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AST114 classes

Astronomy classes at UT Austin

UT lists 114 AST classes. 40 have grades since 2011, with a 3.28 average GPA and 42% A’s.

By Sulayman Bowles · Grade data updated

Lower-division classes 39

  1. AST 101LAstronomy Discovery Laboratory1 credit hourCatalog only
  2. AST 301Introduction to Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.2742% A’s
  3. AST 302Self-Paced Introduction to Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  4. AST 103LAstronomical Observations1 credit hour · grades through Fall 20193.6373% A’s
  5. AST 303Introduction to Astronomy with Celestial Observations3 credit hoursCatalog only
  6. AST 104Undergraduate Astronomy Seminar1 credit hour · grades through Fall 20170.000% A’s
  7. AST 307Introductory Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.2039% A’s
  8. AST 309Topics in Astronomy for Nonscience Students3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20153.0731% A’s
  9. AST 309.1Popular Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  10. AST 309CBirth of Stars and Planets3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20243.2331% A’s
  11. AST 309GPopular Astronomy for Nonscience Students3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.3440% A’s
  12. AST 309LSearch for Extraterrestrial Life3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.2742% A’s
  13. AST 309NLives and Deaths of Stars3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.0328% A’s
  14. AST 309PAstronomy in Science Fiction3 credit hoursCatalog only
  15. AST 309QTime and the Cosmos3 credit hoursCatalog only
  16. AST 309RGalaxies, Quasars, and the Universe3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.3046% A’s
  17. AST 309SThe Solar System3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20152.9430% A’s
  18. AST 309TThe Milky Way Galaxy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  19. AST 110CConference Course in Astronomy1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  20. AST 110KTopics in Astronomy Research1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  21. AST 210CConference Course in Astronomy1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  22. AST 210KTopics in Astronomy Research1–3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.8490% A’s
  23. AST 310CConference Course in Astronomy1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  24. AST 310KTopics in Astronomy Research1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  25. AST 111GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects I1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  26. AST 211GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects I1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  27. AST 311GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects I1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  28. AST 112GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects II1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  29. AST 212GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects II1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  30. AST 312GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects II1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  31. AST 119STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  32. AST 219STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  33. AST 319STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  34. AST 419STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  35. AST 519STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  36. AST 619STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  37. AST 719STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  38. AST 819STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  39. AST 919STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only

Upper-division classes 35

  1. AST 321Topics in Current Problems in Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20183.3318% A’s
  2. AST 122GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects Capstone1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  3. AST 222GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects Capstone1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  4. AST 322GGalaxy Evolution - Vertically Integrated Projects Capstone1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  5. AST 324Origins: The Universe, Stars, Planets, and Life3 credit hoursCatalog only
  6. AST 129STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  7. AST 229STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  8. AST 329STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  9. AST 429STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  10. AST 529STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  11. AST 629STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  12. AST 729STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  13. AST 829STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  14. AST 929STopics in Astronomy1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
  15. AST 350LHistory and Philosophy of Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  16. AST 351Astronomical Instrumentation3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20173.5231% A’s
  17. AST 152MStellar Astronomy Laboratory1 credit hour · grades through Fall 20173.2556% A’s
  18. AST 352KStellar Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.5054% A’s
  19. AST 352LPositional, Dynamical, and Kinematical Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  20. AST 353Astrophysics3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.5051% A’s
  21. AST 358Galaxies and the Universe3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.3541% A’s
  22. AST 364SOLAR SYSTEM ASTRONOMYgrades through Fall 2016 · not in UT’s catalog3.0645% A’s
  23. AST 364PPlanetary Systems3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.5653% A’s
  24. AST 367MPhysical Science: Methods of Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  25. AST 175Topics in Astronomy Research1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  26. AST 175CConference Course in Astronomy1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  27. AST 275Topics in Astronomy Research1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  28. AST 275CConference Course in Astronomy1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  29. AST 375Topics in Astronomy Research1–3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20194.00100% A’s
  30. AST 375CConference Course in Astronomy1–3 credit hoursCatalog only
  31. AST 376Special Topics in Advanced Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20203.4643% A’s
  32. AST 376.1Observational Methods in Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  33. AST 376CCosmology3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.3038% A’s
  34. AST 376RA Practical Introduction to Research Methods3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.6771% A’s
  35. AST 379HHonors Tutorial Course3 credit hoursCatalog only

Graduate and professional classes 40

  1. AST 380ERadiative Processes and Radiative Transfer3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.7966% A’s
  2. AST 381Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.7761% A’s
  3. AST 381CGravitational Dynamics3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20153.7765% A’s
  4. AST 381SSeminar in Theoretical Astrophysics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  5. AST 382CAstrophysical Gas Dynamics3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.7254% A’s
  6. AST 382DAstronomical Data Analysis3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.8174% A’s
  7. AST 383Topics in Stellar Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20123.4225% A’s
  8. AST 383CStellar Atmospheres3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.9182% A’s
  9. AST 383DStellar Structure and Evolution3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.8572% A’s
  10. AST 383EOrder of Magnitude Astrophysics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  11. AST 383LSeminar in Planets and Life3 credit hoursCatalog only
  12. AST 383TSeminar in Stellar Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  13. AST 384CComputational Astrophysics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  14. AST 384TCurrent Studies in Astronomy for Teachers3 credit hoursCatalog only
  15. AST 185CConference on Modern Astronomy1 credit hourCatalog only
  16. AST 385Topics in Conference Course3 credit hoursCatalog only
  17. AST 386Topics in Extragalactic Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20233.7767% A’s
  18. AST 386CProperties of Galaxies3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.7256% A’s
  19. AST 386SSeminar in Extragalactic Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  20. AST 389Topics in Dynamical Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  21. AST 390FStars, Planets, and Interstellar Matter Seminar3 credit hoursCatalog only
  22. AST 390GGalaxies and Cosmology Seminar3 credit hoursCatalog only
  23. AST 391Graduate Research in Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  24. AST 392DMathematical Methods of Astrophysics3 credit hoursCatalog only
  25. AST 392ETopics in Optical Techniques in Astronomy3 credit hoursCatalog only
  26. AST 392GObserving Techniques in Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.8882% A’s
  27. AST 392JAstronomical Instrumentation3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20163.6944% A’s
  28. AST 393FSurvey of the Interstellar Medium3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.7754% A’s
  29. AST 393SSeminar in Interstellar Matter3 credit hoursCatalog only
  30. AST 394FFormation of Galaxies and Large-Scale Structure3 credit hoursCatalog only
  31. AST 394PPlanetary Astrophysics3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20223.6750% A’s
  32. AST 395HHigh Redshift Galaxies3 credit hoursCatalog only
  33. AST 396CElements of Cosmology3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.7662% A’s
  34. AST 697Graduate Research Project6 credit hoursCatalog only
  35. AST 398RMaster's Report3 credit hoursCatalog only
  36. AST 398TSupervised Teaching in Astronomy3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.9387% A’s
  37. AST 698Thesis6 credit hoursCatalog only
  38. AST 399WDissertation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
  39. AST 699WDissertation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
  40. AST 999WDissertation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only

How we got this

Class names, credit hours and descriptions come from UT’s Astronomy catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard. We combine every letter grade since Summer 2011, so bigger classes count for more. A’s counts A grades; A− has its own bar on each class page. How the averages are calculated.

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