Has anybody taken this course? I'm thinking of taking it as an elective. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

I took this course in my second year, and I can tell you that I didn't expect to enjoy it, since I have no real interest in Planetary astronomy.

But, it ended up being one of my favourite courses that year. Planetary astronomy is full of fascinating stories of weird things, failures and successes. They should step you through each of the planets and major features in our solar system, along with a bit of the history of the study of the planets.

I would take the math/physics requirements for this course seriously though, when I took it, the prof (Dr. Reid) liked to put your problem solving skills to the test via assignments. The assignments were tougher than the final in my opinion, but that's usually the way I like my courses.

I'd definitly recomend it.

Oooo I really wanted to take that course especially with Dr. Reid but PHYSICS 1L03 doesn't count as a prereq, only 1B03. :( I should've just taken 1B03... >.<

yeahh i totally agree with you jachill - i wanted to take this course in second year but i'm taking the life sciences physcis and math so yeahh...i can't :(

Ah, we fail. :(

Is there any way you'd be able to take the course with special permission if you took Math 1LS3? Maybe if you got a 10-12 marks wise?

Math 1LS3 does cover the Math 1A03 prerequisite if your final mark is 10 or greater. Math 1LS3 = Math 1A03, if your mark is 10+.

You wouldn't need special permission or anything, as long as you have the other prereqs covered.