====== AST 100: Our Cosmic History ======

===== - Content =====
The course content is written as fictional dialogues between Socrates and his seven students who live in a fictional Barzakh.

^ Chapter ^ Name ^ Week ^ Main character ^ River ^
| 0 | [[.:ast100:0|Seven Ages of the Universe]] | 1, 2 | Socrates |
| 1 | [[.:ast100:1|Particle Age]] | 3, 4 | Rabi | Angsi |
| 2 | [[.:ast100:2|Galactic Age]] | 5, 6 | Shashi | Tsangpo |
| 3 | [[.:ast100:3|Stellar Age]] | 8 | Mars | Siang |
| 4 | [[.:ast100:4|Planetary Age]] | 9 | Hermes | Brahmaputra |
| 5 | [[.:ast100:5|Chemical Age]] | 10 | Juno | Jamuna |
| 6 | [[.:ast100:6|Biological Age]] | 11 | Ishtar | Padma |
| 7 | [[.:ast100:7|Cultural Age]] | 12, 13 | Rhea | Meghna |

===== - Assessment =====
^ Type ^ Assessment ^ Marks ^ Total ^
| Continuous | Attendance | 10 | 40 |
|:::| Punctuality | 10 |:::|
|:::| Group work | 20 |:::|
| Summative | [[.:ast100:presentation|Midterm presentation]] | 20 | 60 |
|:::| Midterm quiz | 10 |:::|
|:::| [[.:ast100:presentation|Final presentation]] | 20 |:::|
|:::| Final quiz | 10 |:::|
===== - Reference books =====
  - Eric Chaisson, //[[https://cup.columbia.edu/book/epic-of-evolution/9780231135603|Epic of Evolution]]//, Columbia University Press.
  - Thomas Arny and Stephen Schneider, //[[https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/explorations-introduction-astronomy-arny-schneider/M9781266673375.html|Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy]]//, McGraw Hill.
  - Fred Spier, //[[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444323498|Big History and the Future of Humanity]]//, Wiley.
  - Jay M. Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko, //[[https://www.cambridge.org/bd/universitypress/subjects/physics/astronomy-general/cosmos-astronomy-new-millennium-5th-edition?format=PB&isbn=9781108431385|The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium]]//, Cambridge University Press.
  - David Christian, //[[https://www.ucpress.edu/books/maps-of-time/paper|Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History]]//, University of California Press.