| Schedule of Topics |
| Date | Topic | Reading |
| 23 Aug (M) | Introduction; Celestial Coordinates | Ch. 1 |
| 25 Aug (W) | Annual & Diurnal Motions | Ch. 2 |
| 25-30 Aug | Homework #1 on ICON due 3 pm on 8/30 | Covers Ch. 1 + 2 |
| 30 Aug (M) Read Quiz #1 | Phases of the Moon and Gravity | Ch. 2.3, Ch. 5.3 (pp 86-91), 5.4 and 5.5 |
| 1 Sept (W) | Electromagnetic Radiation | Ch. 6.1 + 6.2 |
| 6 Sept (M) | NO CLASS: LABOR DAY | -- |
| 1-8 Sept | Homework #2 on ICON due 3 pm on 9/8 | Covers Ch. 2.3, Ch. 5.3 (pp 86-91), 5.4 and 5.5 and Ch. 6.1 and 6.2 |
| 8 Sept (W) Read Quiz #2 | Telescopes | Ch. 6.3 - 6.7 |
| 10-14 Sept | Homework #3 on ICON due 3 pm on 9/14 | Covers Ch. 6.3 - 6.7 |
| 13 Sept (M) Read Quiz #3 | Stars: Distances & Brightnesses | Ch. 16.1 - 16.4 |
| 15 Sept (W) | Stars: Temperatures & Spectra | Ch. 16.5 |
| 16-20 Sept | Homework #4 on ICON due 3 pm on 9/20 | Covers Ch. 16.1 - 16.5 |
| 20 Sept (M) Read Quiz #4 | Variety of Stars + H-R Diagram | Ch. 16.6 + 16.7 |
| 22 Sept (W) | Exam #1 + Review | See Link |
| 27 Sept (M) Read Quiz #5 | The Sun: Interior | Ch. 17.1 + 17.2 |
| 29 Sept (W) | The Sun: Exterior | Ch. 17.3 + 17.4 |
| 3 Oct (Su) | Homework #5 due on ICON by 5 pm on 10/3 | Ch. 17 |
| 4 Oct (M) Read Quiz #6 | The Birth of Stars and Planets | Ch. 18 |
| 6 Oct (W) | Evolution, Star Clusters + the Main Sequence | Ch. 19.1-19.3 |
| 8 Oct (F) | Homework #6 on ICON due 5 pm on 10/8 | Ch. 18 and 19.1-19.3 |
| 11 Oct (M) Read Quiz #7 | The End of Stars' Lives | Ch. 19.4 |
| 13 Oct (W) | Supernovae, White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars | Ch.20.1 + 20.2 |
| 15 Oct (F) | Homework #7 on ICON due 5 pm on 10/15 | 19.4 & Ch. 20.1 +20.2 |
| 18 Oct (M) Read Quiz #8 | Spacetime + Black Holes | Ch. 20.3 |
| 20 Oct (W) | Exam #2 + Review | See Link |
| 25 Oct (M) | Binary Stars | Ch. 21.1 - 21.3 |
| 27 Oct (W) Read Quiz #9 | Binary Stars with Compact Objects | Ch. 21.4 |
| 29 Oct (F) | Homework #8 on ICON due 5 pm on 10/29 | Ch. 21 |
| 1 Nov (M) | The Milky Way | Ch.22 |
| 3 Nov (W) Read Quiz #10 | Variety of Galaxies | Ch.23.1 + 23.2 |
| 5 Nov (F) | Homework #9 on ICON due 5 pm on 11/5 | Ch. 22 + 23.1-2 |
| 8 Nov (M) | Dark Matter + Distances | Ch.23.2 + Ch. 23.3 |
| 10 Nov (W) Read Quiz #11 | Active Galaxies | Ch.24 |
| 12 Nov (F) | Homework #10 on ICON due 5 pm on 11/12 | Ch. 21 |
| 15 Nov (M) Read Quiz #12 | Galaxy Clusters | Ch.25 |
| 17 Nov (W) | Exam #3 + Review | See Link |
| 29 Nov (M) | Cosmology I: The Early Universe | Ch. 26 |
| 1 Dec (W) Read Quiz #13 | Cosmology II: The Fate of the Universe | Ch. 26 |
| 3 Dec (F) | Homework #11 on ICON due 5 pm on 12/3 | Ch. 26 |
| 6 Dec (M) | Life in the Universe I | Ch. 27 |
| 8 Dec (W) Read Quiz #14 | Life in the Universe I | Ch. 27 |
| 10 Dec (F) | Homework #12 on ICON due 5 pm on 12/10 | Ch. 27 |
