Two three-hour periods per week. Each student is required to complete an individual observation project , selected from a list of several suggested projects, or it may be a project which the student designs. Near the end of the semester, the results of each individual project are presented orally to the class and submitted to the instructor as a written report. There is a telescope platform on the upper roof of Collier Hall of Science. The students currently enrolled in the course, as well as those formerly enrolled during the past three years, have access to several telescopes through a check-out key system which is maintained at the circulation desk of the library.
Additional telescopes are available for group viewing and special projects.
Examples of astrophotographs taken by previous students are included among the photographs listed on my photographic interests page. The Astronomy program has benefited from donations of telescopes and associated equipment.