ASTR288B
Special Projects in Astronomy; Mathematics in Astronomy
This course is designed to assist astronomy majors (particularly first years or prospective majors) with the mathematical framework needed to be successful in Calculus I and Calculus II. This course will review concepts in algebra, trigonometry, geometry, functions, logarithms, and exponentials, as well as other topics. The course will also explore how these concepts show up in astronomy.
Sister Courses: ASTR288, ASTR288A, ASTR288C, ASTR288I, ASTR288M, ASTR288P, ASTR288T
Spring 2026
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Fall 2025
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Spring 2025
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Past Semesters
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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.
Average GPA of 4.00 between 10 students*
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.