Schedule of Lecture Topics and Exams
in Dr Pierce’s
Astronomy 101 Classes
Week # — Topics
- #1 — The celestial sphere and diurnal motion
- #2 — Earth’s revolution and seasons
- #3 — Moon phases, tides and eclipses
- #4 — Light and telescopes
- =====Exam #1=====
- #5 — Atoms and stellar spectra
- #6 — Stellar distances and magnitudes
- #7 — Binary stars and stellar masses
- #8 — Interstellar medium and star formation
- #9 — Stellar structure
- #10 — Stellar evolution
- =====Exam #2=====
- #11 — The Milky Way
- #12 — Galaxies
- #13 — Active galaxies
- #14 — Cosmology
- #15 — Solar system overview
- =====Slide Quiz=====
- =====Final Exam=====