ASTR 201 (Cosmology)
daily schedule

JANUARY

Day

Title

Read Before Class

Th 17

"Under One Sky"

HOLIDAY

 M 21

Martin Luther King Day

HOLIDAY

study session (2-4 pm room 550)
Full Moon

T 22

"Astronomy is Looking Up: Geocentric Thinking"

Hawking: Chapters 1,2,3

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 23

Th 24

"What Goes Around, Comes Around: Heliocentric Thinking"

Bennett: Chapter 1 "Our Place in the Universe"
Appendix C (pp. A-4-12)

Public Lecture 7:30 pm

M 28

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 29

"Gravity Seems Like a Real Drag"

Hawking: Chapter 4 & pp. 145-148
Bennett: Chapter 4 "Making Sense of the Universe: Motion, Energy, Gravity"

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)
Third Quarter Moon

 W 30

Th 31

"The Nature of Light"

Bennett: Chapter 5 "Light and Matter"

FEBRUARY

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 5

"The Speed of Light is Special"

Hawking: Chapter 5
Bennett: Chapter S2 "Space and Time"

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 6

New Moon

 Th 7

"Space & Time Are Not What They Seem"

Hawking: Chapter 6 and pp. 143-144
Bennett: Chapter S3 "Spacetime and Gravity"

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 12

"The Expanding Universe: Galactocentric Thinking"

Hawking: Chapter 7

optional MOVIE & ice Cream night (6-8:30 pm room N210)

 W 13

First Quarter Moon

 Th 14

"Hubble's Law Implies an Origin: Universal Thinking"

Bennett: Chapter 20 "Galaxies"

study session (2-4 pm room 550)
review session for Exam #1 (5-7 pm; N210)

 T 19

"The Cosmic Microwave Background (Part I)"

Hawking: Chapter 7 (pp. 60-61)
Bennett: Chapter 23 (pp. 690-694)"The Beginning of Time"

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 20

BRING pencil & CAT Card
Full Moon

 Th 21

EXAM #1

study session (2-4 pm room 550)
AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)
DEADLINE: abstract for optional project

 T 26

"Atoms & Energy: Quantum Behavior"

Hawking: Chapter 8 (pp. 68-75)
Bennett: Chapter S4 (pp. 451-471) "Spacetime and Gravity"
Th 28

"Quantum Thinking Continued"

Hawking: Chapter 9

Third Quarter Moon

 F 29

MARCH

M 3

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 4

"Stars: Gravity, Atoms, & Light at Work"

Bennett: Chapters 14,15
Bennett (3rd ed.): Chapters 15,16

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 5

Tucson Symphony Orchestra "The Planets" 8 PM at TCC

 Th 6

"The Exotic Deaths of Stars"

Hawking: Chapter 8 (pp. 75-85)
Bennett: Chapter 17 "Star Stuff"

Tucson Symphony Orchestra "The Planets" 8 PM at TCC
New Moon

 F 7

Tucson Symphony Orchestra "The Planets" 9 PM at TCC

 Sa 8

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 11

"Supernovae & Gamma Ray Bursts"

Bennett: Chapter 18 "The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard"

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 12
Th 13

"Pulsars & Black Holes: Relativity at Work"

Hawking: Chapter 10

First Quarter Moon

 F 14

SPRING BREAK

 T 18

Be careful. Stay safe! Have fun.

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

 Th 20

Be careful. Stay safe! Have fun.

SPRING BREAK

Full Moon

 F 21

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 25

"Our Milky Way Galaxy: Supermassive Black Holes"

Bennett: Chapter 19 "Our Galaxy"

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 26

DEADLINE: Rough draft of optional project

 Th 27

"If It's Not Dark, It Doesn't Matter"

Bennett: Chapter 22 (pp. 661-673)
Bennett (3rd ed.): pp. 678-685

Third Quarter Moon

 Sa 29

APRIL

study session (2-4 pm room 550)
review session for Exam #2 (5-7 pm; N210)

 T 1

"A Universe of Galaxies"

Bennett: Chapter 20 "Galaxies"

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 2

BRING pencil & CAT Card

 Th 3

EXAM #2

New Moon

 Su 6

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 8

"Large Scale Structure of the Universe"

Bennett: Chapter 22 (pp. 673-676)
Bennett (3rd ed.): pp. 689-693

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 9

Th 10

"The Universe at Large: Gravitational Lensing"

Bennett: Chapter 22 (pp. 669-673)
Bennett (3rd ed.): pp. 685-689

First Quarter Moon

 Sa 12

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 15

"Is The Universe Curved: Dark Energy?"

Bennett: pp. 676-680
Bennett (3rd ed.): pp. 693-696

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 16

Th 17

"The CMB (Part II): Inflation"

Bennett: Chapter 23 "The Beginning of Time"

Full Moon

 Su 20

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 22

"Predictions of a Big Bang Model: Nucleosynthesis"

Bennett: Chapter 23 (pp. 694-696)
Bennett (3rd ed.): pp. 709-712

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 23
Th 24

"Universe or Multiverse: Anthropic Thinking"

TBD

Third Quarter Moon

 M 28

study session (2-4 pm room 550)

 T 29

"Putting It All Together"

Hawking: Chapter 11

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 30

MAY

Th 1

"What Surprises Lie Ahead?:
Multiple Dimensions, String Theory, Etc."

Hawking: Chapters 11,12

New Moon

 M 5

all course work is due today

 T 6

TBD

AOL IM homework help (9-10 pm)

 W 7

optional review session (5-7 pm room N210)

 Th 8

First Quarter Moon

 M 12

BRING pencil & CAT Card

 T 13

FINAL EXAM (8-10 am; room 140 ILC)