ASTR305 Lecture Schedule

Lecture Date
Meeting
No.
Lecture Topic
Jan. 27
1
Introduction
Jan. 29
2
Meteors from small to large
Feb. 3
3
Meteors from small to large
Feb. 5
4
Science
Feb. 10
5
Science reporting
Feb. 12
6
Planetary atmospheres and warming
Feb. 17
7
Planetary atmospheres and warming
Feb. 19
8
NPR science correspondent Richard Harris
Feb. 24
9
Midterm Exam #1
Feb. 26
10
Life
Mar. 3
11
Life
Mar. 5
12
Nature astronomy editor Dr. Leslie Sage
Mar. 10
13
Exoplanets
Mar. 12
14
Exoplanets, Drake equation
Mar. 17

Spring Break
Mar. 19

Spring Break
Mar. 24
15
Search for extraterrestrial life
Mar. 26
16
UFOs
Mar. 31
17
UFOs in the news
Apr. 2
18
Early cosmology
Apr. 7
19
Midterm Exam #2
Apr. 9
20
The expanding universe
Apr. 14
21
Relativity
Apr. 16
22
Curved space-time
Apr. 21
23
History of the universe
Apr. 23
24
Inflation
Apr. 28
25
Analysis of BICEP2 results
Apr. 30
26
Contents of the universe
May 5
27
NASA's role
May 7
28
(snow day in the winter, somewhere)
May 12
29
Conclusion and review



May 18

FINAL EXAM (CSS 2400, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM)