Course Schedule

ISP205 Spring 2001 Section 2

Tuesday and Thursday 12:40 - 2:00 pm in 118 PA

Date Topics Reading Assignments
1- 9      (Tuesday)
1-11     (Thursday)
1-16     (Tuesday)
1-18     (Thursday)
1-23     (Tuesday)
1-25     (Thursday)
1-30     (Tuesday)
2- 1      (Thursday)
2-6       (Tuesday)
2-8       (Thursday)
2-13     (Tuesday)
2-15     (Thursday)
2-20     (Tuesday)
2-22     (Thursday)
2-27     (Tuesday)
3-1       (Thursday)

3-6       (Tuesday)
3-8       (Thursday)

3-13     (Tuesday)
3-15     (Thursday)
3-20     (Tuesday)
3-22     (Thursday)
3-27     (Tuesday)
3-29     (Thursday)
4-3       (Tuesday)
4-5       (Thursday)
4-10     (Tuesday)
4-12     (Thursday)
4-17     (Tuesday)
4-19     (Thursday)
4-24     (Tuesday)
4-26     (Thursday)
5-3       (Thursday) 
Introduction and Overview
Observing the Sky
Astronomy,Astrology,Science
Gravity, Motion, Orbits
Seasons, Moon, Tides, Eclipses
Light, Atoms, Spectra
Light II, Doppler, Telescopes
Telescopes, Exam#1 Review 
EXAM #1
Our Solar System
The Earth
The Moon
Mercury/Venus/Mars
The Giant Planets
Rings, Moon, and Pluto
Asteorids and Comets

SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK

Origin of Solar System, The Sun
The Sun 2, Exam Review#2
EXAM #2
How stars work, Spectra
HR diagram, Distances
Dust and Birth of Stars
Life of stars, Origin of Elements
Black Holes, Space
Galaxies
The scale of the Universe
The Big Bang
Life in the Universe and Review
EXAM #3
Review of the Course
FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00pm
   (location to be announced)
Prologue
Chpt. 1
Chpt  1,2
Chpt  2
Chpt  3 
Chpt  4
Chpt  4,5
Chpt  1-5
Chpt  1-5 
Chpt  6
Chpt  7
Chpt  8
Chpt  8,9
Chpt  10
Chpt  11
Chpt  12




Chpt  13,14
Chpt   6-14
Chpt   6-14
Chpt   15,16
Chpt   17,18
Chpt   19,20
Chpt   21,22
Chpt   22,23
Chpt   24,25
Chpt   26,27
Chpt   28
Chpt   15-Epi.
Chpt   15-Epi.
Chpt    1-Epi.
Chpt    1-Epi




HW#1 due

HW#2 due

HW#3 due



HW#4 due

HW#5 due







HW#6 due



HW#7 due

HW#8 due

HW#9 due

HW#10 due