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Course Enrollment Guide

There are two important sites related to enrollment at Berkeley:

You may also take a look at the department website:

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 C207, 290A, and 375 (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 (218 or a 250) and a seminar or two. Note that the “Ethics” class is more like a seminar than a “real” graduate class; it's certainly not prelim-able. You can also increase the number of units for 375 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 2015

Number Title Instructor Location Meeting Times Frequency Units CCN
C207 Radiation Processes in Astronomy Parsons 131A? TuTh 2:00-3:30 Yearly 4 06062
C228 Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology White 131A F 1:00-4:00 Yearly 3 06065
C252 Stellar Structure and Evolution Quataert 131B TuTh 10:00-11:30 Irregular 3 06070
290A Intro. to Current Research Basri? 131A T 4-5 Yearly 1 06074
375 Instruction Techniques (physics, mandatory for GSIs) Spike 385 Le Conte W 4:00-6:00 or F 2:00-4:00 Yearly 2 70176 or 70179

Seminar Courses

These are offered every semester. Some of these are in flux, and others are not listed on Telebears this year.

Number Title Location Meeting Time Units CCN
C285 TAC Seminar 131A M 12-1 1 06071
C290C Cosmology Seminar 131A Tu 1-2 2 06077
292 Thurs Lunch 131A Th 12:30-2 1-2 06080
292 GalForm 501B Tu 3-4 1-2 06083
292 Planet/Star Formation (PSF) Seminar 131A W 3-4 1 06095