AST at University of California, Davis

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.

• AST 010GIntroduction to Stars, Galaxies, & the Universeopens 1 course (1 directly)
• AST 010LObservational Astronomy Labopens 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 3 AST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 2 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.

• 2 courses deep, ending at AST 025

  1. AST 010GIntroduction to Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe
  2. AST 025Introduction to Modern Astronomy & Astrophysics

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 UC Davis campus feed.