ASTRO 358/SPRING 2013
        	     GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE
                	  COURSE OUTLINE 

I will try to adhere to the course outline below as closely as possible, 
but there may be small pacing changes based on the background of the
students enrolled in the course. The  outline will be updated regularly
and the most  current version can be found at 
   http://www.as.utexas.edu/~sj/a358-sp13/a358-sp13-calendar.txt
In-class activities and quizzes can take place  at any time in the  semester
and are not all  listed on the course outline.  A list of reference textbooks
for reading  is given at  the end of the ouline.


-- CLASS DESCRIPTION AND  OVERVIEW  (Jan 15) 

-- INTRODUCTION TO NEARBY  GALAXIES    (Jan 17, 22, 24)

-- QUIZ ON PRE-REQUISITE MATERIALS   (Jan 29)  

-- GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS    (Jan 31, Feb 5)

-- GALAXIES IN DIFFERENT ENIVIRONMENT: NATURE & NURTURE  (Feb 5, 7)

-- DARK MATTER &  DARK ENERGY

-- Spring break = March 11-16 

-- FIRST EXAM = Th Mar 21

-- BLACK HOLES AND GALAXY EVOLUTION  (Mar 28, Apr 2,  Apr 4)

-- BACKGROUND LECTURE FOR ASSIGNMENT 5    (Apr 9)
   (discussion of technical issues for student talks)

-- STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES  ( Apr 11, 16)

-- GALAXY INTERACTIONS/MERGERS  (Apr  16, 19)

-- Talks by student teams = Tu Apr 23,  Th Apr 25
    Probing Galaxy Evolution with New and Next-Generation  Facilities 
      (GMT, LSST, JWST,  EVLA, ALMA, CCAT)	     

--  SYNOPSIS =  Tu Apr 30

-- SECOND EXAM  = Th May  02 


REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS  AND  READING  MATERIAL
- EAC = "Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology" by Peter Schneider 
        (Publisher: Spinger, copyright 2006)
- GA  = "Galactic Astronomy, by Binney and Merrifield
        (Publisher: Princeton University Press, copyright 1998)
- GU = "Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction", by Sparke & Gallagher
        (Publisher: Cambridge University Press, copyright 2000)