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This course is primarily designed for students who need to take a science context course. At the same time, the course is highly recommended as an elective for science students, in particular those who plan to become school teachers (the Grade 9 science curriculum includes Space Science).

The textbook is Astronomy by Fraknoi, Morrison, and Wolff, 2018, and is available for free download (you can also read it online if you wish) at the OpenStax web site:

https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy.

All the information about the course material (the topics covered in each lecture, sample test and exam questions, grades, etc.) will be posted on the web at

www.physics.brocku.ca/Courses/1P01_Mitrovic/

My Lecture Clips (audio+video, mp4) and (audio only, mp3) are:

• Unit 1: Introduction to Astronomy
• Unit 2: Cycles of the Sky
• Unit 3: The Story of Astronomy
• Unit4: Gravity and Motion
• Unit 5: Light, Atoms and Telescopes
• Unit 6: Measuring Propertis of Stars
• Unit 7: The Sun

Instructor: Dr. B. Mitrovic, office MC B208.

Lecture topics will include the following chapters from the textbook:

• 1. Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
• 2. Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
• 3. Orbits and Gravity
• 4. Earth, Moon, and Sky
• 5. Radiation and Spectra
• 6. Astronomical Instruments
• 15. The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
• 16. The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
• 17. Analyzing Starlight
• 18. The Stars: A Celestial Census

Tests	Dates	Weight
Test 1	Saturday, October 3	33.3%
Test 2	Saturday, October 31	33.3%
Test 3	Saturday, November 28	33.4%

Medical Documentation For Missed Test/Exam:

• Medical (or other) documentation is no longer accepted in electronic format, and will not be accepted if submitted by email.
• Present an original version of your medical documentation (not a photocopy) to the course instructor in person. If it is not practical for you to present your documentation in person, leave it at the main Physics Department Office (Room MC B210), but be sure that your documentation is complete, includes your name and student number, includes the doctor's contact information, and is signed by both you and the doctor. If it is not practical to present your documentation in person, send it to the course instructor care of the Physics Department, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1.
• Note that according to university regulations, medical documentation must be received within seven days of a missed examination. You can print a copy of Brock's standard medical certificate by using the pdf file here

Note: Monday, November 2, is the last date for withdrawal without academic penalty and last day to change from credit to audit status for duration 2 courses without academic penalty.