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| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| W Jan 14 | Introductions, Policy, etc. | Buy the book and look it over ; Notes |
| F Jan 16 | The Drake Equation | HW 0 out ; reading: Ch 12 (begin); Lecture Notes |
| M Jan 19 | MLK Day | Watch "The Great Debaters" |
| W Jan 21 | The Drake Equation | reading: Ch 12 (cont, stop @ p416 "Radio SETI Today") ; DE Links |
| F Jan 23 | The Drake Equation | reading: Ch 12 (finish, stop @ p416 "Radio SETI Today"); reading: Ch 1 (begin) ; |
| M Jan 26 | A Universe of Life? | HW 0 DUE ; HW 1 out reading: Ch 1 (finish) ; Lecture Notes |
| W Jan 28 | A Universe of Life? (cont) | reading: Ch 3 (begin) |
| F Jan 30 | A Universe of Life? (cont) | reading: Ch 3 (finish) |
| M Feb 02 | The Nature of Life (cont) | HW 1 DUE ; HW 3 out ; reading: Ch 5 (cont); Lecture Notes (1/3) |
| W Feb 04 | The Nature of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 5 (cont) ; Lecture Notes (2/3) |
| F Feb 06 | The Nature of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 5 (finish) ; Lecture Notes (3/3) |
| M Feb 09 | The Science of Life in the Universe | HW 3 DUE ; HW 2 out ; reading: Ch 2 (begin); Lecture Notes |
| W Feb 11 | The Science of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 2 (cont) |
| F Feb 13 | The Science of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 2 (finish) |
| M Feb 16 | Exam 1 ; Covering Chs. 1, 2, 3, 5, & part of 12 (Drake Equation) | HW 2 DUE ; Review Sheet (DOC) ; Review Sheet (PDF) ; Results |
| W Feb 18 | Geology/History of Earth | HW 4 out ; reading: Ch 4 ; Lecture Notes (1/3) |
| F Feb 20 | Geology/History of Earth (cont) | reading: Ch 4 (cont) ; Lecture Notes (2/3) |
| M Feb 23 | Geology/History of Earth (cont) | reading: Ch 4 (finish) ; Lecture Notes (3/3) |
| W Feb 25 | Origin/Evolution of Life on Earth | HW 4 DUE ; HW 5 out ; reading: Ch 6 ; Lecture Notes (1/3) |
| F Feb 27 | Origin/Evolution of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 6 (cont) ; Lecture Notes (2/3) |
| M Mar 02 | Origin/Evolution of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 6 (cont) ; Lecture Notes (3/3) |
| W Mar 04 | Origin/Evolution of Life (cont) | reading: Ch 6 (finish) |
| F Mar 06 | Searching for Life in our Solar Systems | HW 5 DUE ; HW 6 out ; reading: Ch 7 ; Lecture Notes (1/2) |
| M Mar 09 | Searching for Life (cont) | reading: Ch 7 (cont) ; Lecture Notes (2/2) |
| W Mar 11 | Searching for Life (cont) | reading: Ch 7 (finish) |
| F Mar 13 | Exam 2 ; Covering Chs. 4, 6, & 7 | HW 6 DUE ; Review Sheet (DOC) ; Review Sheet (PDF) ; Results |
| F Mar 16 | Mars | HW 7 out ; reading: Ch 8 ; Lecture Notes (1/2) |
| M Mar 18 | Mars: Water and Life? | reading: Ch 8 (cont) ; (Spirit News) |
| W Mar 20 | Mars: Water and Life? | reading: Ch 8 (finish) ; Lecture Notes (2/2) |
| M Mar 23 | Spring Break | Relax |
| W Mar 25 | Spring Break | Relax |
| F Mar 27 | Spring Break | Relax |
| M Mar 30 | The Jovian Moons | HW 7 DUE ; HW 8 out ; reading: Ch 9 ; Lecture Notes (1/3) |
| W Apr 01 | Jovian Moons (cont) | reading: Ch 9 (cont) ; Lecture Notes (2/3) |
| F Apr 03 | Jovian Moons (cont) | reading: Ch 9 (finish) ; Lecture Notes (3/3) |
| M Apr 06 | The Nature/Evolution of Habitability | HW 8 DUE ; HW 9 out ; reading: Ch 10 ; Lecture Notes (1/2) |
| W Apr 08 | Habitability (cont) | reading: Ch 10 (finish) ; Lecture Notes (2/2) |
| F Apr 10 | Good Friday: No Class | Holiday |
| M Apr 13 | Exam 3 ; Covering Chs. 8, 9, & 10 | HW 9 DUE ; Review Sheet (DOC) ; Review Sheet (PDF) ; Results |
| W Apr 15 | Habitability Outside the Solar System | HW 10 out ; reading: Ch 11 ; Lecture Notes |
| F Apr 17 | Outside the Solar System (cont) | reading: Ch 11 (cont) |
| M Apr 20 | Outside the Solar System (cont) | reading: Ch 11 (finish) ; Lecture Notes |
| W Apr 22 | Outside the Solar System (cont) | HW10 DUE |
| F Apr 24 | Movie, Space Colonization | History Channel |
| M Apr 27 | Review Exam 1 | Bring Exam 1 and HWs 0, 1, 2, & 3 |
| W Apr 29 | Review Exam 2 | Bring Exam 2 and HWs 4, 5, & 6 |
| F May 01 | Review Exam 3 | Bring Exam 3 and HWs 7, 8, 9, & 10 |
| W May 06 | FINAL EXAM Wed. May 6, 10:30am-12:30pm | [Review] |
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