AY 4: The Stars Instructor: Jean Brodie (brodie at ucolick dot org); Office: 345 ISB
Teaching Assistant: Jill Naiman (jnaiman at astro dot ucsc dot edu); Office: ISB 255
Teaching Assistant: Neil Miller (neil at astro dot ucsc dot edu); Office: Nat Sci II 187

Classroom: Baskin 152
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM, Tuesday / Thursday
Quiz Dates: 4/10/08, 4/24/08, 5/8/08, 5/22/08, 6/5/08
Final Exam Date: Monday, June 9th, 4-7 PM
Textbook: Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, Voit. The Cosmic Perspective. (Optional text)

Section 1: ISB 165, Monday 10-11 AM, Jill
Section 2: ISB 165, Monday 5-6 PM, Jill
Section 3: ISB 165, Tuesday 3-4 PM, Neil
Section 4: ISB 165, Wednesday 10-11 AM, Neil

Website: http://www.astro.ucsc.edu/~neil/ay4_s08/
Professor Brodie's Office hours: 10:30-12 Wednesdays, 345 ISB
Neil's Office Hours: Monday 2-4 PM @ ISB lobby
Jill's Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3 PM @ ISB 255 or ISB lobby

Announcements

Grades posted: Current grades. If your ID number is not listed or any of the scores are not correct, then please contact us and bring any incorrectly entered quizzes to us. Your score may not be entered correctly if we misread your name.

Grading

This class will have homeworks, quizzes, and a final exam. The homeworks are optional, but should be useful for studying for the quizzes. There will be 5 quizzes and your quiz score will be the average of the best 4. Your grade in this class will be the maximum of two scores: (a) 100% Quiz Score, (b) 100% Final Exam Score. You do not need to take the final to pass if your quiz score is sufficiently high to pass. Likewise, you do not have to do the quizzes if you would like to only take the final (not advised). Since there are multiple ways to pass this class, there will be no makeup quizzes or finals. The grade cutoffs will be as follows:
A: Score >= 93
A-: Score >= 90
B+: Score >= 85
B: Score >= 80
B-: Score >= 75
C+: Score >= 67
C: Score >= 60
D: Score >= 50
F: Score < 50

The C cuttoff is passing. We choose not to give C- grades because that is considered a failing grade. The B and A type grade lower cuttoffs are the same. As you can see, plus and minus grades have been specified

Observing Sessions

There will be an observing session at the Music Center Balcony on April 9th and May 7th at 8:00 PM. For attending either of these you will receive 2 extra credit points on top of your total score.

Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 ( PDF )
Lecture 2 ( PDF )
Lecture 3 ( PDF )
Lecture 4 ( PDF )
Lecture 5 ( PDF )
Lecture 6 ( PDF )
Lecture 7 ( PDF )

Homeworks

Homework 1 (Prep for 4/10/08 quiz) ( Solutions )
Homework 2 (Prep for 4/24/08 quiz) ( Solutions )
Homework 3 (Prep for 5/8/08 quiz) ( Solutions )
[ Correction to homework 3 solutions: 3.1 should be T not F ]
Homework 4 (Prep for 5/22/08 quiz) ( Solutions )
Homework 5 (Prep for 6/5/08 quiz) ( Solutions )

Quizes

Quiz 1 - Solutions - Histogram
Quiz 2 - Solutions
Quiz 3 - Solutions
Quiz 4 - Solutions

Review Stuff

See quiz 4 solutions for an overview of the life of a low mass star. Life of a high mass star. Final Review Sheet