| Date | Topic | Reading | Homework |
| Tu Sept 1 | Introduction; Intro to X-ray Astro | Ch 2 through 2.2.1 | |
| Th Sept 3 | X-ray/Matter Interactions | Ch 3 through 3.3.2, Garmire Notes pp. 1-8 | |
| Tu Sept 8 | No class | ||
| Th Sept 10 | Supernova Phenomenology | 4.1 | |
| Tu Sept 15 | Core Collapse SNe | 4.2, 3.9 | |
| Th Sept 17 | Core Collapse & Type Ia SNe | 3.9, 4.3 | HW #1 due |
| Tu Sept 22 | Type Ia SNe, Nucleosynthesis | 4.3 | |
| Th Sept 24 | Type Ia SNe, Nucleosynthesis | 4.3 | HW #2 due |
| Tu Sept 29 | R-process Nucleosynthesis | ||
| Th Oct 1 | X-ray & Gamma-ray detectors | Appendix A | |
| Tu Oct 6 | X-ray detectors & telescopes | Appendix A | |
| Th Oct 8 | SN Remnants: Observations & Emission | 4.4, 3.7 | HW #3 due |
| Tu Oct 13 | Radiative Processes | 3.8.1, 3.8.2 | |
| Th Oct 15 | SN Remnants: Evolution & Hydrodynamics | 4.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 | HW #4 due |
| Tu Oct 20 | SN Remnants: Evolution & Hydrodynamics | 4.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 | |
| Th Oct 22 | Shocks & Particle Acceleration | 4.4, 2.8 | |
| Tu Oct 27 | Cosmic Rays | ||
| Th Oct 29 | Neutron Stars, Pulsars, & Magnetars | 5 | HW #5 due |
| Tu Nov 3 | Neutron Stars, Pulsars, & Magnetars | 5 | |
| Th Nov 5 | Compact Binaries | 6 | |
| Tu Nov 10 | Compact Binaries | 6 | |
| Th Nov 12 | Gamma-Ray Bursts | 7 | |
| Tu Nov 17 | Gamma-Ray Bursts | 7 | |
| Th Nov 19 | Gamma-Ray Bursts | 7 | |
| Tu Nov 24 | Active Galactic Nuclei | 8 | |
| Th Nov 26 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tu Dec 1 | AGN | 8 | |
| Th Dec 3 | AGN | 8 | |
| Tu Dec 8 | AGN | 8 | |
| Th Dec 10 | AGN | 8 |
Updated Sept 11, 2009