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 Scott Lacey on Wed 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)
• Addendum to General Course Information (...one page lecture summaries also to be collected!)

Homework assignments and solutions:

• Assignment #1 (due Tue Jan 27 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,6 (20 pts)
• Assignment #2 (due Tue Feb 3 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,7,9 (30 pts)
• Assignment #3 (due Tue Feb 10 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 2,3 (15 pts)
• Assignment #4 (due Tue Feb 17 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,8,9 (40 pts)
• Assignment #5 (due Tue Mar 3 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,8,9 (30 pts)
• Assignment #6 (due Thu Mar 12 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,2 (15 pts)
• Assignment #7 (due Tue Mar 31 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 4,7,11 (30 pts)
• Assignment #8 (due Tue Apr 14 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 1,2,7,10 (40 pts)
• Assignment #9 (due Tue Apr 21 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 6,8,9 (30 pts)
• Assignment #10 (due Thu Apr 30 at 4:00 p.m.) - Solutions - problems graded: 3,7,8 (30 pts)

Exam Information:

• Midterm Exam #1 - mean = 74.3%, sigma = 13.2%, median = 77.0%
• Midterm Exam #2 - mean = 80.7%, sigma = 11.3%, median = 86.5%
• Final Exam - mean = 75.9%, sigma = 13.7%, median = 76.0%

Other handouts, web links, images, etc.

• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of Saturn
• SETI@Home - join the fun!