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Instructor: James N. Imamura
Office: 457 Willamette Hall
E-mail: imamura@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5212
Office Hours: 10:00-noon Tu, noon-14:00 Th, or by appointment (in-person or Zoom) in 457 Willamette Hall

Course: ASTR 122: Birth, Life and Death of Stars; ASTR 122 is a science group course (>3)
Course CRN: 20803
Text: Cosmic Perspective, 10th edition, Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
Class: 14:00-14:50, MWF
Room: 100 Willamette Hall

Scoring:

4 Tests. Each test is worth 40 points <===> because of the inclement weather in week 2 and the potential problems it could create, you will be allowed to use 3 out of the 4 tests to compute your final course grade. (JNI, 1/19/2024)

4 homework assignments. An individual homework assignment is worth 10 points ===> 40 total homework points

Total Course Points: 3 x 40 pts + 4 x 10 pts = 160 pts
Tentative Grading Scale:^*

A greater than or equal to 85 %
A- greater than or equal to 80 %
B+ greater than or equal to 76 %
B greater than or equal to 73 %
B- greater than or equal to 70 %
C+ greater than or equal to 65 %
C greater than or equal to 60 %
C- greater than or equal to 55 %
D+ greater than or equal to 52 %
D greater than or equal to 48 %
D- greater than or equal to 45 %
F less than 45 %

P greater than or equal to 55 %
NP less than 55 %

^* The final course grading scale may change slightly based on the class performance. The final grading scale will, however, be no higher than that given above.
Tests:
Test 1: Friday, January 26, 2024
Test 2: Monday, February 12, 2024
Test 3: Friday, March 1, 2024
Test 4: Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 14:45 in 100 Willamette Hall

The course is divided into 4 parts. Each test covers material primarily taken from one section of the course. The last test, Test 4, will not be cumulative. The format for the tests will be weighted roughly as 50 % multiple choice questions and 50 % short answer questions.

Homework Assignments:
HW 1: due by the end of Friday, January 26, 2024, Wolf Numbers (.pdf), Wolf Numbers (.pptx)
HW 2: due by the end of Monday, February 12,2024, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (.pdf), Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (.pptx)
HW 3: due by the end of Friday, March 1, 2024, Cepheids (.pdf), Cepheids (.pptx)
HW 4: due by the end of Friday, March 15, 2024, Supernovae and Earth (.pdf), Supernovae and Earth (.pptx)

Late assignments will be accepted after the assignment's posted due date. Late assignments will lose 1 point for each day late.

Academic Deadlines:
Last day to adjust registration without recorded W January 13
Last day to register/add classes online January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday January 15
Last day to withdraw from classes February 25
Last day for grade option changes February 25
Last day of Dead Week March 15

Ref: link for complete set and descriptions of academic deaslines for 2024 Academic Deadlines