7/21/2019 Course Schedule: Phys1160 2014t2

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Course schedule

Week Lectures Discussion Group Textbooksections

Assignments due

1 Module 1

Introduction toAstronomy

Lectures 1-4

Module-128thJul 17thAug

Chapter 1,3,4,5,6

2Module-128thJul 17thAug

Module 1 quiz assignmentdue 10

thAug

3 Module 2

The SolarSystem

Lectures 5-8

Module-128thJul 17thAug

Chapter 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12

Module 1 discussion finaldate 17thAug

4 Module-2

18

th

Aug 31

st

Aug

Module 2 quiz assignment

due 24

th

Aug

5 Module 3Life on Earthand in the SolarSystem

Lectures 9-12

Module-218thAug 31stAug

24.1, 24.2

(Bennett andShostak,Ch 5 to 10)

Module 2 discussion finaldate 31stAug

6 Module-3/41stSep 21stSep

Short Answer Testdue 7thSep

7

Module 4

The Stars

Lectures 13-15

Module-3/41stSep 21stSep

Chapter 14,15, 16, 17,18

Module 3 quiz assignmentdue 14thSep

8 Module-3/41stSep 21stSep

Module 3/4 Discussion finaldate 21stSep

9 Module 5

Other Worlds

Lectures 16-18

Module-5/622ndSep 26thOct

Chapter 13,24.3, 24.4,24.5(Bennett andShostak, Ch11-13)

Module 4 quiz assignmentdue 28thSep

Midsemesterbreak10 Module-5/6

22nd

Sep 26th

Oct

Essay due 12 Oct

11 Module 6

Galaxies andCosmology

Lectures 19-21

Module-5/622ndSep 26thOct

Chapter 19,20, 21, 22,23

Module 5 quiz assignmentdue 19thOct

12 Module-5/622ndSep 26thOct

Module 5/6 discussion finaldate and Discussion BestContributions due 26

thOct

13 Final Test due 2n Nov

All submission dates are Sunday before midnight.