Teaching at MSU

Professor Megan Donahue teaches general astronomy (ISP205) to MSU students, and cosmology and galaxy evolution to advanced undergrad astro and physics majors (AST308) and cosmology/galaxy evolution to graduate students (AST835).

Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024: ISP205 Textbook: Essential Cosmic Perspective 9th Edition with Mastering Astronomy

Fall 2015, 2021, 2023: AST308 Galaxies and Cosmology. Textbook: Select chapters from Ryden & Peterson, Foundations of Modern Astrophysics; Supplemental readings from Ryden's Introduction to Cosmology 2nd edition

Spring 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023: AST835 Extragalactic Astronomy. Textbooks (variously): Malcolm Longair's Galaxy Formation, second edition; Mo, van den Bosch, and White,  Galaxy Formation, 1st edition (supplement). Significant supplementation from papers and well-curated wiki articles.

Fall 2021 and Fall 2019: AST308 Galaxies and Cosmology. Typical textbooks: Foundations to Astrophysics, Ryden and Peterson (2010/2021 printing from CUP)), Astrophysics in a Nutshell, Dan Maoz (2016) and Introduction to Cosmology, B. Ryden (2016)

Spring-Fall 2018, Fall 2020: ISP205 Views of the Universe. Textbook: Essential Cosmic Perspective, 8th edition + Mastering Astronomy

Spring-Fall 2016: ISP205 Views of the Universe. Textbook: Essential Cosmic Perspective, 7th edition + Mastering Astronomy

Previous teaching at MSU, prior to 2015: ISP205/Views of the Universe, a large lecture-course at the general astro-101 level and AST835/Graduate Galaxies and Cosmology (every 2 years).