Study progress

To complete the Bachelor’s programme you need to pass all compulsory courses, earn enough credits from common compulsory elective courses, pass the exam in English for specific purposes, complete compulsory physical education and write a Bachelor’s thesis.

Compulsory and elective courses by semester

Most elective courses are not tied to a particular semester (although completing certain compulsory courses first may be recommended), and all listed elective courses are open to both astrophysics and general physics students.

Bachelor’s study

Other compulsory courses

You also need to pass compulsory courses that are not tied to a specific semester. These are F4170 Didactics of Astronomy (taught every other year), F6060 Programming exam, F3080 Introduction to Stellar Physics and F4190 Introduction to the Physics of Stellar Systems. Courses F3080 and F4190 have prerequisites, i.e. courses that must be completed before enrolling in them.
To prepare for the programming exam you can take elective courses, e.g. F4500 Python for Physicists, F1420 Introduction to Programming in Python, or the course IB113 Introduction to Programming and Algorithms, taught at the Faculty of Informatics.

Other elective courses

Other elective courses include, for example, F8582 Practical Astrophysics – Advanced Methods (taught every other year), F4175 Astrophotography (taught every other year), F3160 Introduction to the Solar System (taught every other year), F5540 Variable Stars (taught every other year), F3423 Basic Mathematical Methods in Physics 3 (taught every year).
Courses that can be taken repeatedly include F7888 Cosmotea (autumn semester; for the spring semester F8888 Cosmotea), department and astronomy seminar.

English for specific purposes exam

As mentioned above, you need to pass the English for specific purposes exam: JA001 English for Specific Purposes – Exam. To prepare for this exam you can take the elective courses JAF01 English for Physicists I and JAF02 English for Physicists II. The exam can also be recognised from previous study; more information here.

Master’s study

Other compulsory courses

Compulsory courses also include F7567 Structure and Kinematics of Galaxies (astrophysics), which is taught every other year. 

Elective courses for Bachelor’s and Master’s study

In both Bachelor’s and Master’s study you can take F9878 Student Physics Seminar (in Bachelor’s study credit requires attendance, in Master’s study a poster), F2130 Physics in Living Nature.