[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
[Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]
[12.409 Observing Stars and Planets]

Initial Organizational Meeting

UPDATED FOR 2002 FALL


Meeting is Wednesday Sep. 4, 2002 at 7:00 pm, Room 37-562
Bring your weekly schedule to this initial meeting!

This meeting is for all students who are considering taking 12.409 this term, whether pre-registered or not. (We'll deal with making the Registrar's records match reality later on...) The purposes of the meeting are

  1. To help you make an informed decision about whether to take 12.409 this term. It's an atypical MIT class in several respects, and we believe it's important to be as up-front and complete as we can about what you can expect from the class, and about what we'll expect from you. At the meeting we'll give out a very complete (if we do say so ourselves) summary of information useful to help in deciding whether to take 12.409 this term. We section instructors will be present at the meeting so that you can ask us any additional questions directly!

  2. To offer you the opportunity to give us your ranked preferences for section-night assignment, based on your individual schedule of other evening commitments, weekly problem set due dates, athletic practice, etc.