Lectures & Class Schedule

Videos of all lectures for the course are on Youtube at this link Links to an external site.

W Apr 1 Discussion Cancelled

M Apr 6 Quiz 1 Assigned

Tu Apr 7 Lecture 1: Motivations, Imaginings, and the Meaning of Life (pdf)

W Apr 8 Discussion Cancelled (Sean Extra Office Hours this day)

Th Apr 9 Lecture 2: Life and our Place in the Universe (pdf)

F Apr 10 Quiz 1 Due

M Apr 13 Homework 1 Assigned

Tu Apr 14 Lecture 3: Revolutions in Matter and Earth (pdf)

W Apr 15 Discussion Cancelled (Sean Extra Office Hours this day)

Th Apr 16 Lecture 4: Deep Time and the Biological Revolution (pdf)

Tu Apr 21 Lecture 5: Sky Above and Earth Below (pdf)

W Apr 22 Discussion - Homework 1 Questions

Th Apr 23 Lecture 6: Earth's Atmosphere and Climate (pdf)
Homework 1 Due ASUCI-Stargazing-Night-Extra-Credit Links to an external site.

Tu Apr 28 Midterm1 Given in Class

W Apr 29 Discussion Cancelled

Th Apr 30 Class Cancelled

Tu May 5 Lecture 7: Life and the rise of Oxygen on Earth (pdf)

W May 6 Discussion Cancelled

Th May 7 Lecture 8: DNA and the Origin of Life (pdf)

Tu May 12 Lecture 9: Impacts and Extinction (pdf)

W May 13 Discussion Cancelled

Th May 14 Lecture 10: The Solar System (pdf)

Tu May 19 Lecture 11: Water and Life on Mars (pdf) - Homework 2 Assigned

W May 20 Discussion Cancelled (Sean Extra Office Hours this day)

Th May 21 Lecture 12: Life in the Outer Solar System (pdf)

Tu May 26 Lecture 13: Stars (pdf)

W May 27 Discussion - Homework 2 Questions

Th May 28 Lecture 14: Searching for Earth2.0 (pdf)
Homework 2 Due

Tu Jun 2 Lecture 15: Intelligent Life: Where is Everybody? (pdf)

W Jun 3 Discussion - Final Exam Questions

Th Jun 4 Lecture 16: The Search for Life (pdf)

T Jun 9 Final Exam