• Historical recalls, short review on modern cosmology
• Observational evidence supporting the Big Bang
    • Late time observational probes
    • Cosmic Microwave background
        ◦ CMB history, spectrum, primary anisotropies
        ◦ CMB polarization
        ◦ Primordial gravitational waves and inflation
        ◦ CMB statistics
    • CMB Foregrounds
        ◦ Galactic synchrotron
        ◦ Free free
        ◦ Dust (thermal, spinning, grain alignment...), hints on star formation
        ◦ Point sources (Radio and IR galaxies)
    • Observing the microwave sky
        ◦ Telescopes: current status, different designs, ground, balloon and satellites
        ◦ Detectors: bolometers, TES, KIDs
        ◦ Receivers: cryostats, filters, cold optics, lenses, horns,
        ◦ Experimental techniques: readout, modulators, signal processing, polarimetry
        ◦ Instrument characterization and calibration
    • From CMB maps to cosmological parameters    
    • Large Scale Structure Observations
        ◦ Galaxies as probes of the cosmic density field
        ◦ Gravitational lensing and Cosmic shear, CMB lensing
        ◦ Galaxy clusters as probes for cosmology, SZ effect
    • Cosmic dark ages
        ◦ Cosmic reionization
        ◦ Hints on Cosmic star formation history, high redshift galaxies