| Day | Date | Topics | Seeds | Stoddard |
| T | 8-26 | Opening Remarks, Introduction | ch. 1 | ch. 1 |
| Th | 8-28 | The Scientific Method | - | ch. 1 |
| T | 9-2 | Early/Middle History of Astronomy | ch. 2 | ch. 2 |
| Th | 9-4 | Late History of Astronomy | ch. 4,5 | ch. 2 |
| T | 9-9 | History of Space Exploration | - | ch. 3 |
| Th | 9-11 | Asteroids & Comets | ch. 25 | ch. 4 |
| T | 9-16 | History of the Solar System | ch. 19 | - |
| Th | 9-18 | Craters - Formation and Structure | parts of ch. 21 | - |
| T | 9-23 | Craters - Relative Dating, Surface Ages | parts of 21 | - |
| Th | 9-25 | EXAM 1 | - | - |
| T | 9-30 | Exam 1 Review | - | - |
| Th | 10-2 | Planetary Interiors - Chemistry | 20-3,21-2 | - |
| T | 10-7 | Planetary Interiors - Physics | - | ch. 8 |
| Th | 10-9 | Volcanoes - Earth | parts of ch. 20, 21, 22 | ch. 9 |
| T | 10-14 | Volcanoes - Earth, Moon | parts of ch. 20, 21, 22 | ch. 9 |
| Th | 10-16 | Volcanoes - Venus, Mars, outer moons | parts of ch. 20, 21, 22 | ch. 9 |
| T | 10-21 | Tectonics on Earth | parts of ch. 20, 21, 22 | ch. 10 |
| Th | 10-23 | Tectonics on other worlds | parts of ch. 20, 21, 22 | ch. 10 |
| T | 10-28 | Exam 2 Review Session | - | - |
| Th | 10-30 | EXAM 2 | - | - |
| T | 11-4 | Exam 2 Recap | - | - |
| Th | 11-6 | Atmospheres | parts of ch. 20, 22, 23 | - |
| T | 11-11 | More Atmospheres | parts of ch. 20, 22, 23 | - |
| Th | 11-13 | Moons - Origins | ch. 21 p. 510-512 | ch. 13 |
| T | 11-18 | Moons - Histories | ch. 21 p. 507-510 | - |
| Th | 11-20 | Life! | ch. 26 | ch. 15 |
| T | 11-25 | More Life! | ch. 26 | ch. 15 |
| Th | 11-27 | THANKSGIVING | Eat turkey | Watch football |
| T | 12-2 | Course wrap-up and summary | ||
| Th | 12-4 | Final Review Session | ||
| FINAL EXAM -- THURSDAY, December 11 @ 4:00 pm | ||||