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 schedule ASTR 5770 Cosmology Fall 2025: Timetable


Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1. Syllabus Aug 17 Aug 19 Aug 21
First day of classes
2. Cosmology overview
Ch 10.1–13		 Aug 25 Aug 27 Aug 29
3. Ch 10.14–23 Sep 1
Labor day (no class)
Sep 3
Problem Set 1 due in class
Sep 5
Last day to drop for free
4. Special Relativity
Ch 1 		Sep 8 Sep 10
Problem Set 2 due in class
Sep 12
5. General relativity Ch 2.1–9
metric.nb 		Sep 15 Sep 17
Problem Set 3 due in class
Sep 19
6. Ch 2.10–23, Ch 4.1–8 Sep 22 Sep 24
Problem Set 4 due in class
Sep 26
7. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Ch 10.24–27
Stat mech & BBN notes
Stat mech notes from ASTR 5110 		Sep 29
Fiske: “Universe”
Oct 1 Oct 3
8. Tetrad approach to General Relativity Ch 11
tetrad.nb 		Oct 6 Oct 8
Problem Set 5 due in class
Oct 10
Invited lecture by Prof. Nils Halverson “Polarization of the CMB”
9. Cosmological Perturbations
Ch 28		 Oct 13 Oct 15
Problem Set 6 due in class
Oct 17
Wellness day (no class)
Anonymously evaluate this course
(Center for Teaching & Learning advice)
10. Ch 26, 28, 29 Oct 20
Fiske: “Galaxies”
Oct 22
Problem Set 7 due in class
Oct 24
Assign reviewers for Final Project
11. Ch 29, 30 Oct 27 Oct 29 Oct 31
Project video presentation due
12. Ch 30, 31 Nov 3 Nov 5
Problem Set 8 due in class
Nov 7
13. Nov 10
Project presentations 		Nov 12
Project presentations 		Nov 14
Project presentations
14. Chs 32, 33, 34 Nov 17 Nov 19
Problem Set 9 due in class
Nov 21
15. Fall Break
16. Last week of classes Dec 1 Dec 3 Dec 5
Last day of classes
17. Exam week Dec 8 Dec 10
Take-home final due 11am
Dec 12 Sat Dec 13
Grades due

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