ASTR 1102-002
Stellar Astronomy

Fall Semester, 2008
[TTh 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM]
119 Nicholson Hall

Instructor:   Joel E. Tohline, Alumni Professor
tohline@lsu.edu

Course Calendar with Exam Dates

COURSE SEGMENT Q1.
Month Date Topic Week
August 26 Slides from Lecture01;
Everyone should read Chapter 1 as a broad overview of astronomy.
1
28 Begin covering material from Chapter 17;
Slides from Lecture02
September 2 NO CLASS due to hurricane Gustav! 2
4 NO CLASS due to hurricane Gustav!
9 LSU's calendar modifications due to Hurricane Gustav!;
Slides from Lecture03
3
11  
16   4
18  
20 Saturday makeup class!;   Same time/place as regular TTh class.
  23 EXAM #1 [Tuesday]  
Covers primarily: Chapters 17, 16, & 18
5

COURSE SEGMENT Q2.
Month Date Topic Week
September 25   5
30   6
October 2  
7   7
9
regular class date FALL HOLIDAY cancelled!
due to hurricane Gustav
14   8
16 EXAM #2 [Thursday]  
Covers primarily: Chapters 19, 20, 21, & 22

COURSE SEGMENT Q3.
Month Date Topic Week
October 21   9
23  
28   10
30  
November 4   11
6  
11 EXAM #3 [Tuesday]
Covers primarily: Chapters 23, 24, & 25
12

COURSE SEGMENT Q4.
Month Date Topic Week
November 13  
18   13
20  
25   14
27 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
December 2   15
4  
9 FINAL EXAM (Tuesday, 9 December; 12:30 - 2:30 PM)
Covers primarily: Chapters 26 & 27
16


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