ASTR at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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.

• PHYS 118Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativityopens 11 courses (2 directly)
• PHYS 119Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quantaopens 9 courses (2 directly)
• ASTR 202Introduction to Astrophysicsopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• PHYS 331Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I.opens 7 courses (6 directly)
• ASTR 102Introduction to Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies & Cosmologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PHYS 201Basic Mechanicsopens 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 31 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.

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 501

  1. MATH 232Calculus of Functions of One Variable II.
  2. PHYS 118Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity
  3. PHYS 119Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta
  4. ASTR 202Introduction to Astrophysics
  5. ASTR 501Stellar Astrophysics

• 3 courses deep, ending at ASTR 519

  1. ASTR 101Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System
  2. ASTR 102Introduction to Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies & Cosmology
  3. ASTR 519Observational Astronomy

• 2 courses deep, ending at ASTR 100L

  1. ASTR 100Understanding the Universe
  2. ASTR 100LAstronomy with Skynet: Our Place in Space

• 2 courses deep, ending at ASTR 702

  1. PHYS 711Electromagnetic Theory I.
  2. ASTR 702High Energy Astrophysics

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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