• Required: Astronomy 2e by OpenStax, 2022. Rice University. Senior Contributing Authors: Andrew Fraknoi, Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco; David Morrison, NASA (Emeritus) and SETI Institute; Sidney Wolff, NOIRLab (Emerita). OpenStax course materials are the most widely used OER (Open Educational Resources) textbooks in the world. Always free in digital format (PDF or online), the books are available at low cost in full-color hardcover and B&W paperback print formats (for example from Amazon).
• Recommended: a star-mapping app for your phone or tablet (iOS | Android)

Assignments and Grading Criteria (weights add to 20)

• 13x Arts HW: total weight 1
• 2x Fieldwork write-ups (2p each): total weight 2
• Essay (3p each): weight 2
• Grant Proposal (4p): weight 3
• Class participation: weight 1
• Midterm and Final Exam: total weight 8
• Final project (art/multimedia piece inspired by course topics, presented with a 2p artist’s statement/program note): weight 3

Accommodations

Students needing academic accommodations must contact the Office for Disability Services (353-3658).

Educational Resource Center

One-on-one peer tutoring, study skills help, and writing assistance.
100 Bay State Road, 5th Floor
(617) 353-7077 | www.bu.edu/erc

CGS Writing Center

Schedule an appointment at the reception desk of the Writing Center
CGS room 330B, 3rd Floor (back of the Katzenberg)
Monday–Thursday: 10-4 | Friday: 10-1

CAS Writing Center

On a walk-in basis, unless also in WR.
100 Bay State Road, 3rd Floor (617) 358-1500
www.bu.edu/writingprogram/the-writing-center/

Attendance & Absences To facilitate the interchange of ideas, it’s vital that you miss as few classes as possible. Absences are particularly a problem when there are only 14 class meetings. Any absences will be penalized on the final grade. Allowance will be made for major illness and religious observances.

Assignment Completion & Late Work All assignments will be turned in through the course website. Late work will be penalized, unless cleared with the professor beforehand.

Electronics Bring your laptop to class so you can access your writing and other course materials as needed. Keep your laptop closed at all other times. Keep your phone in your bag or pocket.

Academic Dishonesty Both plagiarism and data falsification are grave offenses in this course, at BU, and in the wider world of scholarship. Incidents of academic dishonesty violate the trust of the scholarly community, and formal charges will be pursed. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to (1) copying or restating the work or ideas of another person in oral or written work performed for course credit without citing the appropriate source or (2) collaborating with someone else in an academic endeavor without acknowledging his or her contribution. Misrepresentation or falsification of data includes but is not limited to (1) citing authors that do not exist, (2) citing interviews that never took place, and (3) citing field work that was not completed. http://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code/