AST at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate AST coursework.

• PHYS 2601Quantum Physicsopens 6 courses (5 directly)
• PHYS 3041Math Methods for Physicistsopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• AST 4031Astrophysical Dataopens 1 course (1 directly)

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 AST 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 17 AST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 more AST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at AST 4001

  1. PHYS 3041Math Methods for Physicists
  2. PHYS 2601Quantum Physics
  3. AST 4001Astrophysics I

• 3 courses deep, ending at AST 5731

  1. AST 2001Fundamental Astrophysics
  2. AST 4031Astrophysical Data
  3. AST 5731Bayesian Astrostatistics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for AST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under AST yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

AST does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Minnesota campus feed.