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AMY BARGER

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Raw average: 3.13/5 from 54 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Simply, "meh." Class is a little more physics intensive than I expected as someone who has never taken an astro class, though that is to be expected. Not a lot of actual math you have to do, but you have to have a strong conceptual understanding of the physics. It's not the world's best class, but if you need a QR or a natural sciences, take it.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
The class is straight forward and interesting, but she goes pretty fast. 3 midterms no final exam all online and can take anywhere between 9 to 1. do quizzes in lecture, but online/ can retake or wait till she puts answer on the board. In discussion had 4 projects all "group" projects. They honestly didn't connect to class content and were hard.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
HORRIBLE. have never had a worse professor. everything you learn in lecture has nothing to do with the readings, which has nothing to do with the homework, and the homework has nothing to do with the section work. is basically is a figure out yourself with barely any guidance. The exam questions have nothing to do what is taught in lecture.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof Barger is super sweet and is obviously very passionate about astronomy. Her lectures can be a little dry sometimes, but lecture slides were always posted on canvas. The weekly homework is super important and helps a lot in getting ready for the midterms and tests. Also, the honors optional assignments were 3-4 easy, 1 page papers.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Amy is clearly knowledgeable and passionate about her field, but this didn't help her teach an intro-level class. She went through lectures way too fast and went into details far beyond a beginner's level (and what tests covered). Group projects were assigned that were equally complicated and in-depth, without helping you understand the essentials.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Barger is clearly very knowledgable in her field, but this often made her lectures hard to understand. She went through them very quickly and rarely ever elaborated beyond what was on her slides. Discussions section activities and groups projects had little to no relevance to course content and it felt pointless to go. Exams were online.
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Classes with AMY BARGER

ASTRON 990

Research and Thesis

1–12 credits

ASTRON 990 is a research and thesis course providing advanced mentored reading and research opportunities for graduate students.

No offering record · Spring 2026

Zoe ToddThomas Beatty+13 more

No recorded grade history

PHYSICS 990

Research

1–12 credits

PHYSICS 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.

No offering record · Spring 2026

Pupa GilbertKeith Bechtol+48 more

No recorded grade history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2026PHYSICS 990Research
Fall 2025ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2025PHYSICS 990Research
Spring 2025ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2024ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2024ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2023ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2023ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2022ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2022ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2021ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2021ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2020ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2020ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2020ASTRON 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2020ASTRON 692Senior Thesis
Spring 2020ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2020ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2019ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2019ASTRON 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2019ASTRON 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2019ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2019ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2019ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2019ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2018ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2018ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2018ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2018ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2018ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2017ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2017ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2017ASTRON 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2017ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2017ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2016ASTRON 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2016ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2016ASTRON 735Observational Cosmology
Fall 2016ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2016ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2016ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2015ASTRON 150Topics in Astronomy
Fall 2015ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2014ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2013ASTRON 150Topics in Astronomy
Fall 2013ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2013ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2012ASTRON 735Observational Cosmology
Fall 2012ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2012ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2011ASTRON 103The Evolving Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Fall 2011ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2011ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2010ASTRON 735Observational Cosmology
Fall 2010ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2010ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2009ASTRON 150Topics in Astronomy
Fall 2009ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2009ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2008ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2008ASTRON 735Observational Cosmology
Fall 2008ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2008ASTRON 692Senior Thesis
Spring 2008ASTRON 699Directed Study
Spring 2008ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2007ASTRON 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2007ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2007ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2007ASTRON 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2006ASTRON 699Directed Study
Fall 2006ASTRON 735Observational Cosmology
Fall 2006ASTRON 990Research and Thesis

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