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Program checklist · Astronomy

Astronomy

University of North Carolina Asheville · Asheville, NC

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Astronomy
CIP
40.0201
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
199111
CourseShelf checklist
CK_199111_6eba9326
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

I. Required courses for the major—39-41 hours

13 items
  1. ASTR 112
    Astronomy Lab I
    As published: “Astronomy Lab I (1)”
    1
  2. ASTR 113
    Astronomy Lab II
    As published: “Astronomy Lab II (1)”
    1
  3. ASTR 202
    Foundations of Stars and Planets
    As published: “Foundations of Stars and Planets (3)”
    3
  4. ASTR 203
    Foundations of Galaxies and Cosmology
    As published: “Foundations of Galaxies and Cosmology (3)”
    3
  5. ASTR 320
    Observational Astronomy I
    As published: “Observational Astronomy I (4)”
    4
  6. ASTR 321
    Astrophysics
    As published: “Astrophysics (3)”
    3
  7. ASTR 323
    Extragalactic Astrophysics
    As published: “Extragalactic Astrophysics (3)”
    3
  8. ASTR 420
    Observational Astronomy II
    As published: “Observational Astronomy II (3)”
    3
  9. PHYS 221
    Physics I
    As published: “Physics I (4)”
    4
  10. PHYS 222
    Physics II
    As published: “Physics II (4)”
    4
  11. PHYS 326
    Modern Physics
    As published: “Modern Physics (3)”
    3
  12. PHYS 331
    Experimental Physics I
    As published: “Experimental Physics I (3)”
    3
  13. ASTR 499
    Undergraduate Research in Astronomy
    As published: “is recommended.”
    1-6

One course from

2 items
  1. ASTR 301
    Indigenous Perspectives on the Sky
    As published: “Indigenous Perspectives on the Sky (4)”
    4
  2. ASTR 430
    Black Holes and Cosmology
    As published: “Black Holes and Cosmology (3)”
    3

One course from

3 items
  1. PHYS 310
    Electronics
    As published: “Electronics (4)”
    4
  2. PHYS 323
    Modern Optics
    As published: “Modern Optics (3)”
    3
  3. PHYS 325
    Thermal Physics
    As published: “Thermal Physics (3)”
    3

II. Required courses outside the major—15-16 hours

7 items
  1. MATH 191
    Calculus I
    As published: “Calculus I (4)”
    4
  2. MATH 192
    Calculus II
    As published: “Calculus II (4)”
    4
  3. MATH 291
    Calculus III
    As published: “Calculus III (4)”
    4
  4. And one course from:
    Not resolved to a course
  5. CSCI 183
    Introduction to Programming: Data Science
    As published: “Introduction to Programming: Data Science (3)”
    3
  6. MATH 365
    Linear Algebra I
    As published: “Linear Algebra I (3)”
    3
  7. STAT 225
    Introduction to Calculus-Based Statistics
    As published: “Introduction to Calculus-Based Statistics (4)”
    4

III. Major competency

1 item
  1. ASTR 420
    Observational Astronomy II
    As published: “Observational Astronomy II (3)”
    3
Source. University of North Carolina Asheville, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.unca.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=23&poid=4629. Captured page pages/0144.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.