| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading etc. |
| Th. Aug. 31 |
Introduction and Scale of the Universe |
Units 1 and 2
|
| Tu. Sep. 5 |
Measurements and the Scientific Method |
Units 3 and 4; HW#1 DUE (sign syllabus)
|
| Th. Sep. 7 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Units 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
|
| Tu. Sep. 12 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Units 10, 11; HW#2 DUE
|
| Th. Sep. 14 |
Kepler's Laws |
Units 12, 13
|
| Tu. Sep. 19 |
The Laws of Motion |
Units 14, 15
|
| Th. Sep. 21 |
Conservation Laws and Gravity |
Units 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
|
| Tu. Sep. 26 |
The Solar System and its Origin |
Units 32, 33, 34; HW#3 DUE
|
| Th. Sep. 28 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Earth and Moon |
Units 35, 36, 37
|
| Tu. Oct. 3 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars |
Units 38, 39, 40
|
| Th. Oct. 5 |
The Jovian Planets |
Units 42, 43, 44
|
| Tu. Oct. 10 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Units 41, 45, 46, 47, 48; HW#4 DUE
|
| Th. Oct 12 |
EXAM I |
Units 1-20, 32-48
|
| Tu. Oct. 17 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Units 21-31
|
| Th. Oct. 19 |
The Sun as a Star |
Units 49, 51
|
| Tu. Oct. 24 |
Observed Properties of Stars |
Units 52, 53, 54
|
| Th. Oct. 26 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Units 55, 56, 57
|
| Tu. Oct. 31 |
Nuclear Fire |
Unit 50; HW#5 DUE
|
| Th. Nov. 2 |
Stellar Evolution |
Units 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
|
| Tu. Nov. 7 |
End States: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes |
Units 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
|
| Th. Nov. 9 |
EXAM II |
Units 21-31, 49-69
|
| Tu. Nov. 14 |
The Milky Way |
Units 70, 71, 72, 73
|
| Th. Nov. 16 |
External Galaxies |
Units 74, 75, 76
|
| Tu. Nov. 21 |
AGN, QSOs, and Supermassive Black Holes |
Unit 77; HW#6 DUE
|
| Th. Nov. 23 |
THANKSGIVING |
|
| Tu. Nov. 28 |
Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter |
Unit 78
|
| Th. Nov. 30 |
Formation of Structure in the Universe |
Unit 78
|
| Tu. Dec. 5 |
Cosmology - the fun stuff |
Units 79 and 80; HW#7 DUE
|
| Th. Dec. 7 |
Cosmology - the goofy stuff |
Units 81 and 82
|
| Tu. Dec. 12 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Units 83 and 84
|
| Fri. Dec 15 |
FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) |
All of the above
|
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