VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE

ISP 205, Fall 2004, Section 3

Tuesday-Thursday, 2:40 – 4:00

Room 158 Natural Resources Bldg.

 

 

Instructor:  Jack Baldwin,

Room 3270 BPS

(Biomedical Physical Science building)  

Phone 355-9200, ext. 2411          (baldwin@pa.msu.edu)

Office hrs: 1-3 Monday, 10-12 Thursday, or by appointment.

 

Teaching Assistant: John Foehr

foehrjoh@msu.edu

Office hrs: 12:30-1:30 Tuesday, in the BPS Atrium

 

·      Final Exam

o      Monday December 13.

o      8 PM. 

§       (PM = in the evening!!!).

o      In the usual classroom (Natural Resources 158).

o      Counts as 1.5 midterms.

o      2 hours long.

o      2/3 over material since midterm 3.

o      1/3 over material from earlier in course.

·      Review material for final exam

o      For midterm 1

o      For midterm 2

o      For midterm 3

o      For material since midterm 3

o      Also… be sure to look over your midterms

§       Your midterm can be viewed over the web, using the CAPA system.   How to use CAPA.

 

·      Please rate this course

o      at https://rateyourclass.msu.edu/ 

o      replaces forms previously filled out during the last class session.

·      Midterm 1 through 3 Results are available

o      Curves for Midterm 3, Midterms 1+2+3

o      Your midterm can be viewed over the web, using the CAPA system.

o      How to use CAPA.

 

·      Homework 8 answers

·      Homework 7 answers

·      Angel

o      Go to http://angel.msu.edu

§       Or click here for instructions.

 

 

·      Syllabus 

 

·      726 Sample Quiz Questions

o      HTML version  (1.5Mbyte)

o      pdf version        (2 kbyte)

o      answer key

 

·      Links to Simulations/Movies

 

·      Class lecture notes (in acrobat pdf format, to view these, download acrobat reader). (Note: only the previous and current lecture notes will be available at any one time).

o    Dec 7 Recent Discoveries in Cosmology

o    Dec 9 Review for material since midterm 3.