ASTR-1010-001                                  Survey of Astronomy                              Course Syllabus                            Fall 2003

Class hours:  TR 9:30 - 10:45 A.M.                                  Room: MH 1005
Instructor:      Dr. Anatoli Mirochnitchenko                    Office: Ritter Observatory, Room 203     Hours: MWF 4:30-6:30 p.m.
E-mail:            anatoly@physics.utoledo.edu                   Phone: 530-4957

Course book:                The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Second Edition, by J. Bennett, M. Donahue, N. Schneider, & M. Vogt
Companion website:  http://www.astronomyplace.com  (follow a link to the course book)
Required course:        No prerequisites
Credit Hours:              3

Course materials on the Web: http://ardbeg.astro.utoledo.edu/~anatoly/astr1010/main1010.html
 

                                                                                      Lecture schedule

Date Chapter Topic Date Chapter Topic
Aug.26 1.1 - 1.2 Modern View of the Universe Oct. 23 13.1-13.6 Stars and Stellar Clusters
         28 1.3 - 1.4 Our place in the Universe          28 14.1-14.2 Star Birth 
Sept.  2  2.1 - 2.4 Discovering the Universe for yourself          30 14.3-14.5 Star Life
           4 3.1 - 3.5 The science of Astronomy Nov.  4 15.1-15.6 Star Death
           9 4.1 - 4.4 A Universe of matter and energy           6    12-15                      Test 3
         11 5.1 - 5.5 Universal motion         11  none  No class - Veterans Day
         16 6.1 - 6.6 Light, Telescope, and Spacecraft          13 16.1-16.2 Our Galaxy-1
        18    1 - 6                  Test 1          18 16.1-16.3 Our Galaxy-2
         23 7.1 - 7.6 Formation of the Solar System          20 16.5 Our Galaxy-3.The Galactic Center.
         25 8.1 - 8.6 The Terrestrial Worlds          25 17.1-17.3 A Universe of Galaxies-1
         30 9.1 - 9.6 Jovian Planet Systems         27  none No class - Thanksgiving Day
Oct.   2 10.1-10.6 Asteroids, Comets, and Pluto Dec.  2 17.4-17.6 A Universe of Galaxies-2
          7 11.1-11.3 The Planet Earth            4 18.1-18.5 Dark Matter
          9 11.4-11.6 Life in the Solar System and beyond            9 19.1-19.3 The Big Bang Theory
       14    7 - 11                  Test 2          11 19.4-20.4 The Beginning of Time
        16 12.1-12.5 Our Star         17     1 - 20  Final Exam, MH 1005, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
       21  none No class - Fall break      
Last updated: 2003 September 3