General Philosphy:

In general texts can be expensive which is sometimes a barrier for students. In the world of open courseware and open source materials there is less and less reason to require a specific text for any class. For these reasons I am personally committed to finding free, or very low cost, texts and learning resources for my classes.

For this class:

In this class we will be discussing a range of astronomy topics from daily overservational practices to the origins of the universe. I will be finding and linking documents and other resources through the text page within this site. If a link seems to be broken or a document missing please let me know since this web site is in it's early days.