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Course Enrollment Guide

There are two important sites related to enrollment at Berkeley:

You have until the end of the third week of classes to set your course enrollment for the semester. It's helpful for the professors if you enroll sooner rather than later, however.

Unless you have made arrangements otherwise, you need to enroll in AY C202, 290A, and 300 (if you are GSIing). You should be enrolled in at least 12 units of classes. The usual way to achieve this is to take the aforementioned classes, one further “real” graduate class (204, 218, or 250) and a seminar or two. You can also increase the number of units for 300 to fulfill the 12 unit requirement. The seminar courses have no requirements beyond your attendance at the weekly meetings. If you're going to be doing research in the fall and would like to sign up for research credits, you can inquire with Dexter to get the CCN for your research adviser.

Astronomy Courses of Interest, Fall 2011

Number Title Instructor Location Meeting Times Frequency Units CCN
C202 Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Quataert B1 TR 2-3:30 Yearly 4 06159
204 Numerical Techniques in Astronomy Heiles B1 MW 2-3:30 Two years 3 06397
218 Stellar Dynamics & Galactic Structure Blitz B1 TR 11-12:30 Yearly 3 06157
250 Planetary Dynamics and Formation Chiang 401 McCone Hall F 1-4 One-time 3 06418
290A Intro. to Current Research de Pater B1 T 4-5 Yearly 1 06166
300 Instruction Techniques Lee, Jones TBD TBD Yearly 2 ?

Seminar Courses

These are offered every semester.

Number Title Location Meeting Time Units CCN
C285 TAC Seminar B5 M 12-1 1 06163
C290C Cosmology Seminar B5 Tu 1-2 2 06169
292 Journal Club B5 F 12-1 1-2 06172
292 Theory Lunch B1 W 12-1 1-2 06175
292 Radio Lunch B1 M 11:30-12:30 1-2 06178
292 SPI seminar B5 M 3-4 1-2 06181
292 PIRATES (radio astro. working group) D29D W 1-4 1-2 06187
292 Filippenko Group Lunch Lounge W 12-1 1-2 ?