The Polaris Project is a home for on-line course offerings in Astrophysics and Astronomy at Iowa State University, located in Ames, Iowa, USA. The courses offered here are full semster, accredited courses available to students regardless of their location around the world. All correspondance with the instructors, teaching assistants, and other students is conducted via e-mail and on-line postings. If you are an on-campus student, you may register for Astro 102 (NorthStar) or Astro 103X (EveningStar) as you would for any other course.

Astro 102 (NorthStar) is available through the Continuing Education office, and 103X will become 103 and also be available from the Distance Education Office in Fall 2007. To enroll, go to http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu. If you encounter any problems with this, please contact the course designer, L. A. Willson.