| Week
of: |
Chapters |
Online notes |
Activities |
Tests |
| 5/27 |
1
- 3 |
1 |
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| 6/2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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| 6/9 |
5 |
3 |
|
1 |
| 6/16 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
| 6/23 |
10 |
5 |
|
2 |
| 6/30 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
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| 7/7 |
12
[13] |
7 |
|
3 |
| 7/14 |
14 [15] |
8 |
4 |
|
| 7/21 |
[16]
17 |
9 |
|
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| 7/28 |
none |
none |
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4
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Note that the first column is simply the first day of the class week,
not a deadline. The activities are always due online no later than 10
p.m. on the Saturday of the week scheduled. The tests are typically
available beginning at noon Thursday until midnight on the Friday of
the week scheduled. To be clear, "midnight" refers to one minute past
11:59 p.m. on Friday night. Tests can be submitted only once and are
available for 60 continuous minutes. Failure to submit the test prior
to the 60 minute deadline will result in a zero score with no partial
credit. |
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Textbook
and Notes: |
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| Your
book is The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Fourth
Edition by Bennett and others. You do not need the software included
with the book (although it could be helpful), nor will I require that
you use the textbook specific publisher's website. However, notes and
activities for the class will be available only on the class (not
textbook) website. |
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Tests |
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| Your 4
online tests count 50 percent of
your grade. You will have a 36-hour "window" during which you may take
the test (noon Thursday - midnight Friday), with a strict time limit of
60 minutes, which cannot be extended and cannot be split up. There are
no make-ups, and during this summer semester there are NO drops of the
lowest score. All scores count Unless you qualify for an "extenuating
circumstance" as defined in the online syllabus, there will
be no
extensions, no exceptions, and no excuses. |
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Activities: |
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| Your 4
online tests count 50 percent of
your grade. Please
observe the due dates for the assigned activities. The activities,
counted together, are 40 percent
of your final grade. You cannot afford to ignore them. Note that the
subject of the activities may not correspond exactly to the textbook
readings or lectures for the week they are due. These activities must
be submitted online in the manner prescribe no later than 10 p.m. on
the Friday they are due. There are no
extensions, no exceptions, and no excuses |
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Final: |
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| There
will be a no comprehensive final in the summer |
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Extra
Credit: |
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| I do not
believe in the concept of extra credit except in unusual circumstances.
I feel that there is already too much artificial pumping up of grades.
If you are concerned about maintaining your GPA for any reason
whatsoever, then you should be concerned about doing well on the
regular tests and activities, not on extra credit. On rare occasion
when something special comes up, I have offered it, but I have no
intension of offering extra credit this semester. The bottom line is
that if you study properly and do the activities, there should be no
need. |
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Make ups
and Schedule changes: |
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| Unless
you fit the criteria outlined in the syllabus for "extenuating
circumstances," I simply do not do make ups or schedule changes. If you
miss a test or activity because you forgot, went on vacation or had any
kind of computer problems not directly caused by the school servers,
then you will have to accept the loss of credit. It is entirely the
student's responsibility to keep track of the schedule and to arrange
for Internet access in Denver or anywhere else in the world. |
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Office
Hours |
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I do not
have regular office hours this semester. Your best method of
communication with me is email. I typically respond within a few hours,
although during the summer it may occasionally take 24 hours or longer.
Email:
Class website: http://www.mscd.edu/~physics/astro/
Office Phone: 303-556-2454 (although I am not likely to be there). |