EPS 210 Fall Semester 2000 - Provisional Schedule

Date Day Topic Notes
Week 1 - 21 August Monday Introduction and information. Definition of life  
Week 1 - 23 August Wednesday The Nature of Life - basic chemical principles, atoms, molecules  
Week 2 - 28 August Monday No class  
Week 2 - 30 August Wednesday No class  
Week 3 - 4 September Monday LABOR DAY - HOLIDAY  
Week 3 - 6 September Wednesday Carbon chemistry - organic molecules  
Week 4 - 11 September Monday Molecules of life - DNA, RNA etc.  
Week 4 -13 September Wednesday Cells - the basic units of life.  
Week 5 -18 September Monday Nucleosynthesis and organic materials in interstellar space.  
Week 5 - 20 September Wednesday The Origin of the Solar System, meteorites and organic material  
Week 6 - 25 September Monday Early Evolution of the Earth - formation of the atmosphere and hydrosphere  
Week 6 - 27 September Wednesday Geological Environments on Earth - plate tectonics  
Week 7 - 2 October Monday Origin of life on Earth - Tree of Life  
Week 7 - 4 October Wednesday EXAM 1  
Week 8 - 7 October Monday Origin of life on Earth - Early fossils  
Week 8 - 11 October Wednesday Origin of Life on Earth - Prebiotic Chemistry  
Week 9 - 16 October Monday Life in Extreme Environments on Earth  
Week 9 - 18 October Wednesday Life in Extreme Environments on Earth  
Week 10 - 23 October Monday Tour of the Solar System  
Week 10 - 25 October Wednesday Tour of the Solar System  
Week 11 - 30 October Monday Mars - Early observations (Schaiperelli, Lowell)  
Week 11 - 1 November Wednesday Mars - Exploration  
Week 12 - 6 November Monday Mars - Evidence for Water on Mars  
Week 12 - 8 November Wednesday Martian Meteorites  
Week 13 - 13 November Monday EXAM 2  
Week 13 -15 November Wednesday Life in martian meteorite ALH 84001?  
Week 14 -20 November Monday Europa and Titan  
Week 14 -22 November Wednesday Structure of the Universe - Galaxies  
Week 15 -27 November Monday The Search for Extrasolar planets  
Week 15 -29 November Wednesday The Drake Equation - probability of life elsewhere in the Universe  
Week 16 - 4 December Monday SETI - The search for extraterrestrial intelligence  
Week 16 - 1 December Wednesday Provisional date of final exam