Spring 2022 Syllabus Astronomy 30500 Course Schedule

Day

Date

Class

Explorations 9^th Ed.

Topic

Assignment: Chap (Test Yourself)

Assignment: Chap (Review Q)

Tu

Feb 1

1

Preview

Cosmic Landscape I

P(TY 2,3,4)

P(1-7)

Th

Feb 3

2

1.1-2

Cosmic Landscape II + Cycles of the Sky I

1(TY 1,3,4)

1(1,4,5)

Th

Feb 10

3

1.3-4, 2.1-2

Cycles of the Sky II + History I 

1(TY 7,11)

2(1,5,7)

Tu

Feb 15

4

2.3-4

History II

2(TY 2,5,6,7)

2(9,11)

Th

Feb 17

5

Essay^* 1, 3.1-4

Backyard Astro + Gravity & Motion I

E1(TY 2,4,6) 3(TY 2,4,5,6)

E1(2-4) 3(1,5)

Tu

Feb 22

6

3.5-3.8

Gravity & Motion II

3(TY 7,8,9)

3(7,9,10)

Th

Feb 24

7

4.1-4

Light & Atoms I

4(TY 1,2,3)

4(1,5,7)

Tu

Mar 1

8

4.5-6, Essay^* 2, 5.1-2

Light & Atoms II + Relativity + Telescopes I

4(TY6,7,8) E2(TY 1,2,4) 5(TY 1,2)

4(9,12) E2(2,3,7) 5(1,2)

Th

Mar 3

9

5.3-5, 6.1-5,

Telescopes II + The Earth I

5(TY 4,6,8,9) 6(TY 1,2,3,5)

5(7,9) 6(1,4,5)

Tu

Mar 8

10

6.6-7, Essay^* 3,

The Earth II

6(TY 7)

6(10,15,16)

Th

Mar 10

11

7.1-5

Keeping Time + The Moon

E3(TY 2,3,4) 7(TY 1,3,5,6)

E3(2,5) 7(2,6,7,8)

Tu

Mar 15

12

8.1-3

Survey of Solar System

8(TY 2,3,5,7)

8(1,3,7,17,18,20)

Th

Mar 17

13

Review

Tu

Mar 22

14

First Exam

All Topics through Chapter 8

Th

Mar 24

15

9.1-4

Terrestrial Planets

9(TY 3,4,6,8)

9(4,5,8,14,18)

Tu

Mar 29

16

10.1-5

Outer Planets

10(TY 1,2,3,4,5)

10(8,11,16)

Th

Mar 31

17

11.1-4

Meteors, Asteroids & Comets

11(TY 1,2,4,8,9,11)

11(2,3,4,10,13,14,19)

Tu

Apr 5

18

12.1-2

The Sun I

12(TY 1,2)

12(2,3,7,9)

Th

Apr 7

19

12.3-5

The Sun II

12(TY 4,6,7)

12(10,11,14,16,20)

Tu

Apr 12

21

13.1-5

Measuring Properties of Stars I

13(TY 1,2,3,5,8,9)

13(5,6,7,8,9)

Th

Apr 14

22

14.1-8

Properties of Stars II + Stellar Evolution

14(TY 1,5,6,7,9.10)

14(8,11,14,19,23)

Tu

Apr 26

20

15.1-3

Stellar Remnants

15(TY 1,4,5,7,8)

15(3,9,13,20)

Th

Apr 28

23

16.1-4

The Milky Way I

16(TY 1,3)

16(3,5,10,14)

Tu

May 3

24

16.5-8

The Milky Way II

16(TY 7,8,9)

16(16,17,18)

Th

May 5

25

17.1-4

Galaxies I

17(TY 1,2,3)

17(2,6,10,12)

Tu

May 10

26

17.5-6, 18.1-3

Galaxies II & Cosmology I

17(TY 9,10) 18(TY 1,2,3)

17(19,20) 18(5,8,9,12)

Th

May 12

27

18.4-6, Essay^* 4

Cosmology II & The Origin of Life

18(TY 5,7,9) E4(TY 1,2,7)

18(14,19,20) E4(6,9)

Tu

May 17

Reading Day

TBD

Second Exam

All Topics: Chapter 9 – Esaay 4