ASTR at University of California, San Diego

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 ASTR coursework.

• ASTR 18Additional Topics in Classical Physicsopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• PHYS 41Scientific Computing with Pythonopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• ASTR 102Electrodynamics and Optics for Astrophysicistsopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ASTR 103Dynamics of Radiation and Fluidsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ASTR 105Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ASTR 150Observational Optical Research 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 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 32 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more ASTR 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 ASTR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ASTR 104

  1. PHYS 2APhysics—Mechanics
  2. ASTR 18Additional Topics in Classical Physics
  3. ASTR 102Electrodynamics and Optics for Astrophysicists
  4. ASTR 103Dynamics of Radiation and Fluids
  5. ASTR 104Thermal Astrophysics

• 4 courses deep, ending at ASTR 106

  1. PHYS 2APhysics—Mechanics
  2. ASTR 18Additional Topics in Classical Physics
  3. ASTR 105Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics

• 4 courses deep, ending at ASTR 151

  1. MATH 20ACalculus for Science and Engineering
  2. PHYS 41Scientific Computing with Python
  3. ASTR 150Observational Optical Research Lab

• 3 courses deep, ending at ASTR 20B

  1. MATH 20ACalculus for Science and Engineering
  2. ASTR 20AIntroduction to Astrophysics I
  3. ASTR 20BIntroduction to Astrophysics II

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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