COURSE SCHEDULE

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

Week

  Date

Topic

Chapter
1 August 29
 Intro., Scientific Notation, Scale of the Universe,
Newton's Laws
1,4
2  September 5
 Planetarium                   Laws of Motion    4
3  September 12
 Sun  Stars
14
4 September 19
 Light   Stellar Classification
5
5  September 26
 Planetarium     HR Diagram
15,16,17
6  Ocotber 3
 Exam #1      Stellar Evolution
7  October 10
 White Dwarfs  Novae  Supernovae
 18
8  October 17
 Supernovae   Neutron Stars
18
9  October 24
 Exam #2         Pulsars
18
10  October 31
 Planetarium      Black Holes
 18
11 November 7
 The Milky Way      Interstellar Medium
 
12  November 14
 Galaxies       Hubble's Lay        19
13  November 21
 Thanksgiving Break
20
14  November 28
 Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars    Exam#3
21
15  December 5
 Planetarium       Structure of Universe 23
16  December 12
 Cosmology      The Big Bang     Life in the Universe
22
   December 16
 Final Exam  1:30-4:00pm All