The required textbook for the course is The Cosmic Perspective (8th 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, Mike Pagano, and Ryan Trainor. 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:

• Ch. 1 Homework Problems (due Thu Sep 7 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 2 Homework Problems (due Thu Sep 14 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 3 Homework Problems (due Thu Sep 21 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 4 Homework Problems (due Tue Oct 3 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 5 and 6 Homework Problems (due Tue Oct 17 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 13 Homework Problems (due Tue Oct 24 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 24 Homework Problems (due Tue Oct 31 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 14 and 15 Homework Problems (due Tue Nov 7 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 17 Homework Problems (due Thu Nov 9 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 18 Homework Problems (due Tue Nov 28 in class) - Solutions
• Ch. 20, 21, and 23 Homework Problems (due Thu Dec 7 in class) - Solutions

Exam Information:

• Quiz #1 (Tue Sep 19) - mean = 80.9%, sigma = 9.3%, median = 80.0%
• Quiz #2 (Thu Oct 5) - mean = 76.9%, sigma = 12.7%, median = 77.0%
• Quiz #3 (Thu Oct 19) - mean = 84.4%, sigma = 8.9%, median = 85.0%
• Quiz #4 (Thu Nov 2) - mean = 78.7%, sigma = 10.0%, median = 78.0%
• Quiz #5 (Tue Nov 14) - mean = 76.3%, sigma = 14.1%, median = 78.0%
• Final Exam (Fri Dec 15) - mean = 73.4%, sigma = 11.5%, median = 71.5%