| Syllabus | Links | Schedule | Grades |
This is a list of the topics that we will be discussing each day of the semester. I will add links from each one to the slides that I use during the lecture. Those should be present the night before the lecture at the latest. Also listed are the readings for each day and what is due on those days. The PV link for each day is a printer friendly version.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Due |
| 8-28 | Introduction to the class and View of the Universe (PV) | 1.1 | |
| 8-31 | Scale of the Universe (PV) | 1.2 | |
| 9-2 | Spaceship Earth (PV) | 1.3-1.4 | |
| 9-4 | The Night Sky and Seasons (PV) | 2.1-2.2 | |
| 9-7 | Labor Day (No Class) | ||
| 9-9 | The Moon and Planets (PV) | 2.3-2.4 | Quiz #1 (Answers) |
| 9-11 | Ancient Science (PV) | 3.1-3.2 | |
| 9-14 | Copernican Revolution (PV) | 3.3 | Assn #1 |
| 9-16 | Science and Astrology (PV) | 3.4-3.5 | Quiz #2 (Answers) |
| 9-18 | Astronomical Time Periods (PV) | S1.1 | |
| 9-21 | Midterm 1 (Review Sheet) (Answers) | ||
| 9-23 | Newton's Laws (PV) | 4.1-4.2 | |
| 9-25 | Conservation Laws (PV) | 4.3 | |
| 9-28 | Gravity (PV) | 4.4-4.5 | |
| 9-30 | Light (PV) | 5.1-5.2 | Quiz #3 (Answers) |
| 10-2 | Matter (PV) | 5.3 | |
| 10-5 | DPS (No Class) | ||
| 10-7 | DPS (No Class) | ||
| 10-9 | DPS (No Class) | ||
| 10-12 | Information in Light | 5.4-5.5 | |
| 10-14 | Telescopes 1 | 6.1-6.2 | Assn #2 & Quiz #4 (Answers) |
| 10-16 | Fall Break (No Class) | ||
| 10-19 | Telescopes 2 | 6.3-6.4 | |
| 10-21 | Midterm 2 (Review Sheet) (Answers) | ||
| 10-23 | The Solar System (PV) | 7.1-7.2 | |
| 10-26 | Exploring the Solar System (PV) | 7.3 | |
| 10-28 | Origins (PV) | 8.1-8.2 | |
| 10-30 | Planet Formation (PV) | 8.3 | Assn #3 |
| 11-2 | Age of the Solar System (PV) | 8.4-8.5 | |
| 11-4 | Terrestrial Surfaces and Interiors (PV) | 9.1-9.2 | |
| 11-6 | Geology of the Moon, Mercury, and Mars (PV) | 9.3-9.4 | |
| 11-9 | Geology of Venus and the Earth | 9.5-9.6 | |
| 11-11 | Atmospheres, Weather, and Climate | 10.1-10.2 | Quiz #5 |
| 11-13 | Atmospheres of the Moon, Mercury, and Mars | 10.3-10.4 | |
| 11-16 | Atomspheres of Venus and Earth | 10.5-10.6 | |
| 11-18 | Jovian Planets | 11.1 | |
| 11-20 | Satellites of the Outer Planets | 11.2 | |
| 11-23 | Rings | 11.3 | Assn #4 |
| 11-25 | Small Bodies | 12.1-12.2 | |
| 11-27 | Thanksgiving | ||
| 11-30 | Pluto and Impacts | 12.3-12.4 | Quiz #6 |
| 12-2 | Detecting Extrasolar Planets | 13.1 | |
| 12-4 | Nature of Extrasolar Planets | 13.2 | |
| 12-7 | Formation and Detection | 13.3-13.4 | Assn #5 |
| 12-11 | (Final Review) |