Intro to Astronomy

We recommend students have earned at least a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent. You must be 13 or older and willing to commit yourself academically to enroll in our courses. Students attempting Outlier courses should be ready for the academic rigor of college-level coursework. Be sure to pick the right Outlier courses for both your ability and your long-term goals.

In addition, you'll need Wi-Fi and a laptop or desktop computer. (You can stream lectures in our iPhone app, but you'll need a computer to complete the rest of your courses.)

When you Audit an Outlier course, it simply means you’re taking the course without the expectation of earning credits or impacting your college transcript. You will not receive a grade, a transcript, nor credits, and will not be participating in exams.

Audit Path is ideal for:

-High school students who are looking to add sparkle to their college applications, or learn more about a subject, but wish to avoid the burden of impacting their permanent records.

-Lifelong learners who want to take a serious course but aren’t interested in receiving grades or college credits.

Audit Path includes:

-Lifetime access. Your course will never expire.

-Access to all course materials (except midterms and final exams).

-Access to our Student Success team to ensure you’re still reaching your learning goals.

Audit Path makes you exempt from the following:

-Quizzes (though Auditing students can still participate)

-Midterm finals/grade

-Final exams/grade

If Auditing sounds right for you, after registering for your course, simply email us at success@outlier.org and let us know you’d like to go the Audit path. Note: You must contact us with this request before the drop deadline for your course.

Tutoring sessions will be scheduled to maximize compatibility with students’ schedules and availability. Exams and writing assignments (when applicable) are each open to take for a set window of time (usually several days); however, all other course materials are available to you from the time the course opens through the end of the final exam window.

If you have a request for reasonable disability accommodations, contact support@outlier.org. Please include specifics regarding the accommodation you are seeking. Additionally, if you have a disability accommodations letter from a school you are currently attending, you may send that to us as well.

Outlier is committed to ensuring that learners with accessibility needs have equal opportunity to succeed in our courses.

Yes, and it was hard. Our instructors did extraordinary things like set up their own cinematography equipment and converted garages into sets, all while staying safe and careful.

A huge thanks to the team and our instructors for this massive effort. It shows how much we all care about making these courses.