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ASTR

Astronomy

35 courses on record 14 with sections in Fall 2026
35 courses

Grades awarded Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, every instructor,

A course with no letter grades has no average to report, which is not the same as a course that grades badly.

Lower division 8

Lower division courses in Astronomy
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
3 Nature of the Universe GE 3.23 2,646 grades 14 sections
4 Black Holes and Cosmic Catastrophes GE 3.18 313 grades 4 sections
5 Life in Universe GE 3.41 1,856 grades 5 sections
6 Cosmology: Origin, History, and Fate of Universe GE 3.04 189 grades Not offered
19 From Apollo to Mars 1 section
81 Fundamentals of Astrophysics 3.11 204 grades 2 sections
82 Astrophysics II: Stellar Evolution, Galaxies, and Cosmology 3.27 44 grades Not offered
98TW Hands-On Exoplanet Astronomy: Citizen Science, Science Communication, and Beyond 3.69 18 grades · Not offered

Upper division 9

Upper division courses in Astronomy
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
115 Statistical Mechanics and Its Application to Astrophysics 3.19 137 grades Not offered
117 Radiation and Fluids in Astrophysics 3.23 131 grades Not offered
127 Stellar Atmospheres, Interiors, and Evolution 3.16 140 grades Not offered
140 Stellar Systems and Cosmology 3.08 85 grades Not offered
141 Cosmology 3.48 73 grades Not offered
142 Data and Computation in Astrophysics 3.56 31 grades Not offered
143 Planets and Exoplanets 3.32 13 grades · Not offered
145 High-Energy Astrophysics 3.45 10 grades · 2 sections
180 Astrophysics Laboratory 3.69 146 grades 2 sections

Graduate 18

Graduate courses in Astronomy
Course Title Predicted GPA Fall 2026
270 Astrophysical Dynamics 3.71 40 grades Not offered
271 Electromagnetic Radiation in Astrophysics 3.65 32 grades 1 section
272 Stellar Astrophysics 3.69 18 grades · Not offered
273 Diffuse Matter in Space 3.62 18 grades · Not offered
274 Extragalactic Astrophysics I 3.64 32 grades Not offered
275 Extragalactic Astrophysics II 3.60 11 grades · Not offered
276 Instrumentation and Observational Techniques 3.67 13 grades · Not offered
277A Astronomy Research Project no grade history 15 sections
278 Special Topics in Astronomy 3.59 9 grades · Not offered
279 Seminar: Current Astronomical Research 1 section
280 Fluid Dynamics in Astrophysics 3.69 18 grades · Not offered
281 Quantum Mechanics for Astrophysics 3.61 16 grades · Not offered
283 Numerical and Statistical Methods 3.59 15 grades · Not offered
284 Order of Magnitude Astrophysics 3.88 58 grades 1 section
M285 Origin and Evolution of Solar System no grade history 1 section
297 Practice of Scientific Presentations in Astronomy Not offered
596A Directed Individual Studies no grade history 25 sections
599 PhD Research and Writing no grade history 23 sections