Th. Aug. 31 | Introduction and Scale of the Universe | Units 1 and 2 |
Tu. Sep. 5 | Measurements and the Scientific Method | Units 3 and 4; HW#1 DUE (sign syllabus) |
Th. Sep. 7 | Appearance of the Sky | Units 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Tu. Sep. 12 | Competing Cosmologies | Units 10, 11; HW#2 DUE |
Th. Sep. 14 | Kepler's Laws | Units 12, 13 |
Tu. Sep. 19 | The Laws of Motion | Units 14, 15 |
Th. Sep. 21 | Conservation Laws and Gravity | Units 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
Tu. Sep. 26 | The Solar System and its Origin | Units 32, 33, 34; HW#3 DUE |
Th. Sep. 28 | The Terrestrial Planets: Earth and Moon | Units 35, 36, 37 |
Tu. Oct. 3 | The Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars | Units 38, 39, 40 |
Th. Oct. 5 | The Jovian Planets | Units 42, 43, 44 |
Tu. Oct. 10 | Moons, Asteroids, & Comets | Units 41, 45, 46, 47, 48; HW#4 DUE |
Th. Oct 12 | EXAM I | Units 1-20, 32-48 |
Tu. Oct. 17 | Light: Electromagnetic Radiation | Units 21-31 |
Th. Oct. 19 | The Sun as a Star | Units 49, 51 |
Tu. Oct. 24 | Observed Properties of Stars | Units 52, 53, 54 |
Th. Oct. 26 | Physical Properties of Stars | Units 55, 56, 57 |
Tu. Oct. 31 | Nuclear Fire | Unit 50; HW#5 DUE |
Th. Nov. 2 | Stellar Evolution | Units 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 |
Tu. Nov. 7 | End States: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes | Units 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 |
Th. Nov. 9 | EXAM II | Units 21-31, 49-69 |
Tu. Nov. 14 | The Milky Way | Units 70, 71, 72, 73 |
Th. Nov. 16 | External Galaxies | Units 74, 75, 76 |
Tu. Nov. 21 | AGN, QSOs, and Supermassive Black Holes | Unit 77; HW#6 DUE |
Th. Nov. 23 | THANKSGIVING | |
Tu. Nov. 28 | Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter | Unit 78 |
Th. Nov. 30 | Formation of Structure in the Universe | Unit 78 |
Tu. Dec. 5 | Cosmology - the fun stuff | Units 79 and 80; HW#7 DUE |
Th. Dec. 7 | Cosmology - the goofy stuff | Units 81 and 82 |
Tu. Dec. 12 | Life, the Universe, and Everything | Units 83 and 84 |
Fri. Dec 15 | FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) | All of the above |