ASTR at University of California, Los Angeles

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 16 ASTR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 41 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.

• 7 courses deep, ending at ASTR 143

  1. MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  2. PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
  3. ASTR 81Fundamentals of Astrophysics
  4. ASTR 115Introduction to Galactic Astronomy
  5. ASTR 117Introduction to Extragalactic Astrophysics
  6. ASTR 127Stars from Birth to Death
  7. ASTR 143Planets and Exoplanets

• 4 courses deep, ending at ASTR 145

  1. MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  2. PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
  3. PHYSICS 17Modern Physics

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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