ASTR380 LECTURE SCHEDULE

Lecture Date
Lecture Topic
Reading
Tue. Sep. 2 Introduction to Astrobiology 1.1 - 1.4
Thu. Sep. 4 Space 3.1 & 3.2
Tue. Sep. 9 Light 3.3
Thu. Sep. 11 Matter 3.3
Tue. Sep. 16 Earth 4.1 & 4.2
Thu. Sep. 18 Climate 4.5
Tue. Sep. 23 Life Introduction 5.1 & 5.2
Thu. Sep. 25 Life Mechanics 5.3 & 5.4
Tue. Sep. 30 Life Origins 6.1 & 6.2
Thu. Oct. 2 Life Natural History 6.3 - 6.5
Tue. Oct. 7 Life Extreme 5.5
Thu. Oct. 9 EXAM I
Tue. Oct. 14 FALL BREAK!!
Thu. Oct. 16 Solar System 3.4
Tue. Oct. 21 Solar System Habitability 7.1 - 7.3
Thu. Oct. 23 Life and Mars 8.1 & 8.2
Tue. Oct. 28 Life and the Jovian Moons 9.1 & 9.2
Thu. Oct. 30 Solar System Exploration 7.4
Tue. Nov. 4 Habitability 10.1 - 10.4
Thu. Nov. 6 Stars 11.1
Tue. Nov. 11 Finding Planets 11.2
Thu. Nov. 13 EXAM II
Tue. Nov. 18 Exoplanets 11.3
Thu. Nov. 20 Intelligent Life 12.1
Tue. Nov. 25 Drake Equation 12.2
Thu. Nov. 27 THANKSGIVING!
Tue. Dec. 2 SETI 12.3
Thu. Dec. 4 Interstellar Travel 13.1 & 13.2
Tue. Dec. 9 Colonization Fermi 13.3
Thu. Dec. 11 Speculations 13.4
Fri. Dec. 19 FINAL EXAM (4:00pm-6:00pm)

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