ASTR300

Stars and Stellar Systems

Prerequisite: ASTR100 or ASTR101; and completion of the CORE Distributive Studies requirement in Mathematics and Sciences or General Education Fundamental Studies requirement in Mathematics. Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Designed primarily for non-science majors. Study of stars-types, properties, evolution, and distribution in space; supernovae, pulsars, and black holes.

Spring 2026

Timothy Livengood

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Spring 2025

Timothy Livengood

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Past Semesters

Douglas Hamilton

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Timothy Livengood

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Marvin Jones

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Marvin Jones

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Konstantinos Kalapotharakos

8 reviews
Average rating: 2.13

Alan Peel

0 reviews
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A Surjalal Sharma

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Grace Deming

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Massimo Ricotti

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Melissa Hayes-Gehrke

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A Sharma

5 reviews
Average rating: 1.80

Rob Olling

0 reviews
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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 2.85 between 1,058 students*

A-: 15.03%

A: 11.63%

A+: 4.44%

B-: 8.7%

B: 18.34%

B+: 14.93%

C-: 3.21%

C: 6.9%

C+: 4.44%

D-: 0.66%

D: 1.89%

D+: 0.66%

F: 1.32%

W: 6.14%

other: 1.7%

* "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.