Fall 2026

Galaxies

Study of the Milky Way's structure and the properties, formation, and observation of nearby and active galaxies.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Christy Tremonti: The workload involves group homework assignments where the instructor is willing to schedule meetings to help, but students should be prepared for a high volume of new information and acronyms.

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ASTRON 200 and (PHYSICS 241, 249,PHYSICS/​E C E 235, or concurrent enrollment)

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Christy Tremonti: Christy Tremonti organizes lecture slides well and helps with group homework, though the class feels random and surface-level with many new acronyms.

CHRISTINA TREMONTI is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Christy Tremonti: Christy Tremonti is a helpful instructor who organizes lecture slides well and supports group work, though the course content can feel random and surface-level with many new acronyms.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.65 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.51 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Christy Tremonti: The workload involves group homework assignments where the instructor is willing to schedule meetings to help, but students should be prepared for a high volume of new information and acronyms.

Historical reviews of Christy Tremonti: Students find the professor super helpful and willing to meet, but note that the class structure can seem random and the information is often surface-level.

Topics

  • Milky Way structure and dynamics
  • Local Group galaxies
  • Galaxy composition, active nuclei, and formation

Skills

  • Observational techniques for galaxies
  • Analysis of galaxy composition, motion, and formation

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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