| Thu. Aug 30 | Syllabus, The Scale of the Universe | --- |
| Tue. Sep. 4 | Introduction, The Scale of the Universe | Syllabus, Units 1, 2, 3, 4.1 |
| Thu. Sep. 6 | Motions of the Earth and the Moon | Units 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Tue. Sep. 11 | Early Ideas of the Heavens and the Heliocentric Universe | Units 10, 11 |
| Thu. Sep. 13 | Kepler's Laws, Galileo, Newton's Laws | Units 12, 14, 15 |
| Tue. Sep. 18 | Universal Gravitation and Orbital Motion | Units 16, 17, 18 |
| Thu. Sep. 20 | The Solar System and Other Planetary Systems | Units 32, 33, 20, 34 |
| Tue. Sep. 25 | The Earth | Units 35, 36 |
| Thu. Sep. 27 | The Moon | Units 37, 19 |
| Tue. Oct. 2 | Terrestrial Planets | Units 38, 39, 40, 42 |
| Thu. Oct. 4 | Jovian Planets & Pluto | Units 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 |
| Tue. Oct. 9 | Debris in the Solar System | Units 41, 46, 47, 48 |
| Thu. Oct. 11 | EXAM I | Units 1-4.1, 5-8, 10-12, 14-20, 32-40, 42-46 |
| Tue. Oct 16 | The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Black Body Radiation | Units 21.1, 22, 23 |
| Thu. Oct. 18 | Formation of Spectra, The Doppler Effect | Units 4.2, 21, 24, 25 |
| Tue. Oct. 23 | Astronomical Instruments and Telescopes | Units 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 |
| Thu. Oct 25 | The Sun, Our Star | Units 49, 50, 51 |
| Tue. Oct. 30 | Other Stars | Units 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 69 |
| Thu. Nov. 1 | A Star's Life: Early & Late Stages | Units 59, 60, 61 |
| Tue. Nov. 6 | End States of a Star's Life | Units 62, 64, 66, 67, 68 |
| Thu. Nov. 8 | EXAM II | Units 4.2, 21-30, 41, 46-52, 54-62, 64, 66-69 |
| Tue. Nov. 13 | Our Milky Way Galaxy | Units 70, 71, 72, 73 |
| Thu. Nov. 15 | Properties of Normal Galaxies | Units 74, 75 |
| Tue. Nov. 20 | Active Galaxies | Unit 77 |
| Thu. Nov. 22 | THANKSGIVING | --- |
| Tue. Nov. 27 | Galaxy Clustering, Dark Matter | Units 76, 78 |
| Thu. Nov. 29 | Cosmology, Birth & Fate of Our Universe | Units 79, 80, 81, 82 |
| Tue. Dec. 4 | Cosmology, Birth & Fate of Our Universe | Units 79, 80, 81, 82 |
| Thu. Dec. 6 | Great Unanswered Questions | Units 79, 80, 81, 82 |
| Tue. Dec. 11 | Review Session | Units 1-4.2, 5-8, 10-12, 14-30, 32-52, 54-62, 64, 66-82 |
| Fri. Dec. 14 | FINAL EXAM (8:00 - 10:00 am) | Units 1-4.2, 5-8, 10-12, 14-30, 32-52, 54-62, 64, 66-82 |
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