The Interstellar Medium
Study of the interstellar medium, covering properties of interstellar gas, clouds, dust, and related physical processes.
Summary
Historical reviews of Ke Zhang: Workload includes tough weekly homework and midterms. One review notes open-book exams, while another describes a difficult final project and a strict grading scale.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapASTRON 200 and (PHYSICS 241, 249,PHYSICS/E C E 235, or concurrent enrollment)
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Ke Zhang: Ke Zhang is knowledgeable but her lectures can be dry. She enforces strict attendance and grading standards, with tough weekly homework and difficult assessments.
KE ZHANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Ke Zhang: Ke Zhang is knowledgeable but delivers dry lectures. Reviewers disagree on the final assessment: one cites a final exam, while another reports a difficult final project instead.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.41 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.39 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.50 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Ke Zhang: Workload includes tough weekly homework and midterms. One review notes open-book exams, while another describes a difficult final project and a strict grading scale.
Historical reviews of Ke Zhang: Lectures can be dry. One review mandates TopHat attendance with limited absences, while another does not mention attendance requirements.
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Grades
Latest available · Fall 2024— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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Through Fall 2024
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Model & dataset provenance
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