| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
| 1/16 | Introduction | |
| 1/18 | Training session Mudd 107 |
(Nell Warnes, Caroline White) |
| 1/23 | Europe in 1600 Biography Due |
Links: Italy, Florence and Tuscany, Collegio Romano, Medici family, Marina Gamba, Maria Celeste, Federico Cesi, Paolo Sarpi |
| 1/25 | Science in 1600 | Links: Ptolemaic System, Copernican System, Christopher Clavius, Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, William Gilbert, Thomas Harriot, Santorio Santorio, Giordano Bruno, Atomism, Comets, Longitude at Sea, Thermometer, Gregorian Calendar |
| 1/26 | Biography on home page due | |
| 1/30-2/1 | Galileo and the telescope | Sidereus Nuncius Links: Hans Lipperhey, Telescope, Moon, Satellites of Jupiter, Sunspots, Christoph Scheiner, Marc Welser, David and Johannes Fabricius, Simon Maurius |
| 2/6-2/8 | Copernicus and the Bible |
Galileo, Bellarmine and the Bible, 1-134, 195-276 Links: Inquisition, Congregation of the Index, Cardinal Bellarmine, Tommaso Caccini, Benedetto Castelli, Paolo Antonio Foscarini |
| 2/13-15 | Decree of 1616 | The Galileo Affair, 47-153 |
| 2/20-22 | Projects reports | |
| 2/27 | Review | |
| 2/29 | Exam I | |
| 3/5-7 | Mid-term recess | |
| 3/12-14 | The Dialogue | Dialogue |
| 3/19-21 | The trial | The Galileo Affair, 202-293 |
| 3/26-28 | Physics and Experiment | Two New Sciences |
| 4/2 | Galileo in History | Brecht |
| 4/4 | Easter recess | |
| 4/9-18 | Final group reports and discussion | |
| 4/23 | Conclusion, review, and evaluations | |
| 4/27 | Exam II |