The required textbook for the course is The Cosmic Perspective (5th 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 9 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 2,8,9 (30 pts)
• Assignment #2 (due Tue Sep 16 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,5,7 (25 pts)
• Assignment #3 (due Tue Sep 23 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,3 (15 pts)
• Assignment #4 (due Tue Sep 30 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,4,7 (35 pts)
• Assignment #5 (due Tue Oct 7 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,3,7 (30 pts)
• Assignment #6 (due Tue Oct 14 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,6 (25 pts)
• Assignment #7 (due Thu Oct 23 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,4,7 (30 pts)
• Assignment #8 (due Tue Oct 28 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,4,6 (25 pts)
• Assignment #9 (due Tue Nov 11 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,4,7 (30 pts)
• Assignment #10 (due Tue Nov 18 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,3,6 (30 pts)
• Assignment #11 (due Thu Dec 4 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,3,6 (25 pts)
• Assignment #12 (due Fri Dec 12 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,5,7 (35 pts)