The solar system

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

Hartmann, W. K. Moons and Planets. Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2004. ISBN: 9780534493936.

Beatty, J. K., et al. The New Solar System. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780521645874.

Reading assignments in the readings section are to be completed prior to class in the indicated sessions.

Discussion of homework problems with your classmates and TA is permitted and encouraged, but you must turn in your own work. Copying constitutes academic dishonesty. Homework is due at the beginning of class, in the sessions mentioned in the assignments section. Late homework problems not accepted.

There will be three exams during the semester, each comprising 15% of your final grade. Exams will emphasize topics presented in lecture. However, any material in the assigned reading is fair game.

There will be a final exam covering all of the material during the semester. Emphasis will be on a synthesis of the subject material. Your previous exams will be your best guide to the most important topics.

There will be regular homework problem sets, averaging about 1 per week.

Occasional attendance will be taken. Class participation by everyone is encouraged!

Late homework problems not accepted. Grade = 0.
Strict Policy: Exception requires written medical excuse or Dean's office letter.

None given. Grade = 0.
Strict Policy: Exception requires written medical excuse or Dean's office letter.

Not necessary to phone/email Professor or TA. It is your responsibility to obtain a written medical excuse or an Explained Absence letter from the Dean's Office. Present to Professor at the beginning of the next attended class period.
Strict Policy: Professor will not grant an excuse without one of the above.

Copying of homework problems and discussion of exams when you have obtained an excused absence is considered academic dishonesty. Suspected cases will be immediately submitted to the Committee on Discipline.

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