Degree & Course Information

Degree Requirement Checklists & Sample Plans

All CNS degree checklists and sample course plans
BS Astronomy BS Astronomy degree checklist + sample source plan (2010-2012)
BS Astronomy: Honors Option BS Opt II: Astronomy, Honors degree checklist + sample source plan (2010-2012)
BA Astronomy BA Astronomy degree checklist + sample source plan (2010-2012)
BS Astronomy and Physics BS in Physics and BS in Astronomy / 4-year sample course plan for those doing a double degree
BSA Astronomy BSA Bachelor of Science and Arts (2014-2016)

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Department of Astronomy

Honors and Interdisciplinary Programs

Department of Astronomy course offerings are summarized below. Current semester offerings can be found on the courses page.

Lower Division Courses

Course	Title

AST 301	Introduction to Astronomy
AST 101L	Astronomy Discovery Laboratory
AST 302	Self-Paced Introduction to Astronomy
AST 303	Introduction to Astronomy with Celestial Observations
AST 103L	Astronomical Observations
AST 104	Undergraduate Astronomy Seminar
AST 307	Introductory Astronomy
AST 309	Topics in Astronomy for Nonscience Students
AST 309G	Popular Astronomy for Non-majors
AST 309L	Search for Extraerrestrial Life
AST 309N	Lives and Deaths of Stars
AST 309P	Astronomy in Science Fiction
AST 309Q	Time and the Cosmos
AST 309R	Galaxies, Quasars, and the Universe
AST 309T	The Milky Way Galaxy

Upper Division Courses

Course	Title

AST 321	Current Problems in Astronomy
AST 324	Origins: The Universe, Stars, Planets, and Life
AST 350L	History and Philosophy of Astronomy
AST 351	Astronomical Instrumentation
AST 352K	Stellar Astronomy
AST 352L	Positional, Dynamical, and Kinematical Astronomy
AST 152M	Stellar Astronomy Laboratory
AST 353	Astrophysics
AST 358	Galaxies and the Universe
AST 364	Solar System Astronomy
AST 367M	Methods of Astronomy
AST 376	Special Topics in Advanced Astronomy
AST 376C	Cosmology
AST 376R	Practical Introduction to Research Methods