Astronomy C162

Astronomy C162 is the course on planetary astrophysics. It is a four unit course.

Overview

This class covers all the major topics that people are doing research in planetary sciences. The "planets" in this class is within the solar system. All the objects in the solar system such as inner and outer planets, asteroids, and comets are covered. The class is mainly qualitative.

Prerequisites

Math 53, Math 54, Physics 7A, Physics 7B, Physics 7C

Student Comments

“As taught by Imke, the class can surprise you as you don’t know what you don’t know and it is very easy to get points taken off on homeworks and midterms. Any word questions asking you to describe why something is the way it is, is tricky. The formulas you will encounter in the class are tricky as well since you need to be aware of what those variables are. There are weekly problem sets and 2 midterms. No final exam because there is a term project where you do research on any solar system astrophysics topic you came up.” – Andrew Hsu, undergraduate physics/astrophysics