| Section | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction: Scope of the class |
| 2 | Cloud collapse, disk formation |
| 3 | Planet Formation: Physics of accretion |
| 4 | Observational evidence relating to planet formation |
| 5 | Comets as planetesimals, radioactivity, compositions |
| 6 | The Gas Giants: Interiors, compositions, degeneracy, heat transport, magnetic fields |
| 7 | Terrestrial Planets: Interiors, equations of state, differentiation, heat transport, surface interactions |
| 8 | Planetary Surfaces: Impact mechanics |
| 9 | Global tectonics |
| 10 | Atmospheres: Structure, thermodynamics, oceans, polar caps |
| 11 | Atmospheres: Dynamics, weather |
| 12 | Atmospheres: Formation and Evolution, compositions, sources, relation to Origins |
| 13 | Asteroid science, meteoritical constraints, radioactive decay dating |