ASTR at San Francisco 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 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 15 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ASTR 685

  1. MATH 197Prelude to Calculus I (Units: 3)
  2. ASTR 115Introduction to Astronomy (Units: 3)
  3. ASTR 301Observational Astronomy Laboratory (Units: 2)
  4. ASTR 470Observational Techniques in Astronomy (Units: 3)
  5. ASTR 685Projects in the Teaching of Astronomy (Unit: 1)

• 3 courses deep, ending at ASTR 340GW

  1. PHYS 240General Physics with Calculus III (Units: 3)
  2. PHYS 320Modern Physics I (Units: 3)
  3. ASTR 340GWThe Big Bang - GWAR (Units: 3)

• 3 courses deep, ending at ASTR 405

  1. PHYS 121General Physics II (Units: 3)
  2. ASTR 300Stars, Planets, and the Milky Way (Units: 3)
  3. ASTR 405Exoplanetary Science (Units: 3)

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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