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Catalog Year: 2020-2021
Astronomical and Planetary Sciences BS Course Prerequisites
Course
Course Name
Hrs
When
GS
Prerequisites
AST111
Intro to Solar Systems Astronomy
3
F, C session
SQ
AST113
Astronomy Laboratory I
1
F, C session
SQ
Co-req AST111
AST112
Intro to Stars, Galaxies &
Cosmology
3
S, C session
SQ
AST114
Astronomy Laboratory II
1
S, C session
SQ
Co-req AST112
SES106
Habitable Worlds
4
F,S,SS
SQ
AST301
Physics of Astrophysics
3
F, C session
Prerequisite(s): MAT 170 with C or better; MAT 210 with C or better; PHY
111 with C or better; PHY 112 with C or better; PHY 113 with C or better;
PHY 114 with C or better
AST321
Intro Planet. & Stellar Astro
3
F 2021, C
session
MAT266 or MAT271 with C or better AND PHY122/122 or PHY150 with C
or better OR AST 301
AST322
Intro Galactic & Extragalactic
Astro
3
S 2022, C
session
MAT266 or MAT271 with C or better AND PHY122/122 or PHY150 with C
or better OR AST 301
SES350
Engineering Systems and
Experimental Problem Solving
3
S 2021, C
session
Prerequisite(s) with C or better: MAT 267 or 272 or 275; PHY 151 or PHY
131 and PHY 132 OR AST 301
SES376
Communicating Astronomical and
Planetary Sciences I
3
F, A session
Prerequisite(s): AST 111 with C or better; AST 112 with C or better; AST
113 with C or better; AST 114 with C or better; ENG 102, 105, or 108 with
C or better
SES377
Communicating Astronomical and
Planetary Sciences II
3
F, B session
Prerequisite(s): AST 111 with C or better; AST 112 with C or better; AST
113 with C or better; AST 114 with C or better; ENG 102, 105, or 108 with
C or better; SES 376 with C or better
MAT170*
Precalculus
3
F,S,SS
MA
Prerequisite(s): MAT 117 with C or better, or Mathematics Placement
Test with a score of 50% or higher, or ALEKS score of 61 or higher;
Credit is allowed for only MAT 170 or MAT 171
MAT210*
Brief Calculus
3
F,S,SS
MA
Prerequisite(s): MAT 117, 119, 170, or 171 with C or better, or
Mathematics Placement Test with a score of 56% or higher, or ALEKS
score of 61 or higher; Credit is allowed for only MAT 210 or MAT 251
PHY111**
General Physics
3
F,S,SS
SQ
Prerequisite(s): MAT 170 or higher with C or better, or minimum score of
56% on the Mathematics Placement Test, or ALEKS score of 61 or
higher, or Corequisite(s): MAT 210 or higher
PHY113**
General Physics Laboratory
1
F,S,SS
SQ
Pre- or corequisite(s): PHY 111 with C or better if completed
PHY112**
General Physics
3
F,S
SQ
Prerequisite(s): PHY 111 with C or better
PHY114**
General Physics Laboratory
1
F,S
SQ
Pre- or corequisite(s): PHY 112 with C or better if completed
LD Electives
Choose 3 courses (see list below)
9-12
UD Electives
Choose 2 courses (see list below)
6-7
