After PHYS 126
Gateway: PHYS 126
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Rice University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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.
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 27 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 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.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Total Credit Hours Required for the Major in Astronomy15 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Credit Hours to Complete Degree Requirements; University Graduation Requirements
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.
6 courses deep, ending at ASTR 555
2 courses deep, ending at ASTR 230
2 courses deep, ending at ASTR 470
Total Credit Hours Required for the Major in Astrophysics15 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Credit Hours to Complete Degree Requirements; University Graduation Requirements
All ASTR courses in the Rice catalog
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