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precious one-on-one thesis-advising time teaching skills that  students could have learned as part of their coursework.  \end{quote}  Our revisions to AST 208 (\emph{Planets and Telescopes}), AST 304 (\emph{Stars}), and AST 308 (\emph{Galaxies}) remedy this deficiency by pacing student progress towards these modern learning goals so that students emerge with a deeper knowledge base and readily applicable skills. In the remainder of this document, we detail the revisions made to AST 208 and provide a detailed description of the course its  components.