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Curriculum for Astro 1 Fall\u00a0 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n This class is completely ONLINE due to the CV situation<\/strong><\/p>\n Lectures can be viewed on Gauchospace and all announcements will be there as well<\/strong><\/p>\n Due to the large class size please direct inquiries to the teaching assistants (TA’s)<\/strong><\/p>\n MW 2-3:15\u00a0 ONLINE – BUT this is an asynchronous course with no full class Zoom sessions due to the class size.<\/p>\n My lectures will be provided via videos sent to you on Gauchospace.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Faculty<\/strong> – Prof. Philip Lubin<\/p>\n Office 2015 C Broida (no access to offices this quarter)<\/p>\n Office hours<\/strong> \u2013 ONLINE – TBD<\/p>\n Finals Schedule \u2013\u00a0http:\/\/registrar.sa.ucsb.edu\/calendars\/calendars-deadlines\/final-examinations\/<\/a><\/p>\n Final:\u00a0<\/strong> TBD – see announcements on Gauchospace<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contact: Please contact the TA’s first to work out any issues due to the size of the class. I do not have any add codes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n For add codes you need to contact the Physics department undergrad advisors: advisors@physics.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TA’s:<\/strong><\/p>\n Makayla Trask – mtrask@ucsb.edu<\/p>\n James Bird – james_bird@ucsb.edu<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Astronomy Picture of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n Please check the APOD every day:<\/p>\n https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/astropix.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Text<\/strong><\/p>\n Universe – Geller, Freedman and Kaufmann 11th ed<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.macmillanlearning.com\/college\/us\/product\/Universe\/p\/1319039448<\/a><\/p>\n We are not able to cover the entire textbook in 10 weeks but will focus on specific topics.<\/p>\n It is critical to get access to the sapling HW as a part of the book (ebook or hardcopy)<\/p>\n Astronomy is extremely dynamic as you may have seen recently with POSSIBLE evidence for life (Phosphine biomarker molecule detected)in the atmosphere of Venus, recent gravitational wave detection’s etc.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Homework<\/strong> – The online HW is posted on the Sapling website. https:\/\/www.saplinglearning.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n