ASTRON at Ohio State University

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 ASTRON 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 20 ASTRON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more ASTRON 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 ASTRON. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ASTRON 3350

  1. MATH 1141Calculus with Review II
  2. PHYSICS 1251E&M, Waves, Optics, Modern Physics
  3. ASTRON 2291Basic Astrophysics and Planetary Astronomy
  4. ASTRON 2292Stellar, Galactic, and Extragalactic Astronomy and Astrophysics
  5. ASTRON 3350Methods of Astronomical Observation and Data Analysis

• 4 courses deep, ending at ASTRON 4810

  1. MATH 1141Calculus with Review II
  2. PHYSICS 1251E&M, Waves, Optics, Modern Physics
  3. ASTRON 3810Order of Magnitude Astronomy

• 3 courses deep, ending at ASTRON 5681

  1. MATH 2174Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers
  2. PHYSICS 5500Quantum Mechanics
  3. ASTRON 5681Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis

• 2 courses deep, ending at ASTRON 1100

  1. MATH 1075Precollege Mathematics II
  2. ASTRON 1100Astronomy IRL: An Influencer's Guide to Science

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ASTRON yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ASTRON yet.

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Department events

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