| Tue. Sep. 1 | Introduction, The Scale of the Universe | Chapter 1 |
| Thu. Sep. 3 | A Brief History of the Universe | Chapter 1 |
| Tue. Sep. 8 | Seasons on Earth | Chapter 2; Syllabus Cover Sheet due |
| Thu. Sep. 10 | The Motions of the Moon and Planets | Chapter 2 |
| Tue. Sep. 15 | Competing Cosmologies | Chapter 3 |
| Thu. Sep. 17 | Kepler's Laws & The Scientific Method | Chapter 3 |
| Tue. Sep. 22 | Newton's Laws of Motion | Chapter 4; HW#1 due |
| Thu. Sep. 24 | Planetary Formation | Chapter 4 |
| Tue. Sep. 29 | Terrestrial Planet Surfaces | Chapter 5 |
| Thu. Oct. 1 | Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres | Chapter 5 |
| Tue. Oct. 6 | The Giant Planets | Chapter 6; HW#2 due |
| Thu. Oct. 8 | EXAM I | Chapters 1-5 |
| Tue. Oct. 13 | Moons, Asteroids, and Comets | Chapter 6 |
| Thu. Oct. 15 | Extrasolar Planets | Chapter 7 |
| Tue. Oct. 20 | Revisiting Planetary Formation | Chapter 7 |
| Thu. Oct. 22 | Light and Atomic Physics | Chapter 8 |
| Tue. Oct. 27 | The Sun | Chapter 8; HW#3 due |
| Thu. Oct. 29 | Other Stars | Chapter 8 |
| Tue. Nov. 3 | A Small Star's Life | Chapter 9 |
| Thu. Nov. 5 | A Big Star's Life | Chapter 9 |
| Tue. Nov. 10 | White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars | Chapter 10 |
| Thu. Nov. 12 | Black Holes | Chapter 10 |
| Tue. Nov. 17 | Our Galaxy and Other Galaxies | Chapter 11; HW#4 due |
| Thu. Nov. 19 | EXAM II | Chapters 6-10 |
| Tue. Nov. 24 | Galactic Distances | Chapter 12 |
| Thu. Nov. 26 | THANKSGIVING!! | |
| Tue. Dec. 1 | The Big Bang Theory | Chapter 13; HW#5 due |
| Thu. Dec. 3 | Dark Matter and Dark Energy | Chapter 14 |
| Tue. Dec. 8 | Fate of Our Universe | Chapter 14 |
| Thu. Dec. 10 | Life, the Universe, and Everything | Chapter 15; HW#6 due |
| Mon. Dec. 14 | FINAL EXAM (8:00am-10:00am) | Chapters 1-15 |
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