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Extraterrestrial Life Schedule
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Schedule: Be sure to do the reading assignments before the class they are assigned for. Those who are prepared and ask questions or contribute to discussion will receive extra credit. If the scheduled office hours are not possible for you, we will make appointments for other times. Reading Assignments refer to chapters in the Class notes (Evans) or to the whole of the novel Contact by Carl Sagan. You should start reading Contact by about Spring Break, marking passages that discuss communications or travel ideas. Then review these before classes when those topics are discussed.
Date  
 		Topic
 		Reading Assignments
 		Drake Equation Factor
1/20
 		Course Overview
 		1
 		 
1/22
 		Origin of Elements
 		2
 		 
1/27
 		Origin of Stars
 		3A-3C
 		R*
1/29
 		Origin of Planets
 		3D
 		fp
2/3
 		Nature of Solar Systems
 		3E
 		 
2/5
 		Habitable Planets
 		3F
 		ne
2/10
 		Habitable Planets
 		3F
 		 
2/12
 		Nature of Life
 		4A
 		 
2/17
 		Test 1 (Ch. 1-3)
 		 
 		 
2/19
 		Origin of Life
 		4B-C
 		fl
2/24
 		Origin of Life
 		4D
 		 
2/26
 		Alternatives
 		4E-4G
 		 
3/3
 		Life in Solar System
 		5A-B
 		 
3/5
 		Life in Solar System
 		5C-D
 		 
3/10
 		Test 2 (Ch. 4-5)
 		 
 		 
3/12
 		Biological Evolution
 		6A
 		 
3/17
 		Spring Break
 		Start Reading Contact
 		 
3/19
 		Spring Break
 		 
 		 
3/24
 		Origin of Intelligence
 		6B
 		fi
3/26
 		Cultural Evolution
 		7A
 		Paper topics due
3/31
 		Evolution of World View
 		7B
 		fc
4/2
 		Lifetime
 		7C
 		L
4/7
 		Future of Civilization
 		7D
 		 
4/9
 		Test 3 (Ch. 6-7)
 		 
 		 
4/14
 		Drake Equation
 		8
 		N, r
4/16
 		Communication
 		9A-D
 		Paper due
4/21
 		Communication
 		9E
 		 
4/23
 		Contact (Communication)
 		Contact
 		 
4/28
 		Travel
 		10A-B
 		 
4/30
 		Visitations?
 		10C
 		Paper rewrite due
5/5
 		Contact (Travel, Reactions)
 		Contact
 		Course evaluation
5/7
 		Test 4 (Ch. 8-10 & Contact)