Extraterrestrial Life Schedule

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UGS 303

PAI 3.02

Spring 2013


 

Instructor

Teaching Assistants

 

Office:

Phone:

Section:

MAI 220B

8, 9, 10

2, 3, 4

11, 12, 1

Hours:

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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

1/15

Course Overview

1

 

1/17

Origin of Elements

2

 

1/22

Origin of Stars

3A-3C

R*

1/24

Origin of Planets

3D

fp

1/29

Nature of Solar Systems

3E

 

1/31

Habitable Planets

3F

ne

2/5

Habitable Planets

3F

 

2/7

Nature of Life

4A

 

2/12

Test 1 (Ch. 1-3)

 

 

2/14

Origin of Life

4B-C

fl

2/19

Origin of Life

4D

 

2/21

Alternatives

4E-4G

 

2/26

Life in Solar System

5A-B

 

2/28

Life in Solar System

5C-D

 

3/5

Test 2 (Ch. 4-5)

 

 

3/7

Biological Evolution

6A

 

3/12

Spring Break

Start Reading

Contact

3/14

Spring Break

 

 

3/19

Origin of Intelligence

6B

fi

3/21

Cultural Evolution

7A

Paper topics due

3/26

Evolution of World View

7B

fc

3/28

Lifetime

7C

L

4/2

Future of Civilization

7D

 

4/4

Test 3 (Ch. 6-7)

 

 

4/9

Drake Equation

8

N, r

4/11

Communication

9A-D

Paper due

4/16

Communication

9E

 

4/18

Contact (Communication)

Contact

 

4/23

Travel

10A-B

 

4/25

Visitations?

10C

Paper rewrite due

4/30

Contact (Travel, Reactions)

Contact

Course evaluation

5/2

Test 4 (Ch. 8-10 & Contact)