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Dibs Fall 2026

ASTR

Astronomy

33 courses on record · 7 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

33 courses

Lower division 8

Lower division courses in Astronomy
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
3 Nature of the Universe GE 3.25 n=2,422 2 sections
4 Black Holes and Cosmic Catastrophes GE 3.19 n=243 1 section
5 Life in Universe GE 3.36 n=1,691 1 section
6 Cosmology: Origin, History, and Fate of Universe GE 3.04 n=189
19 Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars no letter grades
81 Fundamentals of Astrophysics 3.05 n=152
82 Astrophysics II: Stellar Evolution, Galaxies, and Cosmology 3.27 n=44
98TW Hands-On Exoplanet Astronomy: Citizen Science, Science Communication, and Beyond 3.72 n=18 small sample

Upper division 9

Upper division courses in Astronomy
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
115 Statistical Mechanics and Its Application to Astrophysics 3.19 n=137
117 Radiation and Fluids in Astrophysics 3.22 n=131
127 Stellar Atmospheres, Interiors, and Evolution 3.16 n=140
140 Stellar Systems and Cosmology 3.08 n=85
141 Cosmology 3.48 n=73
142 Data and Computation in Astrophysics 3.51 n=21
143 Planets and Exoplanets 3.32 n=13 small sample
145 High-Energy Astrophysics 3.46 n=10 small sample
180 Astrophysics Laboratory 3.70 n=131 1 section

Graduate 16

Graduate courses in Astronomy
Course Title Predicted GPA This term
270 Astrophysical Dynamics 3.73 n=40
271 Electromagnetic Radiation in Astrophysics 3.67 n=32 1 section
272 Stellar Astrophysics 3.72 n=18 small sample
273 Diffuse Matter in Space 3.64 n=18 small sample
274 Extragalactic Astrophysics I 3.65 n=32
275 Extragalactic Astrophysics II 3.62 n=11 small sample
276 Instrumentation and Observational Techniques 3.70 n=13 small sample
277A Astronomy Research Project no grade history
278 Special Topics in Astronomy 3.62 n=9 small sample
279 Seminar: Current Astronomical Research no letter grades 1 section
280 Fluid Dynamics in Astrophysics 3.72 n=18 small sample
281 Quantum Mechanics for Astrophysics 3.63 n=16 small sample
283 Numerical and Statistical Methods 3.61 n=15 small sample
284 Order of Magnitude Astrophysics 3.87 n=44 1 section
M285 Origin and Evolution of Solar System no grade history
297 Practice of Scientific Presentations in Astronomy no letter grades

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.