SYLLABUS

COURSE SCHEDULE

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Textbook: The Cosmic Perspective, Bennett et al, Addison Wesley

Week
Date

Topic
Chapter

1 January 17
Intro., Scientific Notation, Scale of the Universe,
Newton's Laws
1,4

2 January 24
Planetarium                   Laws of Motion    4

3 January 31
Sun Stars
14

4 February 7
Light   Stellar Classification
5

5 February 14
Planetarium     HR Diagram
15,16,17

6 February 21
Exam #1 Stellar Evolution

7 February 28 White Dwarfs Novae Supernovae
18

8 March 7
Supernovae   Neutron Stars
18

9 March 14
Exam #2         Pulsars
18

10 March 21
Planetarium      Black Holes
18

11 March 28
Spring Break

12 April 4
The Milky Way      Interstellar Medium        19

13 April 11
Galaxies      Hubble's Law
20

14 April 18 Exam #3      Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars
21

15 April 25
Planetarium Structure of Universe 23

16 May 2
Cosmology                 The Big Bang     Life in the Universe
22

May 8
Final Exam 4:30pm

Week	Date	Topic	Chapter
1	January 17	Intro., Scientific Notation, Scale of the Universe, Newton's Laws	1,4
2	January 24	Planetarium Laws of Motion	4
3	January 31	Sun Stars	14
4	February 7	Light Stellar Classification	5
5	February 14	Planetarium HR Diagram	15,16,17
6	February 21	Exam #1 Stellar Evolution
7	February 28	White Dwarfs Novae Supernovae	18
8	March 7	Supernovae Neutron Stars	18
9	March 14	Exam #2 Pulsars	18
10	March 21	Planetarium Black Holes	18
11	March 28	Spring Break
12	April 4	The Milky Way Interstellar Medium	19
13	April 11	Galaxies Hubble's Law	20
14	April 18	Exam #3 Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars	21
15	April 25	Planetarium Structure of Universe	23
16	May 2	Cosmology The Big Bang Life in the Universe	22
	May 8	Final Exam 4:30pm