| COURSE: | AST 301: INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
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| SEMESTER: | Spring 1998,
Unique Number 42925 |
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| HOURS: | TTh 2:00-3:30 p.m.
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| LOCATION: | WEL 3.502
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| TEXTBOOK: | (Required) Seeds,
M.A. 1997, Foundations of Astronomy, 1997 (Fourth Edition)
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company)
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| EXAMS: | There will be four
exams during the semester and no final exam.
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| Tentative Exam Dates:
February 17, March 12, April 14, May 7. The exams will be objective
multiple choice.
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| 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.
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| GRADING: | The course grade
will be based on the average of 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 before computing your final course
grade (but not your homework grade).
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| INSTRUCTOR: | Professor Paul
Shapiro
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| Phone: 471-9422 or leave word at
471-3326
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| E-Mail:
shapiro301@astro.as.utexas.edu
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| Office Hours: immediately
following class (WEL 3.502) or by appointment
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| T.A.'S: | (1) Mr. Peter
Williams
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| (review sessions and individual
help)
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| Office: RLM 13.134 |
| Phone: 471-1311 or leave word at
471-3326
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| E-Mail:
petwil@astro.as.utexas.edu
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| Office Hours: W,
11:00-12:00 p.m.; Th, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
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| (2) Mr. Zhaohui Shang |
| (homework grading) |
| Office: RLM 16.220 |
| Phone: 471-3447 or leave word at
471-3326
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| E-Mail:
shang@astro.as.utexas.edu
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| Office Hours: MW 11:00-12:00 p.m.
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| HELP SESSIONS: | Monday
7:00-8:00 p.m., ETC 2.108
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| Wednesday 7:00-8:00 p.m., Taylor
Hall 2.006
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