Weekly Schedule and Reading
| Week | Dates | Topics & Notes | Chapters | ... Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Week 1-- Jan 17,19 | Basic Internal Structure of Stars | 1-18 (review) | |
| 2 | Week 2-- Jan 24, 26 | Subgiant evolution | 19 | HW #1 due Tues Feb 7 |
| 3 | Week 3-- Jan 31, Feb 2 | Stellar Pulsations and Variable Stars | - | |
| 4 | Week 4-- Feb 7,9 | Massive Stars and Winds | 20 | |
| 5 | Week 5-- Feb 14,16 | Binary Stars | 10 | |
| 6 | Week 6-- Feb 21,23 | Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts | 20 | HW #2 due Thurs Feb 23 |
| 7 | Week 7-- Feb 28, Mar 2 | Neutron Stars and Pulsars | 20 | HW #3 due Tues Mar 7 |
| 8 | Week 8-- Mar 7,9 | (Midterm week) | 1-20 | Exam #1, Thurs March 9 | - |
| 9 | Week 9-- Mar 21, 23 | Binaries and type Ia SN | 21-25 (review) | |
| 10 | Week 10-- Mar 28, 30 | Black Holes and GR Intro | - | |
| 11 | Week 11-- Apr 4,6 | The Milky Way | 26 | HW #4 due Thurs April 6 |
| 12 | Week 12-- Apr 11,13 | Galaxies and the Hubble Law | 27, 29 | |
| 13 | Week 13-- Apr 18,20 | Active Galaxies | 28 | HW #5 due Thurs April 27 |
| 14 | Week 14-- Apr 25,27 | Cosmology | 30-32 | - |
| 15 | Week 15-- May 4,6 | Course Review | 1-32 | |