ASTRonomy 113
Summer 2005 SECTION C03 ONLY
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28 June
  • Introduction to ASTR 113
  • Hints for Studying
  • F&K Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Appendix 6-8
  • F&K Chapter 18 - Our Star, the Sun
    30 June
  • F&K Chapter 19 - The Nature of the Stars
    5 July Optional review session - No regular class
    7 July

  • EXAMINATION #1 takes place on this date; we will have a lecture first, followed by the exam at 5:50 PM. If you arrive late for the exam, you won't be allowed to take it.
  • YOU MUST BRING PARSCORE Light Green SCANTRON AND STUDENT ID !!!
  • Plan on spending entire examination period in the classroom or you may get an F for the exam
  • IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TALKING DURING THE EXAM YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC "F"
  • If you get to the exam late (>15 minutes) you will not be permitted to take the exam !!!
  • No toilet breaks will be allowed! Do that business before class!
  • NO OPEN NOTES -- Anyone found with open notes near/around their seat WILL get an F for the examination
  • You must listen to requests from proctors/monitors - if requested to move, you must move; it doesn't mean you were cheating, nonetheless, you MUST move, or whatever was requested OR YOU WILL RECEIVE AN "F" FOR THE EXAM

  • F&K Chapter 20 - The Birth of Stars
  • Mass Ejection and Accretion (20-5)
  • Young Stars and HII Regions (20-6)
  • Giant Molecular Clouds (20-7)
  • Supernovae and Star Birth (20-8)
  • F&K Chapter 21 - Stellar Evolution After the Main Sequence
  • Review star formation of a star like our Sun
  • Review star death of a star like our Sun
  • H-R Diagram based stellar evolution review
  • Check out stellar related poetry by David Arns (with a scientific twist) especially examine Death of a Star Parts I and II
    9 July Saturday
  • F&K Chapter 22 - Stellar Evolution: The Death of Stars
  • F&K Chapter 23 - Neutron Stars
    12 July
    14 July
    16 July Saturday
  • F&K Chapter 25 - The Milky Way Galaxy
  • Review for Exam #2
    19 July

  • EXAMINATION #2 takes place on this date. We will have a lecture first followed by the exam starting at 5:50PM through 6:40PM.
  • YOU MUST BRING PARSCORE Light Green SCANTRON AND STUDENT ID !!!
  • Plan on spending entire examination period in the classroom or you may get an F for the exam
  • IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TALKING DURING THE EXAM YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC "F"
  • If you get to the exam late (>15 minutes) you will not be permitted to take the exam !!!
  • No toilet breaks will be allowed! Do that business before class!
  • NO OPEN NOTES -- Anyone found with open notes near/around their seat WILL get an F for the examination
  • You must listen to requests from proctors/monitors - if requested to move, you must move; it doesn't mean you were cheating, nonetheless, you MUST move, or whatever was requested OR YOU WILL RECEIVE AN "F" FOR THE EXAM


  • F&K Chapter 26 - Galaxies
    21 July
  • F&K Chapter 27 - Quasars, Active Galaxies, and Gamma-Ray Bursters
  • F&K Chapter 28 - Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
    26 July
  • F&K Chapter 29 - Exploring the Early Universe
    28 July

  • EXAMINATION #3 takes place on this date. We will first have a lecture regarding Chapter 30, followed by a review for the final, followed by exam #3. The examination will begin at about 5:50PM. The examination time period is 50 minutes.
  • YOU MUST BRING PARSCORE Light Green SCANTRON AND STUDENT ID !!!
  • Plan on spending entire examination period in the classroom or you may get an F for the exam
  • IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TALKING DURING THE EXAM YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC "F"
  • If you get to the exam late (>15 minutes) you will not be permitted to take the exam !!!
  • No toilet breaks will be allowed! Do that business before class!
  • NO OPEN NOTES -- Anyone found with open notes near/around their seat WILL get an F for the examination
  • You must listen to requests from proctors/monitors - if requested to move, you must move; it doesn't mean you were cheating, nonetheless, you MUST move, or whatever was requested OR YOU WILL RECEIVE AN "F" FOR THE EXAM

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  • F&K Chapter 30 - The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
  • Review for the Final

    2 August

    HAVE A GREAT SUMMER !