ASTR305 Approximate Lecture Schedule

Lecture Date
Meeting
No.
Lecture Topic
Jan. 27
1
Introduction
Jan. 29
2
Comets and meteors from small to large
Feb. 3
3
Comets and meteors from small to large
Feb. 5
4
Science
Feb. 10
5
Science
Feb. 12
6
Science and science writing
Feb. 17
7
Writing structures and the basics of global warming
Feb. 19
8
Global warming and the news
Feb. 24
9
Midterm Exam #1
Feb. 26
10
Snow
Mar. 3
11
NPR science correspondent Richard Harris
Mar. 5
12
Nature astronomy editor Dr. Leslie Sage
Mar. 10
13
Global warming
Mar. 12
14
Life
Mar. 17

Spring Break
Mar. 19

Spring Break
Mar. 24
15
Life on Earth
Mar. 26
16
Exoplanets
Mar. 31
17
The Drake Equation
Apr. 2
18
Search for Extraterrestrial life
Apr. 7
19
Power failure
Apr. 9
20
Midterm Exam #2
Apr. 14
21
UFOs
Apr. 16
22
Early cosmology
Apr. 21
23
The expanding universe
Apr. 23
24
Relativity
Apr. 28
25
Curved space-time
Apr. 30
26
History of the universe
May 5
27
Contents of the universe
May 7
28
Inflation and BICEP2   
May 12
29
Conclusion



May 18

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