Schedule ASTR 202 – Spring 2008
Last Update: 2008-01-24
Wk	Date	Lect	Topic	Ch.	Assignment
1	Mon Jan 07	1	Course Overview
	Wed Jan 09	2	Our Place in the Universe	1
	Fri Jan 11	3
2	Mon Jan 14	4	Discovering the Universe, Celestial Motions	2	PS1 (due in 1 week)
	Wed Jan 16	5	Celestial Coordinates	S1.2
	Fri Jan 18	6	Seasons, Eclipses, Time Keeping	2, S1.1
3	Mon Jan 21		Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
	Wed Jan 23	7
	Fri Jan 25	8	Science of Astronomy, Copernican Revolution	(3)	PS2 (due in 1 week)
4	Mon Jan 28	9	Motion, Energy, Gravity	4
	Wed Jan 30	10
	Fri Feb 01	11			PS3 (due Feb 11)
5	Mon Feb 04	12	Light and Matter	5
	Wed Feb 06	13
	Fri Feb 08	14	EXAM 1
6	Mon Feb 11	15	Telescopes	(6)	PS4 (due in 1 week)
	Wed Feb 13	16	Our Planetary System	7
	Fri Feb 15	17	Formation of the Solar System	8
7	Mon Feb 18	18			PS5 (due in 1 week)
	Wed Feb 20	19	Planetary Geology	9
	Fri Feb 22	20
8	Mon Feb 25	21			PS6 (due Mar 10)
	Wed Feb 27	22
	Fri Feb 29	23	Planetary Atmospheres	10
9	Mon Mar 03		Midterm Recess
	Wed Mar 05		Midterm Recess
	Fri Mar 07		Midterm Recess
10	Mon Mar 10	24	Planetary Atmospheres (cont.)	10	PS7 (due in 1 week)
	Wed Mar 12	25
	Fri Mar 14	26
11	Mon Mar 17	27	The Sun	14	EXAM 2 (take home due in 1 week)
	Wed Mar 19	28
	Fri Mar 21	29
12	Mon Mar 24	30	Jovian Planet Systems	11	PS8 (due in 1 week)
	Wed Mar 26	31
	Fri Mar 28	32
13	Mon Mar 31	33	Asteroids, Comets, and the Kuiper Belt	12	PS9 (due Apr 7)
	Wed Apr 02	34			Observing or Web Project Due
	Fri Apr 04		Spring Recess
14	Mon Apr 07	35
	Wed Apr 09	36	Other Planetary Systems	13	PS10 (due in 1 week)
	Fri Apr 11	37
15	Mon Apr 14	38
	Wed Apr 16	39	Life On Earth	24
	Fri Apr 18	40	EXAM 3
16	Mon Apr 21	41
	Wed Apr 23	42