After PHYSICS 241
Gateway: PHYSICS 241
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ASTRON coursework.
Generated from University of Wisconsin-Madison’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 ASTRON 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 23 ASTRON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more ASTRON courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ASTRON, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Astronomy2 required · verify with the official sheet
Introductory Course; Complete at least three of the following:
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PHYSICS 241
Gateway: ASTRON 310
Gateway: ASTRON 103
The deepest prerequisite chains in ASTRON. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
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5 courses deep, ending at ASTRON 590
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All ASTRON courses in the UW–Madison catalog
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