Primary Required Courses
Course Credits Prerequisites & Corequisites
Introduction to Astronomy I
PHYS 1055*
3 None
Introduction to Astronomy II
PHYS 1056*
3 None
Astronomy Lab I
PHYS 1155*
1 Co: PHYS 1055
Astronomy Lab II
PHYS 1156*
1 Co: PHYS 1056
Observational Astrophysics
PHYS 3154
2 Pre: PHYS 1156
Introduction to Astrophysics I
PHYS 3655
3 Pre: PHYS 2306
Introduction to Astrophysics II
PHYS 3656
3 Pre: PHYS 2306 or PHYS 2406
Additional Required Course (choose one)
Course
Credits
Prerequisites & Corequisites
Astromechanics
AOE 4134
3 Pre: ESM 2304
Antennas
ECE 4114
3 Pre: ECE 3105
Radio Wave Propagation
ECE 4124
3 Pre: ECE 3106
Intro. Optical Info. Processing
ECE 4144
3 Pre: ECE 3106, ECE 3604
Applied Spectral Analysis & Filtering ECE 4604 3 Pre: ECE 3604, STAT 4174
Fluid Mechanics II
ESM 3016
3 Pre: ESM 3015, MATH 4574; Co: ESM 3034
Intro. to Fluid Mechanics
ESM 3024
3 Pre: ESM 2304, MATH 2224
Intro. to Wave Motion
ESM 4524
3 MATH 4564
Intro. to Meterology
GEOL 3114
3 None
Earthquake Seismology
GEOL 4154
3 Pre: GEOL 3104, MATH 2214, MATH 2224, PHYS 2305
Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes
GEOL 4714
3 Pre: GEOL 3704
Optics & Optics Lab
PHYS 4614, 4624*
3, 1 Pre: MATH 2214, MATH 2224, PHYS 2306 or PHYS 2176
*NOTES: 

PHYS 1055-1056 and 1155-1156 must be taken in sequence. 

PHYS 4614 Optics is a corequisite for PHYS 4624 Optics Lab. 

Please direct questions regarding prerequisites to course instructors. In some special cases, instructors may be willing to waive or modify prerequisites. 
 


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