Week	Dates	Read Essential Cosmic Perspective.	Class Discussion Topics & PowerPoint Lectures	In-Class Discussion Homework Homework due in class, typed by 10:30 AM (or posted in Blackboard if you can't come to class)	Online Homework Short homework assignments are submitted using Mastering Astronomy. Typically due on Sunday by 11:55 PM PDT	Online Chapter Quizzes One online quiz in Mastering Astronomy usually due weekly on Sunday by  11:55 PM PDT
1	1/18	Start Chapter 1	Topics of the Week: Who are you?  What kind of learning matches your preferences best?  What grade do you intend to aim for? How does Astronomy relate to our lives? "If the Earth was a grain of Cream of Wheat...." A Scale of the Solar System Model	Try by Monday 1/23: Initial Homework Assignment: Login to Blackboard!   Post Biographies in Blackboard Reply to others You should do this assignment even if still trying to ADD the class or if you do not yet have your  book!	Create your  Mastering Astronomy Userid and password
2	1/23-1/25	Finish Chapter 1	Topics of the Week: The "Scientific Method" & Observations of the Sky Astronomy & the Process of Science Observations of the Sky	Due Wednesday 2/1: Discussion #1: Where was the Sun when you were born? (Astrology & Astronomy) You should do this assignment even if still trying to ADD the class or if you do not yet have your  book!	Due Sunday 1/29: HW#1: Scale of the Universe Available to turn in late if you have not yet purchased Mastering Astro access, with only a small loss of credit	Due by Sunday, 1/29: Introductory (non-graded) concept survey completed at Mastering Astronomy
3	1/30-2/1	Chapter 2	Topics of the Week: Moon Phases & Eclipses Why are there seasons?  When is the Earth closest to the Sun? How do most people explain seasons?		Due Sunday 2/5:  HW#2: Seasons this will be available to turn in late if you have not yet purchased your Mastering Astro access, with only a small loss of credit	Quiz on Chapter 1 completed by Sunday 2/5
4	2/6-2/8	Start Chapter 3	Topics of the Week: The History of Astronomy How has astronomy been a part of other cultures throughout history?	Due Wednesday 2/15:  Discussion #2: The Reasons for Seasons	Due Sunday 2/12:   HW#3: Lunar Phases & HW#4 Eclipses	Quiz on Chapter 2 completed by Sunday 2/12
5	2/13-2/15	Finish Chapter 3 Start Chapter 4	Topic of the Week: Galileo's Great Discoveries Deadline for P/NP option 2/16		Due Tuesday 2/21: HW#5 Orbits & Kepler's Laws	Quiz on Chapter 3 completed by Tuesday 2/21 (note date extended for President's Holiday)
6	2/22 (2/20 is a holiday)	Finish Chapter 4	Topic of the Week:  Gravity What do we still not understand about the universe's longest distance force?	Due Wednesday 2/29: Discussion #3: Magnetism & Gravity Survey	Due Sunday 2/26: HW#6 Gravity & Motion
7	2/27 - 29	Start Chapter 5	Topic of the Week: Light & Telescopes What can we learn about ourselves by building telescopes and analyzing starlight?		Due Sunday 3/4: Online HW#7 Telescopes	Quiz on Chapter 4 completed by Sunday 3/4
8	3/5-3/7	Finish Chapter 5	Topics of the Week:  Spectroscopy	Due Wednesday 3/14: Discussion #4: Women Hold Up Half the Sky	Due Sunday, 3/11: Online HW#8 Light & Spectroscopy	Quiz on Chapter 5 completed by Sunday 3/11
9	3/12-3/14	Chapter 10	Topics of the Week: Our Sun as a Star Does the Sun's "weather" affect us on earth? What do you picture when you think of "an astronomer"?  Does gender matter in doing science?		Due Sunday, 3/18   Online HW #9: The Sun	Quiz on Chapter 10 completed by Sunday 3/18
10	3/19-3/21	Review Chapters 1 - 5 & 10  for exam	Preparing for the Midterm Exam	Midterm Wednesday 3/21 in class: Chapters 1-5 & 10	Due by Sunday 3/25: Online HW #10: The Doppler Shift	no quiz this week
11	3/26-3/28	Chapter 11	Topics of the Week: Stellar Properties How can we know anything about stars and how they form and change?	Due Wednesday 4/4: Discussion #5: Good Science vs. Bad Science: Asteroid XF11	Due by Sunday 4/1:     Online HW #11: HR Diagram	Quiz on Chapter 11 completed by Sunday 4/1
12	4/2-4/4	Chapter 12	Topic of the Week: The stuff between the stars, and stellar birth "W" deadline Friday 4/6		Due by Sunday 4/8: Online HW #12: Stellar Evolution	Quiz on Chapter 12 completed by Sunday 4/8
13	4/9-4/11	Spring Break
14	4/16-4/18	Chapter 13	Topic of the Week: Pulsars and Black Holes	Due Wednesday 4/25: Discussion #6: NASA and the Federal Budget	Due by Sunday, 4/22  Online HW #13: Black Holes	Quiz on Chapter 13 completed by Sunday 4/22
15	4/23-4/25	Chapter 14	Topics of the Week: The Milky Way Galaxy How much do we spend exploring space?  Is NASA worth the money?		Due Sunday, 4/29 Online HW #14: The Milky Way & Measuring Cosmic Distance	Quiz on Chapter 14 completed by Sunday 4/29
16	4/30-5/2	Chapter 15	Topic of the Week: Galaxies in the Universe Quasars and other Active Galaxies	Due Wednesday 5/9: Discussion #7: The Big Bang Survey	Due by Sunday 5/6  Online HW #15: Hubble's Law	Quiz on Chapter 15 completed by Sunday 5/6
17	5/7-5/9	Chapter 16	Topic of the Week: Cosmology & the Big Bang		Due by Sunday, 5/13  Online HW #16:  Detecting Dark Matter	Quiz on Chapter 16  completed by Sunday 5/13
18	5/14-5/16	Chapter 17	Topic of the Week The Evolution of the Universe SETI and the Possibility of Life in Space		Due by Sunday 5/20 Online HW #17:  Fate of the Universe	Quiz on Chapter 17 completed by Sunday 5/20 All extra credit must be submitted no later than Sunday, 5/20!
19	5/21		Final Exam    The final exam is Monday 5/21 from 10 AM - 11:50 AM including material from chapters 11-17	Constellation Quiz: 10:00 - 10:30 AM Essay Exam: 10:30 - 11:50 AM Chapters 11-17		Post-class astronomy survey (ungraded, but required) completed at Mastering by Sunday 5/27