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Major Requirements
A student interested in astronomy or astrophysics should enroll in this program. A student interested in planetary astronomy should also consider the astrogeophysics听辫谤辞驳谤补尘.
Required Courses
- MATH 161聽-聽Calculus I
- MATH 163聽-聽Calculus III
- PHYS 131聽-聽Atoms and Waves
- PHYS 201聽-聽Mathematical Methods for Physics
- PHYS 232聽-聽Introduction to Mechanics
- PHYS 233聽-聽Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 334聽-聽Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity
- PHYS 205聽-聽Mathematical Methods of Physics
- ASTR 210聽-聽Intermediate Astronomy and Astrophysics
- ASTR 312聽-聽Astronomical Techniques
One of the Following
- ASTR 414聽-聽Astrophysics
- ASTR 416聽-聽Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy
- ASTR 313聽-聽Planetary Science
Additional Courses
- Two additional astronomy or physics courses at the 300 or 400 level (excluding PHYS 334, PHYS 336, PHYS 392,听PHYS 492, ASTR 312, ASTR 392, and聽ASTR 492)
- PHYS 410聽-聽Advanced Topics and Experiments
Honors
Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the聽Physics and Astronomy聽department page.
Physics and Astronomy department
For more information about the department, including Faculty,听transfer credit, awards, etc.,听please visit the聽Physics and Astronomy department听肠补迟补濒辞驳听辫补驳别.