ISP 205: Schedule

Fall Semester 2001
Section 2

 

CHAPTERS

 

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

 

LECTURE DATES

Prologue, Chpts. 1,2,3

Appearance of Sky; Motions of

Sun, Moon, and Planets

Aug. 27,29,30 Sept. 5,7,10,12

Chpts. 6,7,8,9

Motions of Sun, Moon, and

Planets; Properties of Moon and

Planets

Sept 14,17,19,21,24,26,28

Chpts. 10,11,12,13

Properties of Planets, Comets,

Meteors and Asteroids

 

Oct 1,3,5,8,10,12,15,17

Chpts. 4,16,17,18

Electromagnetic Radiation and

Atoms; Spectra, Observed

Properties of Stars

 

Oct 19,22,24,26,29

Chpts. 14,15,21

Structure and Evolution of Stars:

The Lives of Stars

Oct 31

Nov 2,5,7,9

Chpts. 22,23

Structure and Evolution of Stars;

The Death of Stars, White

Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black

Holes

 

Nov 12,14,16

Chpts. 19,20,24

Structure and Evolution of the

Stars: The Birth of Stars; Our

Galaxy, the Milky Way

 

Nov 19,21,26

Chpts. 25,26,27,28

Other Galaxies; Active Galaxies

And Quasars, Cosmology

Nov 28,30 Dec. 3,5,7

 

FINAL EXAM

MONDAY DECEMBER 10 - LOCATION

TO BE ANNOUNCED

 

8:00 - 10:00 PM