Intro to Astrophysics I
1:10pm–2:25pm
Martin Luther King Building MLK 608
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Description
Prerequisites: a working knowledge of calculus. Corequisites: a course in calculus-based general physics. First term of a two-term calculus-based introduction to astronomy and astrophysics. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar atmospheres and spectral classifications, stellar energy generation and nucleosynthesis, supernovae, neutron stars, white dwarfs, and interacting binary stars
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Teaching quality
4.6 / 5
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4.0 / 5
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4.0 / 5 · Heavy
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2.4 / 5 · Easy
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Flat map — motion reduced
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- Credits
- 3 credits
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