September 14 Introduction and Welcome the scope of this course and a bit of housekeeping September 16 The Science of Astronomy what is it why do it how do we do it The Importance of Scale Universe large numbers sci notation September 18 The Naked Eye Sky September 21 Empirical Astronomy Stonehenge pyramids polynesians meso americans September 23 Greek Astronomy I Learning About the Universe The Motions of the Sun and Moon September 25 GA II September 27 The Great Successes of Greek Astronomy September 30 Adding in Motions October 2 Developing a Cosmological Model October 5 Ancient Astronomies Stonehenge and the Pyramids October 7 The Development of the Heliocentric Model October 9 Kepler and His Three Laws October 12 Thanksgiving Monday no class October 14 Galileo October 16 Galileo s Greatest Contributions October 19 Midterm Exam October 21 Isaac Newton October 23 Universal Gravitation October 26 Newton Explains Kepler October 28 The Principle of Equivalence Weighing Astronomical Bodies October 30 An Introduction to the Earth November 2 Final Thoughts on Gravity Tsunamis and Tides November 4 Guest Lecture by John Hanes November 6 Guest Lecture by John Hanes November 9 The Formation of the Solar System November 11 Two Untenable Hypotheses and a Winner November 13 November 16 The Condensation Model From Gas to Planets November 18 Radioactive Age Dating November 20 Light November 23 Light Meteors and Astronauts November 25 Light The Full Spectrum November 27 Light The Wave Particle Duality November 30 Venus December 2 The Heat of Venus An Introduction to Mars December 4 Exploring Mars 5 Labs 6 Course Text and Web Page The course will rely primarily on the lecture notes and material provided via the course web page http astro queensu ca waugh The text for this course is 7 Assignments There will be four each of lecture and lab assignments approximately one assignment per week which will contribute 4 each toward your final mark The write up for the spring lab will be doubly weighted one weighting toward the lab and one toward the lecture 8 Exams There will be a midterm October 21 and a final exam 9 Course Mark Lab assignments and final write up Lecture assignments and final write up Midterm Final 20 20 20 40 10 Academic Misconduct Plagiarism and cheating are dealt with seriously by the college The following regulations can be found in the college calendar at http www rmc ca academic registrar 97calendar X acadreg htm 49 Plagiarism is the presentation or submission of work as one s own which originates from some other unacknowledged source In term papers assignments and examinations the verbatim or almost verbatim presentation of someone else s work without attribution constitutes an example of plagiarism 50 Cheating is the act or attempt to give receive share or utilize unauthorized information or assistance before or during a test or examination The presentation of a single work to more than one course without the permission of the instructors involved the improper acquisition through theft bribery collusion or otherwise of an examination paper prior to the examination the impersonation of a candidate at an examination all constitute examples of cheating 51 Penalties are imposed upon students found guilty of cheating or plagiarism Academic sanctions for such misconduct may range from the award of a zero grade for the work involved to a recommendation for expulsion from the College
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