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TopGEH1042 – The search for life on other worlds
TIMETABLE (Sem1, AY 2017-18)

Lecturer: A/Prof Tang Bor Luen (bchtbl@nus.edu.sg)

Time	Mondays, 1000 – 1200 hrs Fridays, 1400 – 1600 hrs
Venue	M9 (Level 2, MD7)

WK	MONTH	LECTURES
WK	MONTH	Mondays	Fridays
0.	Orientation Week (07 Aug to 12 Aug 2017) - No class
1.	Aug	14 Module overview and introduction
2.		21 The beginning of time (and life)	25 Discussion 1: Aliens - a cultural and scientific perspective
3.		28 An introduction to life on Earth 1
4.	Sept	04 An introduction to life on Earth 2
5.		11 The origin of life on Earth
6.		18 A brief history of life on Earth	22 Discussion 2: The antiquity of life and the rise of humans
7.	Recess Week: 23 Sept – 01 Oct 2017
8.	Oct	02 The search for life in our planetary neighbourhood
9.		09 Mars	13 Discussion 3: Finding life on Mars – a cultural and scientific perspective.
10.		16 The search for life in the Jovian and Saturnian system 1 (Europa)
11.		23 The search for life in the Jovian and Saturnian system 2 (Titan)
12.		30 The search for life beyond our solar system 1
13.	Nov	06 The search for life beyond our solar system 2	10 Discussion 4: The future of life and the human species
	READING WEEK : 18 Nov – 24 Nov 2017
	FINAL EXAMINATION : Tue 28 Nov 2017 (9 am – 11 am)

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