Prof. Stacy McGaugh stacy.mcgaugh [at] case.edu Sears 573 368-1808 TA Joe Curro jjc188 [at] case.edu Sears 561 368-3896

Time: Tu Th 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Room: Sears 480 Textbook 21st Century Astronomy The Solar System (5th edition) Kay, Palen, Blumenthal Digital Content

Syllabus

• Course Description
• Lecture Schedule including links to pdf files of lecture slides
• Learning Outcomes
• Grades
• Assignemnts and Exams
• Homework
• Homework Solutions:
  • Homework 1
  • Homework 2
  • Homework 3
  • Homework 4
  • Homework 5

• Practice Exam
  • Exam I practice
  • Exam II practice
  • Exam III practice (multiple choice)
  • Exam III practice (short answer)
  • Exam III is cumulative, but will emphasize material from later in the course.

• PDF syllabus
  

Course News

The last exam is the last class, Thursday, December 7.

Graded work may be collected from the bench outside my office (Sears 573).

Due to a change in schedule from the registrar, the final has been rescheduled.

Please evaluate this course.

Evaluations are open now through the end of Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Miscellany

The "student set" for Smartwork5 is 40700, which is labeled CWRU_ASTR201_Fall207. Add yourself to this set after you sign in and you should be able to see the electronic portion of the homework assignments.

Tips for the successful student

Glossary of Astronomy terms

Stellarium freeware (as seen in lecture!)

World Wide Telescope

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Further Links for the curious.