These guides provide options to review how BU Astronomy courses meet CAS Divisional Studies requirements or BU Hub unit requirements.

 
By Course: The undergraduate courses charts outline which CAS Divisional Studies and/or BU Hub units BU undergraduate Astronomy courses may satisfy, by course.

By Hub Unit: To review which Astronomy courses satisfy specific BU Hub units, organized by Hub unit, go to the Astronomy Hub Units section.
 

 

Astronomy Courses by Course Number

    Courses for Non-Science Majors
    Primarily intended for students not concentrating in one of the natural sciences.
    Course CAS Divisional
    Studies Credit    		 BU Hub Areas
    AS 100: Cosmic Controversies Yes, without Lab – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    – Teamwork/Collaboration
    AS 101: The Solar System Yes, with Lab – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    – Critical Thinking
    AS 102: The Astronomical Universe Yes, with Lab – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    – Teamwork/Collaboration
    AS 105: Alien Worlds Yes, without Lab Eff. Fall 2018:
    – Historical Consciousness
    – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Critical Thinking
    Eff. Fall 2024:
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Critical Thinking
    AS 107: Life Beyond Earth –
    A Consideration of
    Extraterrestrial
    Civilizations    		 Yes, without Lab – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    AS 109: Cosmology Yes, without Lab – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    – Critical Thinking

 

    Courses for Science Majors
    Primarily intended for students concentrating in one of the natural sciences.
    Course CAS Divisional
    Studies Credit    		 BU Hub Areas
    AS 202: Principles of Astronomy I Yes, with Lab – Scientific Inquiry I
    – Quantitative Reasoning I
    – Critical Thinking
    AS 203: Principles of Astronomy II Yes, with Lab – Scientific Inquiry II
    – Quantitative Reasoning II
    – Critical Thinking
    AS 311: Planetary Physics – – Scientific Inquiry II
    – Digital/Multimedia Expression
    – Teamwork/Collaboration
    AS 312: Stellar and Galactic Astrophysics – Eff. Fall 2019:
    – Scientific Inquiry II
    – Quantitative Reasoning II
    – Teamwork/Collaboration
    Eff. Fall 2020:
    – Scientific Inquiry II
    – Quantitative Reasoning II
    – Creativity/Innovation
    AS 401/402: Honors Work in Astronomy – –
    AS 413: Extragalactic Astrophysics and Cosmology – – Historical Consciousness
    – Research and Information Literacy
    AS 414: Solar and Space Physics – – Oral and/or Signed Communication
    – Historical Consciousness
    – Research and Information Literacy
    AS 441: Observational Astronomy – – Oral and/or Signed Communication
    – Writing-Intensive Course
    – Research and Information Literacy
    AS 491/492: Directed Study in Astronomy – –


 

Astronomy Courses by BU Hub Unit Area