| Lecture Date | Chapter # | Topics | Lecture Notes | Miniquizzes | Homework Assignment due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/28 | Introduction | Units, Scales, Scientific Method, Celestial Sphere, Earth's Orbital Motion | Introduction | - | - |
| 08/30 | Introduction (cont.); Chapter 1 |
Earth's and Lunar Orbital Motion, Eclipses; History of Astronomy: Geo- and Heliocentric Universe, Ptolemy, Copernicus |
History I | Quiz | - |
| 09/04 | Chapter 1 (cont.) | History of Astronomy (cont.): Galilei, Brahe, Kepler, Newton | History II | - | HW1 |
| 09/06 | Chapter 1 (cont.); Chapter 2 |
Gravity, Newton's Laws; Electromagnetic Waves |
Gravity | Quiz 1 | - |
| 09/11 | Chapter 2 (cont.) | Light, Energy, and Matter | Light and Matter I | - | HW2 |
| 09/13 | Chapter 2 (cont.) | Light, Energy, and Matter (cont.) | Light and Matter II | Quiz 2 | - |
| 09/18 | Chapter 4 | Solar System: Planets, Comets, Asteroids | Solar System | - | HW3 |
| 09/20 | Chapter 4 (cont.) | Solar System (cont.): Formation of the Solar System | Formation of the Solar System | Quiz 3 | - |
| 09/25 | Chapter 5 | Earth and Moon | Earth and Moon | - | HW4 |
| 09/27 | Chapter 3 | Telescopes | Telescopes | Quiz 4 | - |
| 10/02 | Chapter 6 | The Terrestrial Planets | Terrestrial Planets | - | HW5 |
| 10/04 | Chapter 6 (cont.) | The Terrestrial Planets (cont.); Review for Test 1 |
Review for Test 1 | Quiz 5 | - |
| 10/09 | - | The First Test (Chapters 1 - 6) | - | - | - |
| 10/11 | Chapter 7 | The Jovian Planets | Jovian Planets | - | - |
| 10/16 | Chapter 8 | Moons, Rings and Pluto | Rings, Moons, and Pluto | - | HW6 |
| 10/18 | Chapter 9 | The Sun | The Sun | Quiz 6 | - |
| 10/23 | Chapter 9 (cont.); Chapter 10 |
The Sun; Stars: Bulk properties |
The Sun and the Stars | - | HW7 |
| 10/25 | Chapter 10 (cont.) | Stars (cont.) | The Stars | Quiz 7 | - |
| 10/30 | Chapter 10 (cont.); Chapter 11 |
Interstellar Medium; Origin of Stars |
Interstellar Medium | - | HW8 |
| 11/01 | Chapter 12 | Stellar Evolution: Lifes and Deaths of Stars | Stellar Evolution | Quiz 8 | - |
| 11/06 | Chapter 12 (cont.) | Eta Carinae; Review for Test 2 | Review for Test 2 | - | HW9 |
| 11/08 | - | The Second Test (Chapters 7 - 12) | - | - | - |
| 11/13 | Chapter 13 | "Afterlife" of Stars: Neutron Stars and Black Holes | Neutron Stars | - | HW10 |
| 11/15 | Chapter 13 (cont.) | Black Holes; Theory of Relativity | Black Holes and Relativity | Quiz 9 | - |
| 11/20 | Chapter 14 | The Milky Way | Milky Way Galaxy | - | HW11 |
| 11/22 | Thanksgiving | ||||
| 11/27 | Chapter 15 | Active Galaxies and Dark Matter | Normal and Active Galaxies | - | - |
| 11/29 | Chapter 17 | Dark Matter and Cosmology | Dark Matter and Cosmology | Quiz 10 | - |
| 12/04 | Chapter 17 (cont.), Chapter 18 | Cosmology, Life in the Universe | Cosmology | - | HW 12 |
| 12/06 | Chapter 1 - 18 | REVIEW for the FINAL | Final Review | Quiz 11 | - |
| 12/10 | Preliminary Date | FINAL EXAM (Chapters 1 - 18) | - | - | - |