ASTR at University of Maryland, College Park

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 29 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 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 406

  1. MATH 113College Algebra and Trigonometry
  2. MATH 115Precalculus
  3. ASTR 130Introductory Astrophysics 1 - Foundations
  4. ASTR 131Introductory Astrophysics 2 - Planets and Stars
  5. ASTR 232Introductory Astrophysics 3 - The Milky Way and Beyond
  6. ASTR 320Theoretical Astrophysics
  7. ASTR 406Stellar Structure and Evolution

• 5 courses deep, ending at ASTR 121

  1. MATH 113College Algebra and Trigonometry
  2. MATH 115Precalculus
  3. MATH 140Calculus I

• 2 courses deep, ending at ASTR 300

  1. ASTR 100Introduction to Astronomy
  2. ASTR 300Stars and Stellar Systems

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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