Feb. 16, Mar. 23, Apr. 27. Just e-mail me if you missed class and want to know about the homework. There is no astronomy prerequisite, although past courses in astronomy will certainly be helpful. Homework assignments will be due approximately once per week.
Homework is an extremely important part of the course.
In general, you won't know whether or not you understand the material until you try to use it to solve problems. Also, you are quite likely to see questions on exams that are very similar to homework problems. You are encouraged to work with others on homework, but each student must write up and turn in the problems independently. I will make solutions to all homework problems available on the handouts page for you to use in studying for exams. Tentative dates for the exams are listed above.