Prerequisite to General Relativity/Cosmology Undergad course

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Hello, If anyone could help me with the prerequitisetes for an undergraduate General Relativity and Cosmology course I will enroll into, It will be much appreciated.
The syllabus is the following(sorry for the rough translation):

-Review of Special Relativity
-Spacetime in GR
-Geodesics
-Energy-momentum tensor
-Riemann Curvature Tensor
-Einstein Equation
-Schwarzschild Solution
-GR tests
-Black Holes: Schwarzschild and Kerr
-Hawking Radiation
-Gravitational radiation
-Gravitons
-Robertson-Walker metric
-Friedman models
-Event Horizon
-Big Bang
-Dark Matter
Astrophysics: Hydrostatic balance of stars, temperature, Brightness, Giant stars, White dwarfs, Neutron stars, Pulsars, Supernovae
 
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You may find it easiest to talk to your professor and see what knowledge they assume you have.
 
Dishsoap said:
You may find it easiest to talk to your professor and see what knowledge they assume you have.
Sadly, the professor is out of reach at the moment.
 
Joker93 said:
Sadly, the professor is out of reach at the moment.

Maybe talk to another professor in the department who is familiar with the class. Are there no prerequisites listed on the syllabus or "course catalog"?
 
Dishsoap said:
Maybe talk to another professor in the department who is familiar with the class. Are there no prerequisites listed on the syllabus or "course catalog"?
Sadly no.
 
Sadly, my advisor does not know at the moment because he has no way to reach the professor teaching it and he did not teach it for many years