offers evening Star Parties (featuring viewing through small telescopes) on campus. Star Parties will take place on specific Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; details will be announced and posted at http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/public/viewing.html. As you may have noted above, it is possible to earn some participation credit by attending one of these star parties. In order to earn this credit you must get a signed slip from the person presiding over the star party. Warning to the naïve: Star parties are held only when the weather permits! They are cancelled when it’s too cloudy to see anything (which happens a lot in the spring), so I advise against procrastinating and assuming that you can wait until the end of the semester. If it’s cloudy then, you will be disappointed – and out of luck!
We anticipate that there will be one or more special "public" talks relevant to Ast 307 during the semester. These will be free lectures held on campus in the afternoon or evening. (Make a note: one will take place on March 11, and others are likely to happen in April.) If you attend one of these talks, in order to earn participation credit you will be required to submit a brief write-up summarizing what you heard and learned, in your own words (I am very intolerant of students cribbing notes from another student, and I can usually tell if you do this!) This must be submitted as hard copy (not emailed to me), and your write-up will be evaluated to determine how many points will be earned.
DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION: If issues arise during the semester that cannot be resolved with the instructor or TA, you may contact the Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee, Prof. Gregory Shields (471-1402, shields@astro.as.utexas.edu), or Dept. Chairman, Prof. Neal Evans (471-3302, chairman@astro.as.utexas.edu). More information can also be found in the "Memo to Undergraduate Astronomy Students," which is posted at http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/students/memo.html.
