ASTRO 3302

Global toggle of class tabs

Links for textbooks and Cornell Store open in new tab.

ASTRO 3302

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course covers the formation and birth of stars, their lives on the main sequence and their evolution of the main sequence to their final end-states as white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisites:   Completed (or be co-registered in) PHYS 2214 or PHYS 2218, and completed MATH 1120 or MATH 1920. Additional physics and mathematics will be covered as needed in class. There are no Astronomy prerequisites.

Distribution Category (PBS-AS, PHS-AS)

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17128 ASTRO 3302   LEC 001