Astronomy 221: Stars and Planets

Instructor: Heather Morrison, Sears 558, phone 368 6698

Office hours: Wednesdays 2:15-3:00 pm. Also, you can email me at hlm5@cwru.edu to ask questions or set up a time to catch me.

Teaching Assistants:

Pengfei Li, Sears 561, pxl283@case.edu
Pengfei's office hours: Tuesdays 4:00-5:15pm and Fridays 2:00-4:00pm

Class home page is http://astroweb.case.edu/heather/221.18/index.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 2 weeks, a midterm and a final exam.

Grades: Homework: 45% Midterm: 25% Final: 30%

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