| Jan. 13 | Introduction; Cosmic Scale | Chapter 1; App. C | |
| Jan. 15 | Scientific Method | Chapter 3 | |
| Jan. 20 | Seasons and the Appearance of the Sky | Chapter 2 | |
| Jan. 22 | Lunar Phases & Eclipses | Chapter 2 | |
| Jan. 27 | Competing Cosmologies | Chapter 3 | HW#1 DUE |
| Jan. 29 | Kepler's Laws | Chapter 3 | |
| Feb. 3 | Gravity & the Laws of Motion | Chapter 4 | |
| Feb. 5 | Tides; Electromagnetic Radiation | Chapter 4, 5 | |
| Feb. 10 | Spectra | Chapter 5 | HW#2 DUE |
| Feb. 12 | Telescopes | Chapter 6 | |
| Feb. 17 | EXAM I | Chapters 1-6 | Exam Day |
| Feb. 19 | CANCELLED by cold | Chapter 7, 8 | |
| Feb. 24 | Solar System Contents | Chapter 7 | |
| Feb. 26 | Solar System Formation | Chapter 8 | HW#3 DUE |
| Mar. 3 | Terrestrial Planets: General | Chapter 9 | |
| Mar. 5 | Terrestrial Planets: Individual | Chapter 10 | |
| Mar. 9-12 | SPRING BREAK |
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| Mar. 17 | Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres | Chapter 10 | |
| Mar. 19 | Terrestrial Planets: Climate | Chapter 10 | HW#4 DUE |
| Mar. 24 | Jovian Planets | Chapter 11 | |
| Mar. 26 | Moons of the Solar System | Chapter 11 | |
| Mar. 31 | EXAM II | Chapters 1-11 | Exam Day |
| Apr. 2 | Asteroids | Chapter 12 | |
| Apr. 7 | Comets | Chapter 12 | |
| Apr. 9 | Dwarf Planets | Chapter 12 | HW#5 DUE |
| Apr. 14 | Exoplanets: Detection | Chapter 13 | |
| Apr. 16 | Exoplanets: Properties | Chapter 13 | |
| Apr. 21 | The Sun | Chapter 14 | |
| Apr. 23 | Life in the Universe | Chapter 24 | HW#6 DUE |
| May 6 | FINAL EXAM (12:30-3:30pm) | All of the above | Exam Day |