ASTR 127Stars from Birth to Death
Astronomy · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
In-depth exploration into lives and deaths of stars. Covers production of energy and physics of stellar interiors and atmospheres. Topics include star formation, variability and evolution. Includes significant exploration of nuclear physics and advanced stages of fusion. Covers properties and formation of stellar remnants from white dwarfs to black holes.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 81, 115, 117.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
ASTR 127
- ASTR 81Fundamentals of Astrophysics
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 1Precalculus
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- ASTR 115Introduction to Galactic Astronomy
- ASTR 117Introduction to Extragalactic Astrophysics
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 22 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.