Courses Relevant to the Astronomy Concentration at Harvard University

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Department Number Title Comments
Astronomy 1 The Astronomical Universe introductory course for non-concentrators
Astronomy 2 Celestial Navigation
Astronomy 14 The Universe and Everything "Topics" course for non-concentrators
Astronomy 25 Solar System Astronomy Mechanics is prerequisite
Astronomy 45 Introduction to Astrophysics for concentrators, Quantum not required
Astronomy 91r Supervised Reading & Research often in lieu of thesis
Astronomy 97hf Introductory Tutorial Sophomores meet with all members of dept.
Astronomy 98hf Junior Tutorial weekly research talks + demi-thesis
Astronomy 99 Senior Thesis for Honors Concentrators
Astronomy 120 Introduction to Relativity and Relativistic Cosmology
Astronomy 145 Topics in Astrophysics req. for Honors conc./ Quantum is prerequisite
Astronomy 150 Radiative Processes in Astrophysics taken by ~Seniors + graduate students
Astronomy 191 Astrophysics Laboratory satisfies Physics Lab. requirement...very popular
Astronomy 192 Astronomical Measurement observational "techniques" course
Astronomy 193 Noise and Data Analysis in Astrophysics
Astronomy 204 Galactic and Extragalactic Dynamics
Astronomy 206 Stellar Physics
Astronomy 208 The Physics of the Interstellar Medium
Astronomy 209 Atomic and Molecular Processes in Astrophyscis
Astronomy 211 Cosmology also listed as Physics 211
Astronomy 213 Plasma Astrophysics
Astronomy 214 Extragalactic Astronomy
Astronomy 218 Radio Astronomy
Astronomy 219 High Energy Astrophysics
Astronomy 225 Formation of Stars and Planets
Astronomy 259 Solar Physics
Astronomy 300 (Graduate Research)
Astronomy 301 Astronomy & Astrophysics: Special Topics course on gravitational lensing
Physics 11a Mechanics Math 21a or 22a req. (concurrently)
Physics 11b Electricity, Magnetism, & Waves
Physics 15a Introductory Mechanics Math 1b required (concurrently)
Physics 15b Introductory Electromagnetism
Physics 15c Wave Phenomena
Physics 16 Mechanics and Special Relativity more advanced than 15a
Physics 125 Widely Applied Physics very popular
Physics 143a Quantum Mechanics I
Physics 143b Quantum Mechanics II
Physics 145 Elementary Particle Physics
Physics 151 Mechanics Lagrangian, Hamilton's eqns., etc.
Physics 153 Electrodynamics at level of ~Jackson
Physics 165 Modern Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Physics 181 Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics students often take ES-181 instead
Physics 191r Advanced Laboratory equiv. to Astro. 191
Physics 211 Cosmology same as Astro. 211
Mathematics 1a Introduction to Calculus
Mathematics 1b Calculus, Series, and Differential Equations
Mathematics 21a Multivariable Calculus partial derivs., Green's Theorem, etc.
Mathematics 21b Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Mathematics 22a Honors Linear Algebra and Calculus for Mathematical Physics I
Mathematics 22b Honors Linear Algebra and Calculus for Mathematical Physics II
Mathematics 112 Real Analysis proof-based course relevant to calculus
Mathematics 115 Methods of Analysis and Applications transforms, mappings, and differential eqns.
Mathematics 134 Calculus on Manifolds geometry & multi-dimensional spaces
Applied Math 105a Topics in Applied Mathematics Fourier & Laplace transforms, etc.
Applied Math 105b Topics in Applied Mathematics differential equations, expansions, etc.

Last Update: 9/11/96

Name: Alyssa A. Goodman

Email: agoodman@cfa.harvard.edu