ASTR288I

Special Projects in Astronomy; Introduction to the Astronomy Major

Restriction: Permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Introduces new Astronomy majors to the possible career paths that they might choose upon completion of an undergraduate Astronomy degree, soft skills that would be useful in these possible careers, and useful skills and knowledge to better prepare them for research as an undergraduate.

Sister Courses: ASTR288, ASTR288A, ASTR288B, ASTR288C, ASTR288M, ASTR288P, ASTR288T

Spring 2026

Marvin Jones

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Fall 2025

Andrew Harris

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Melissa Hayes-Gehrke

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Spring 2025

Marvin Jones

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Past Semesters

Andrew Harris

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Melissa Hayes-Gehrke

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Marvin Jones

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Andrew Harris

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Melissa Hayes-Gehrke

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Arjun Savel

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Andrew Harris

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Melissa Hayes-Gehrke

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Jordan Ealy

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Andrew Harris

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Melissa Hayes-Gehrke

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Eric Yates

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Elizabeth Tarantino

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Include P/F semesters 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 3.51 between 240 students*

A-: 0.83%

A: 60%

A+: 17.5%

B-: 0.42%

B: 7.08%

B+: 2.08%

C: 2.92%

C+: 0.42%

D: 2.08%

F: 1.25%

W: 5.42%

* "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.