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, and the lab sections meet weekly on Tue, Wed, or 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 Jan 29 at 10:00 a.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 5,6,8 (35 pts)
• Assignment #2 (due Thu Feb 7 at 10:00 a.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,6,7 (25 pts)
• Assignment #3 (due Tue Feb 12 at 10:00 a.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,2,5 (35 pts)
• Assignment #4 (due Fri Feb 22 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,7,10 (35 pts)
• Assignment #5 (due Tue Mar 11 at 10:30 a.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,4,7 (30 pts)
• Assignment #6 (due Tue Mar 25 at the beginning of class) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,7,8 (20 pts)
• Assignment #7 (due Tue Apr 1 at the beginning of class) - Solutions - problems graded: 2,5,7 (30 pts)
• Assignment #8 (due Tue Apr 8 at the beginning of class) - Solutions - problems graded: 5,6,9 (30 pts)
• Assignment #9 (due Tue Apr 15 at the beginning of class) - Solutions - problems graded: 1 (10 pts)
• Assignment #10 (due Tue Apr 22 at the beginning of class) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,6,8 (30 pts)
• Assignment #11 (due Thu May 1 at the beginning of class) - Solutions - problems graded: 2,3,4 (30 pts)