| Week | Topic | Chapter | Lab Exercise |
| MODULE 1: Physics of Astronomy | |||
| Week 1 | Nature of Science, Observing the Sky | Chapters 1 & 2 | The Celestial Sphere |
| Week 2 | Gravity & View from Earth | Chapters 3 & 4 | The Copernican Model |
| Week 3 | Radiation & Telescopes | Chapters 5 & 6 | Planetary Orbits |
| MODULE 2: The Solar System | |||
| Week 4 | The Solar System & Earth | Chapters 7 & 8 | The Seasons |
| Week 5 | Inner Planets | Chapters 9 & 10 | Lunar Phases |
| Week 6 | Outer Planets | Chapters 11 & 12 | Images of Saturn |
| Week 7 | Origin of the Solar System | Chapters 13 & 14 | Atmospheric Retention |
| MODULE 3: Stars | |||
| Week 8 | The Sun | Chapters 15 & 16 | HR Diagram |
| Week 9 | Stars | Chapters 17-22 | Eclipsing Binaries |
| Week 10 | The Death of Stars Black Holes | Chapters 23 & 24 | Cosmic Distance Ladder |
| MODULE 4: Galaxies and the Universe | |||
| Week 11 | The Milky Way | Chapters 25 | Galaxy Rotation Curves |
| Week 12 | Galaxies | Chapters 26, 27, 28 | Galactic Morphology |
| Week 13 | The Big Bang | Chapter 29 | The Hubble Law |
| Week 14 | Life in the Universe | Chapter 30 | ExtraSolar Planets |
| Week 15 | Final Exam | Project Presentations | Lab Exam |
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