ASTR at University of Colorado Boulder

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ASTR work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 46 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 45 more ASTR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ASTR, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ASTR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at ASTR 3400

  1. APPM 1340Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part A
  2. APPM 1345Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part B
  3. APPM 1360Calculus 2 for Engineers
  4. APPM 2350Calculus 3 for Engineers
  5. PHYS 2130Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Its Applications
  6. PHYS 2600Introduction to Programming and Scientific Computing
  7. ASTR 3400Research Methods in Astronomy

• 7 courses deep, ending at ASTR 3830

  1. APPM 1340Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part A
  2. APPM 1345Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part B
  3. APPM 1360Calculus 2 for Engineers

• 6 courses deep, ending at ASTR 3520

  1. APPM 1340Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part A
  2. APPM 1345Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part B
  3. ASTR 1030Accelerated Introductory Astronomy 1

• 4 courses deep, ending at ASTR 2600

  1. APPM 1340Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part A
  2. APPM 1345Calculus 1 with Algebra, Part B
  3. PHYS 1110General Physics 1

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ASTR yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ASTR yet.

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Department events

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