The required textbook for the course is The Cosmic Perspective (4th edition) by Bennett et al. The associated web site for the text (you can register here) is www.masteringastronomy.com.

Labs for the course will be taught by Beth Praton (Tue nights), Froney Crawford (Wed nights), and Andrea Lommen (Thu nights). Details are in the lab manual and will be discussed in class and lab.

Course announcements are located at the bottom of the page.

• General Course Information (includes policies, descriptions, grading, etc.)
• Course Schedule (includes topic coverage with dates)

Homework assignments and solutions:

• Assignment #1 (due Tue Sep 4 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,7,9 (35 pts)
• Assignment #2 (due Tue Sep 11 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 2,6,8 (40 pts)
• Assignment #3 (due Tue Sep 18 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,5 (25 pts)
• Assignment #4 (due Tue Sep 25 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,7,8 (35 pts)
• Assignment #5 (due Tue Oct 9 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,6,8 (20 pts)
• Assignment #6 (due Thu Oct 18 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,6,11 (35 pts)
• Assignment #7 (due Tue Oct 23 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,5 (15 pts)
• Assignment #8 (due Tue Oct 30 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,5 (20 pts)
• Assignment #9 (due Tue Nov 6 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,3 (20 pts)
• Assignment #10 (due Thu Nov 29 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 5,6,9 (35 pts)
• Assignment #11 (due Fri Dec 7 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,5,9 (20 pts)