After PHY 215
Gateway: PHY 215
Building the department map…
Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ASTR coursework.
Generated from Lehigh University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 18 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more ASTR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
Mathematicsall required
Basic and Intermediate-Level Science2 required · verify with the official sheet
Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysicsall required
Approved Electives6 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two additional courses from the following list
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ASTR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at ASTR 302
4 courses deep, ending at ASTR 342
2 courses deep, ending at ASTR 105
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Elective Courses9 required
Select three Physics or Astronomy courses numbered higher than 100. One course in an appropriate technical area offered in other departments may be substituted, when selected with advisor approval. Students planning graduate work in physics are encouraged to include PHY 273 (Research) among their electives.
All ASTR courses in the Lehigh catalog
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