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1. Course Overview
Introduction to the core course
Origin of Planets (C1)
Origin of Habitable Environments (C2)
Origin and detection of life (C3)
Origin and evolution of biospheres (C4)
2. Origin of Planets (C1)
2.1. Exoplanets I: Detection
2.2. Exoplanets II: Architectures
2.3. Exoplanets III: Compositions
2.4. Building blocks I: What makes the Universe habitable?
2.5. The Evolution of Stars
2.6. The origin of the elements
2.7. Protoplanetary disks I: Formation and fragmentation
2.8. Protoplanetary disks II: Transport and chemistry
2.9. Planet formation I: Accretion
2.10. Planet formation II: Differentiation
2.11. Debris disks I: Physical Structure
2.12. Debris Disks II: Late Delivery
3. Origin of Habitable Environments (C2)
3.1. Climate homeostasis: Evidence for climate stability on Earth
3.2. Mechanisms for climate homeostasis I. What we think we understand
3.3. Mechanisms for climate homeostasis II. Earth’s thermostat through time and the emerging view
3.4. Planetary cycles I: Mantle Convection
3.5. Planetary cycles II: Plate tectonics
3.6. Planetary cycles III: Subduction
3.7. Planetary cycles IV: Volcanism
3.8. Mars I: Geological history
3.9. Mars II: Climate history
3.10. Mars III: Geophysics
3.11. Venus I: Venus Today
3.12. Venus II: Venus Over Time
4. Origin and detection of life (C3)
4.1. Fundamentals of organic chemistry I: How atoms fit together
4.2. Fundamentals of organic chemistry II: How molecules are different
4.3. Fundamentals of organic chemistry III: How molecules react
4.4. Why some chemical reactions happen
4.5. Astrochemistry: From the Insterstellar Medium to Comets
4.6. Atmospheric Chemistry I
4.7. Atmospheric Chemistry II
4.8. Fundamentals of Aqueous Geochemistry I
4.9. Fundamentals of Aqueous Geochemistry II
4.10. The Origins of Life as a Planetary Phenomenon
4.11. Detecting Biosignatures I
4.12. Detecting Biosignatures II
5. Biospheres (C4)
5.1. Prebiotic chemisty I: Chemical Basis for Life
5.2. Prebiotic chemisty II: Chemical Basis for Life
5.3. The evolution and diversity of photosynthesis
5.4. Origins of Eukaryotes (chloroplasts, mitos)
5.5. Protocell assembly
5.6. From protocells to LUCA
5.7. Early life on Earth
5.8. Microbial ecosystems and their geobiological expression
5.9. The evolution of complex life
5.10. Land plant transformation of the terrestrial biosphere
5.11. Macroevolutionary patterns on Earth
5.12. Eco-evolutionary dynamics of exoplanets
6. Glossary
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