Astrophysics. Academic Program Description
A program that focuses on the theoretical and observational study of the structure, properties, and behavior of stars, star systems and clusters, stellar life cycles, and related phenomena. Includes instruction in cosmology, plasma kinetics, stellar physics, convolution and non-equilibrium radiation transfer theory, non-Euclidean geometries, mathematical modeling, galactic structure theory, and relativistic astronomy. (Moved from 40.0301)
Related Occupations
- Astronomers
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Physicists
Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Agnes Scott College
- Barnard College
- Boston University
- California Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Colgate University
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Connecticut College
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Iowa State University
- Lehigh University
- Michigan State University
- Ohio University-Main Campus
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway
- Swarthmore College
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of California-Los Angeles
- University of California-Santa Cruz
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus
- University of North Texas
- University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Wellesley College
- Williams College