| # | Title | OpenStax Astronomy 2e Reading | Paired Lab/PS |
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| 01 | Solar Structure and Hydrostatic Equilibrium | Ch. 15.1 (The Structure and Composition of the Sun, descriptive only) | Lab 01 / PS 01 |
| 02 | The Solar Atmosphere: Photosphere, Chromosphere, and the Corona | Ch. 15.3 (Solar Activity above the Photosphere, descriptive only) |
| 03 | The Solar Magnetic Field and the 11-Year Cycle | Ch. 15.2 (The Solar Cycle, descriptive only) | Lab 02 / PS 02 |
| 04 | Sunspots: Magnetic Pressure Balance and the Wilson Depression | Not in OpenStax; derived from first principles (Spruit 1976; Biermann 1941) |
| 05 | Solar Flares I: Magnetic Reconnection and Free Energy | Ch. 15.3 (Solar Activity above the Photosphere, descriptive only) | Lab 03 / PS 03 |
| 06 | Solar Flares II: The 6 September 2017 X9.3 Event | Not in OpenStax; real case-study synthesis |
| 07 | Coronal Mass Ejections: Kinematics and Energy | Not in OpenStax; derived from first principles | Lab 04 / PS 04 |
| 08 | The Solar Wind: Parker's Transonic Wind Solution | Not in OpenStax; derived from first principles (Parker 1958) |
| 09 | Remote Sensing the Sun: Helioseismology and Coronagraphy | Not in OpenStax; derived from first principles | Lab 05 / PS 05 |
| 10 | In-Situ Heliophysics: Parker Solar Probe | Not in OpenStax; real mission case study |
| 11 | The Sun-Earth Connection I: Solar Wind Transit and the Magnetopause | Not in OpenStax; derived from first principles (Chapman & Ferraro) | Lab 06 / PS 06 |
| 12 | The Sun-Earth Connection II: Geomagnetic Storms and the Dst Index | Not in OpenStax; derived from first principles (Dessler & Parker 1959; Sckopke 1966) |
| 13 | Space Weather Impacts on Technology I: Satellites and Radiation | Not in OpenStax; applied synthesis | Lab 07 / PS 07 |
| 14 | Space Weather Impacts on Technology II: Power Grids and Course Synthesis | Not in OpenStax; applied synthesis and course capstone |