ASTRONOMY 162 - WINTER QUARTER 2004
                               T,R - 5:30-7:18
                               Stillman Hall 0100

     Professor :  Anil K. Pradhan     Graduate TA: Franck Delahaye
                  4017 McPherson Lab  Off Hrs M,W 5:30-7:30 PM
                  292-5850            4001 McPherson, 292-3433
                  pradhan.1@osu.edu   delahaye@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
     Office Hrs.  T,R 4:30 - 5:30 PM  Inst. Asst.  Robert Hobbins
 (www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pradhan -- click on `Astronomy 162')

     Text:  UNIVERSE - FREEDMAN AND KAUFMAN, SIXTH EDITION

                              COURSE OUTLINE 
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  4 bi-weekly tests, Alternate Tuesdays, 40 Min. (followed by lecture) 

  Test Dates: Jan. 20, Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Mar. 2

  FINAL EXAMINATION:  MARCH 16, TUESDAY 5:30 - 7:18 PM, SH 0100 (HERE!)
   All comprehensive final exam, approx. 100 multiple choice questions

 N.B.: PLEASE READ THE TEXTBOOK ! The 4 bi-weekly Tuesday tests (40
min, about 40 multiple choice questions) will have questions
on material covered in the lectures in the previous 2-week period. 
The lectures will cover most topics in the text, but not all.
We will NOT be following the textbook exactly, but will cover topics
from Ch.5 (review of Nature of Light), and Chs. 18-30.
The lowest test score is discounted. No makeups except emergencies or
with advance email notice to the TA/Instructor. NO FINAL EXAM MAKEUP.
Please keep all test and grade sheets until the final grade. 
The tests count for 60% of the grade and the final for 40%.
The final exam will be comprehensive, including all the material in
the course. All tests are closed-book/notes. Test scores curved individually. 

 GRADING SCALE: 1-44 = E, 45-54 = D, 55-57 = D+, 58-60 = C-, 61-67 = C, 
         68-70 = C+, 71-73 = B-, 74-80 = B, 81-83 = B+, 84-86 = A-,
         87-100 = A. 

   COURSE OBJECTIVE : As the course is intended for non-science majors,
the emphasis will be on the scientific method as applied to astronomy - the
concepts and the ideas - and a knowledge of basic facts and figures.