Course Description
Catalog Description:
An introduction to the history of astronomy, the Sun, the origin of
the solar system, and the study of the planets. Lab included.
Instructor: |
Dr. Juan Cabanela | Dr. Matthew Craig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Hagen Hall 307B (218-447-2453) | Hagen Hall 307F (218-477-2439) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research Lab: | Hagen Hall 302 (218-477-2458) | Hagen Hall 302 (218-477-2458) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Email: |
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| IM: | AstroJuanCab (AIM) |
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| Lecture: |
TH 1:30 to 2:20 pm in Science Lab Building 104 |
MW 1:30 to 2:20 pm in Science Lab Building 104 |
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| Office Hours: |
MTHF 10am - 12noon W 2pm - 4pm |
[OFFICE HOURS TO BE ANNOUNCED.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Homepage: |
http://ast104.cabanela.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lab/Activity (Scheduled Separately): |
You must be enrolled in one of the following
Astronomy 102L sections (and not miss more than three scheduled activities)
in order to receive credit for this course.
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Materials Required or Suggested:
- [REQUIRED] Access to the Internet using a web browser that supports
Flash and Adobe Acrobat. All the coursework in this class is provided
online including all homework and tutorials.
- [REQUIRED] You must access your campus @mnstate.edu email
address regularly. Any electronic communications will
go to these email addresses. If you want to
forward you @mnstate.edu to another email account, instructions
are available
online,
but we are not responsible for this working.
- [REQUIRED] The Textbook:The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, 5e by Bennet, Donahue, Schneider, and Voit. The campus bookstore sells a new copy for $74.70 and it includes an access code to Mastering Astronomy [See Below].
- Regarding Used Textbooks
- You are welcome to use a used version of this textbook (or any previous edition) but note, you need to save at least $55.20 on the price of a used textbook to save yourself money, since that is the price of access codes to Mastering Astronomy and a copy of Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy, which are required for the course and are both included with a new book.
- [REQUIRED] Current Access Code to Mastering
Astronomy Website. This should be included in the
price of the new textbooks. If you purchase a used edition of the textbook,
you will need to purchase an access code to Mastering
Astronomy separately; it has a list price of $27 (through the Mastering
Astronomy website) or $22.20 at the MSUM Bookstore. The CourseID
for this course on Mastering Astronomy is "AST104MSUM".
- [REQUIRED] Lecture
Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy,
2e, by Prather,
Slater, Adams, Brissenden and the CAPER team. A copy
of this is included with your textbook if you buy it new from the bookstore. Bring this to each
lecture as it will often be used with lecture activities.
- [REQUIRED] The Course Activity Manual is available
for free online. Download
it here.
- [REQUIRED] PRS Clicker. These are sold by the
MSUM Bookstore for $46.70 New or $35.05 Used.
- A basic calculator with square roots and scientific (exponential) notation could be very helpful.