| Tue. Jan. 28 | Introduction, What is Light? | Chapter 5 |
| Thu. Jan. 30 | The Electromagnetic Spectrum | Chapter 5 |
| Tue. Feb. 4 | Light and the Structure of the Atom | Chapter 5 |
| Thu. Feb. 6 | Optics & Telescopes | Chapter 6; HW#1 due |
| Tue. Feb. 11 | Optics & Telescopes | Chapter 6 |
| Thu. Feb. 13 | The Sun's Interior | Chapter 16; HW#2 due |
| Tue. Feb. 18 | The Magnetic Sun | Chapter 16 |
| Thu. Feb. 20 | Stars: Distances & Luminosities | Chapter 17; HW#3 due |
| Tue. Feb. 25 | Stars: Sizes and Masses | Chapter 17 |
| Thu. Feb. 27 | Star Formation | Chapter 18; HW#4 due |
| Tue. Mar. 4 | Star Formation | Chapter 18 |
| Thu. Mar. 6 | Exam I | Chapters 5-6, 16-18 |
| Tue. Mar. 11 | Stellar Evolution | Chapter 19 |
| Thu. Mar. 13 | Stellar Evolution | Chapter 19; HW#5 due |
| Tue. Mar. 18 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Thu. Mar. 20 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Tue. Mar. 25 | White Dwarfs | Chapter 20 |
| Thu. Mar. 27 | White Dwarfs | Chapter 20; HW#6 due |
| Tue. Apr. 1 | Neutron Stars | Chapter 21 |
| Thu. Apr. 3 | Neutron Stars | Chapter 21; HW#7 due |
| Tue. Apr. 8 | Black Holes | Chapter 22 |
| Thu. Apr. 10 | Black Holes | Chapter 22; HW#8 due |
| Tue. Apr. 15 | The Milky Way | Chapters 23 |
| Thu. Apr. 17 | Exam II | Chapters 19-22 |
| Tue. Apr. 22 | The Milky Way | Chapter 23 |
| Thu. Apr. 24 | Galaxy Morphologies | Chapter 24; HW#9 due |
| Tue. Apr. 29 | Galaxy Clusters and Superclusters | Chapter 24 |
| Thu. May 1 | Quasars and Active Galactic Nucleii | Chapter 25; HW#10 due |
| Tue. May 6 | The Big Bang | Chapter 26 |
| Thu. May 8 | The Accelerating Universe | Chapter 26; HW#11 due |
| Tue. May 13 | The Early Universe | Chapter 27 |
| Thu. May 15 | Final Exam - 8:00am-10:00am (CSS2428) | Chapters 5-6, 16-27 |
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