Undergraduate Astronomy Degree Requirements |
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B.S. IN ASTRONOMY (36 UNITS) |
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B.S. in Astronomy automatically obtains a Physics Minor. A total of 120 units (42 upper division) are required to graduate. |
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Course No. |
Units |
Course Title |
Semester(s) Offered |
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ASTR 250 |
3 |
Fundamentals of Astronomy |
Fall/Spring |
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ASTR 300A |
3 |
Astronomy and Astrophysics I (Gravity and Mechanics) |
Fall |
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ASTR 300B |
3 |
Astronomy and Astrophysics II (Radiation and Matter) |
Spring |
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ASTR 302 |
3 |
Introduction to Observational Astronomy |
Spring |
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PHYS 305 |
3 |
Computational Physics |
Fall/Spring |
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PHYS 321 |
3 |
Theoretical Mechanics I |
Fall/Spring |
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PHYS 331 |
3 |
Electricity & Magnetism I |
Fall/Spring |
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PHYS 371 |
3 |
Quantum Theory I |
Fall/Spring |
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ASTR 400A |
3 |
Theoretical Astrophysics I: Stellar (writing emphasis) |
Fall |
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ASTR 400B |
3 |
Theoretical Astrophysics II: Galactic and Extragalactic |
Spring |
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PHYS 426 |
3 |
Thermal Physics |
Fall/Spring |
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ASTR 492/8/9(H)1 |
3 |
Research Project (or Honors Thesis) |
Fall/Spring/Summer |
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1 3 units of either 492 (Directed Research; for a letter grade), 498H (Senior Capstone; letter grade) or |
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499 (Independent Study; pass/fail). ASTR 499H (letter grade) may also be taken for Honors credit. |
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Gen Ed Requirements: 4 Exploring Perspectives courses (1 each of Artist, Social Scientist, and Natural Scientist |
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2 semesters of a foreign language are required (if not tested out of). |
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Astrophysics Relevant Upper Division Electives |
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Astronomy & Planetary Science Electives: |
Optics Electives: |
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ASTR 485 |
3 |
Radio Astronomy |
OPTI 310/330 |
3,3 |
Physical Optics I/II |
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ASTR 488 |
3 |
Astrochemistry |
PHYS 320 |
3 |
Optics |
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PTYS 403 |
3 |
Physics of Solar System |
ASTR 416 |
3 |
Ast. Optics (Detect Exoplanets) |
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PTYS 407 |
3 |
Chemistry of Solar System |
ASTR 428 |
3 |
Adaptive Optics |
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PTYS 411 |
3 |
Geophysics of Solar System |
Astrobiology Electives: |
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PTYS 416 |
3 |
Comets, Asteroids, Kupier Belt |
MCB 315 |
3 |
Quantitative Biology |
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PTYS 442 |
3 |
Mars |
ASTR 475 |
3 |
Planetary Astrobiology |
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PTYS 450 |
3 |
Origin of Planetary Systems |
GEOS 484 |
3 |
Evol. of Earth & Biosphere |
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Statistics & Computing Electives: |
Instrumentation Electives: |
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ISTA 421 |
3 |
Intro Machine Learning |
PHYS 381/382/481 |
2,2,2 |
Experimental Phys. I/II/III |
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MATH 363 |
3 |
Intro to Stat. Methods |
PHYS 405 |
3 |
Digital Electronics |
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ASTR 418 |
3 |
Instrumentation & Stats |
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Math Electives (see catalog for complete list): |
PHYS 460 |
3 |
Solid State Physics |
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MATH 313 |
3 |
!! Linear Algebra |
Physics Electives (see catalog for complete list): |
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MATH 424 |
3 |
Theory of Complex Variables |
PHYS 332 |
3 |
E&M II |
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MATH 454 |
3 |
ODEs & Stability Theory |
PHYS 450 |
3 |
Nuclear Physics |
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MATH 456 |
3 |
Applied Partial Diffy Q |
PHYS 469 |
3 |
Intro General Relativity |
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MATH 475A/B |
3,3 |
Numerical Analysis I/II |
PHYS 472 |
3 |
Quantum Theory II |
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!! = The MATH Minor requires MATH 313 (or 310) plus one MATH 3/400 level minor elective. |
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