Astronomy. Academic Program Description
A general program that focuses on the planetary, galactic, and stellar phenomena occurring in outer space. Includes instruction in celestial mechanics, cosmology, stellar physics, galactic evolution, quasars, stellar distribution and motion, interstellar medium, atomic and molecular constituents of astronomical phenomena, planetary science, solar system evolution, and specific methodologies such as optical astronomy, radioastronomy, and theoretical astronomy.
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Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Amherst College
- Barnard College
- Benedictine College
- Boston University
- Brigham Young University
- Bryn Mawr College
- Cabrillo College
- Case Western Reserve University
- Central Michigan University
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Cornell University
- Crafton Hills College
- Dartmouth College
- Drake University
- Eastern University
- El Camino Community College District
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Fullerton College
- Georgia State University
- Harvard University
- Haverford College
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- Lehigh University
- Lycoming College
- Monterey Peninsula College
- Moorpark College
- Mount Holyoke College
- New Mexico State University-Main Campus
- Northern Arizona University
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Palomar College
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
- Rice University
- Saddleback College
- San Bernardino Valley College
- San Diego City College
- San Diego State University
- Smith College
- Southwestern College
- Swarthmore College
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Union College
- University of Arizona
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of California-Los Angeles
- University of California-Santa Cruz
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of Hawaii at Hilo
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Iowa
- University of Kansas Main Campus
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
- University of Southern California
- University of Toledo-Main Campus
- University of Virginia-Main Campus
- University of Washington - Seattle
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Vassar College
- Villanova University
- Wesleyan University
- Wheaton College
- Whitman College
- Williams College
- Yale University
- Youngstown State University