| Dates | Topic | Notes |
| 1/22, 23 | Laboratory Spectroscopy (p. 81) | |
| 1/29, 30 | Properties of the Sun (p. 56) | |
| 2/5, 6 | Eclipsing Binaries (p. 192) | |
| 2/12, 13 | Spectral Classification of Stars (p. 75) | |
| 2/19, 20 | Stellar Properties Using BVRI Photometry (p. 180) | |
| 2/26, 27 | Age and Distance of a Stellar Cluster (p. 89) | |
| 3/5, 6 | Laboratory presentation | Hand in first draft of lab report |
| 3/19, 20 | Radio Astronomy of Pulsars (p. 104) | Hand in final draft of lab report |
| 3/26, 27 | Research Project Planning | Hand in research project proposal |
| 4/2, 3 | Properties of Supernovae (p. 96) | |
| 4/9, 10 | Research project analysis | |
| 4/16, 17 | The Redshift of Galaxies (p. 130) | |
| 4/23, 24 | Research project analysis | Complete first draft of presentation/report |
| 4/30, 5/1 | Research project presentations | Hand in research project write-up |