Dr. John P. Pratt, Fall 2004
| 2004 Date | Chap. | Subject |
| Wed 25 Aug | — | Introduction to course, book, and scientific method |
| Fri 27 Aug - Mon 30 Aug | 1 | Journey's Start |
| Wed 1 Sep - Fri 3 Sep | 2 | Patterns in the Sky |
| Mon 6 Sep | LABOR DAY HOLIDAY | |
| Wed 8 Sep - Fri 10 Sep | 3 | Ancient Astronomy |
| Mon 13 Sep - Wed 15 Sep | 4 | Renaissance Astronomy |
| Fri 17 Sep - Mon 20 Sep | 5 | Gravity and Motion |
| Wed 22 Sep - Fri 24 Sep | 6 | Light and Telescopes |
| Mon 27 Sep | Review Chapters 1-6. Exercise 1 due. (Stellar Motion) | |
| Mon 27 Sep- Sat 2 Oct | FIRST TEST (Testing Center). | |
| Wed 29 Sep - Fri 1 Oct | 7 | The Solar System |
| Mon 4 Oct | 8 | Earth |
| Wed 6 Oct | 9 | Moon |
| Fri 8 Oct - Mon 11 Oct | 10 | Mercury and Venus |
| Wed 13 Oct | 11 | Mars |
| Fri 15 Oct - Mon 18 Oct | 12 | Jupiter & Saturn |
| Wed 20 Oct | 13 | Outer Planets |
| Fri 22 Oct | 14 | Satellites |
| Mon 25 Oct - Wed 27 Oct | 15 | Meteorites, Asteroids, Comets |
| Thu 28 Oct - Fri 29 Oct | FALL BREAK! | |
| Mon 1 Nov | Review chapters 7-15. Exercise 2 due. (Altitude of Polaris) | |
| Mon 1 Nov- Sat 6 Nov | SECOND TEST (Testing Center). | |
| Wed 3 Nov - Fri 5 Nov | 16 | Properties of Stars |
| Mon 8 Nov - Wed 10 Nov | 17 | The Sun |
| Fri 12 Nov - Mon 15 Nov | 18 | Birth of Stars & Planets |
| Wed 17 Nov - Fri 19 Nov | 19 | Life of Stars. Exercise 3 due. (Constellations) |
| Mon 22 Nov - Mon 29 Nov | 20 | Death of Stars |
| Wed 24 Nov - Fri 26 Nov | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |
| Wed 1 Dec | 21 | Binary Stars. Exercise 4 due. (HR Diagram) |
| Fri 3 Dec | 22 | Our Milky Way Galaxy |
| Mon 6 Dec | 23 | Galaxies. Exercise 5 and all else due. (Star Quiz) |
| Wed 8 Dec | Review Chapters 16-23 | |
| Wed 15 Dec or Thu 16 Dec | FINAL TEST IN CLASS Regular (Wed or Thu) Class Time |