| Mon. Jan 31 | Syllabus, Educational Survey | Preface, Introduction |
| Wed. Feb 2 | Introduction, The Scale of the Universe | Introduction, Overview 1 |
| Fri. Feb 4 | Apparent Motions of the Sun and Stars | Chapter 1, Essay 1 |
| Mon. Feb. 7 | Motion of the Moon | Chapter 1 |
| Wed. Feb. 9 | Early Ideas of the Heavens | Chapter 1 |
| Fri. Feb. 11 | The Heliocentric Universe | Chapter 1 |
| Mon. Feb. 14 | Planetary Motion: Kepler's Laws | Chapter 1 |
| Wed. Feb. 16 | Newton's Laws of Motion | Chapter 1 |
| Fri. Feb. 18 | Universal Gravitation | Overview 2, Chapter 2 |
| Mon. Feb. 21 | Interior of Earth | Overview 3, Chapter 4 |
| Wed. Feb. 23 | Atmosphere of Earth | Chapter 4 |
| Fri. Feb. 25 | The Moon | Chapter 6 |
| Mon. Feb. 28 | The Solar System: Origin and Components | Chapter 7 |
| Wed. Mar. 1 | Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 8 |
| Fri. Mar. 3 | Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 8 |
| Mon. Mar. 6 | Terrestrial Planets & Jupiter | Chapters 8,9 |
| Wed. Mar. 8 | Jupiter & Saturn | Chapter 9 |
| Fri. Mar. 10 | Uranus, Neptune, & Pluto | Chapter 9 |
| Mon. Mar. 13 | EXAM I | Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6-8, Essay 1, Overviews 1-3 |
| Wed. Mar. 15 | Debris in the Solar System | Chapter 10 |
| Fri. Mar. 17 | The Electromagnetic Spectrum | Chapter 3 |
| Mon. Mar. 20 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Wed. Mar. 22 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Fri. Mar. 24 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Mon. Mar. 27 | Black Body Radiation | Chapter 3 |
| Wed. Mar. 29 | Formation of Spectra | Chapter 3 |
| Fri. Mar. 31 | The Doppler Effect | Chapter 3 |
| Mon. Apr. 3 | Telescopes, Instruments, and Time | Chapter 5, Essay 2 |
| Wed. Apr. 5 | Properties of the Sun, Our Star | Overview 5, Chapter 11 |
| Fri. Apr. 7 | How the Sun Works | Chapter 11 |
| Mon. Apr. 10 | The Magnetic Sun | Chapter 11 |
| Wed. Apr. 12 | Properties of Stars | Chapter 12 |
| Fri. Apr. 14 | The Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) Diagram | Chapter 12 |
| Mon. Apr. 17 | EXAM II | Chapters 3, 5, 9-11, Essay 2, Overviews 4,5 |
| Wed. Apr. 19 | A Star's Life: Early & Late Stages | Chapter 13 |
| Fri. Apr. 21 | End States of a Star's Life | Chapter 14 |
| Mon. Apr. 24 | Our Milky Way Galaxy | Overview 6, Chapter 15 |
| Wed. Apr. 26 | Our Milky Way Galaxy | Chapter 15 |
| Fri. Apr. 28 | Properties of Normal Galaxies | Chapter 16 |
| Mon. May 1 | Active Galaxies | Chapter 16 |
| Wed. May 3 | Galaxy Clustering | Chapter 16 |
| Fri. May 5 | Structure of our Universe | Chapters 16,17 |
| Mon. May 8 | Fate of Our Universe | Chapter 17 |
| Wed. May 10 | Birth of Our Universe | Chapter 17 |
| Fri. May 12 | Great Unanswered Questions | Chapter 17 and beyond... |
| Mon. May 15 | Review | Introduction, Chapters 1-17, Essays 1-2, Overviews 1-6 |
| Sat. May 20 | FINAL EXAM (8:00 am - 10:00 am) | Introduction, Chapters 1-17, Essays 1-2, Overviews 1-6 |
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