Astronomy 221: Stars and Planets

Instructor: Heather Morrison, Sears 558, phone 368 6698

Office Hours: Tues/Thursday 11:15-12:00. Also, I'm round most afternoons, so drop in, or you can email me at hlm5@cwru.edu to ask questions or set up a time to catch me.

Teaching assistant: Zhibo (Real) Ma, Sears 553

Class home page is http://astroweb.case.edu/heather/221.08.html

Text (required): Astronomy, a Physical Perspective, by Kutner. I will also refer sometimes to "Modern Astrophysics", by Carroll and Ostlie, which is on reserve in the astronomy library, as reference.

There will be homework sets given out every 1 - 2 weeks, short in-class tests about every 3 weeks, and a final exam.

Grades: Homework: 35% Tests: 30% Final: 35%

Classes will be interactive, with lots of group discussions of the material.