ASTR615

Computational Astrophysics

Restriction: Permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Jointly offered w ith ASTR415. Credit only granted for: ASTR415 and ASTR615. Introduction to computational techniques used in astrophysical research. Topics include modern high performance computer architectures, scientific visualization and data analysis, and detailed descriptions of numerical algorithms for the solution to a wide range of mathematical systems important in astrophysics.

Spring 2025

Derek Richardson

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Past Semesters

Massimo Ricotti

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Derek Richardson

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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 3.70 between 103 students*

A-: 30.1%

A: 33.98%

A+: 18.45%

B-: 1.94%

B: 5.83%

B+: 5.83%

F: 0.97%

W: 0.97%

other: 1.94%

* "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.