Astronomy, B.A.

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Requirements for the Interdepartmental Major:

Students taking physics or astronomy as part of an 8-6 or 8-4-4 interdepartmental major program can choose from either a conceptual or a calculus track. Suitable choices of courses numbered in the 50s, as well as independent study courses 495-498, can count toward the conceptual track ID major (such as Arts and Physics or Physics and Society). Suitable choices of courses numbered 100 or greater can count toward a calculus track ID major (such as Computational Physics, Biophysics, Geophysics, Environmental or Chemical Physics). For any of these ID majors, a written proposal must be submitted by the student, in consultation with their faculty advisor, for approval by the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Requirements for Secondary School Certification:

PSY 246 , EDS 500A, EDS 500B, and at least one year of a foreign language. Physics requirements are identical to those of the physics major. All science majors are encouraged to seek certification in more than one science. To become certified in a second science requires a full major in the second science. Those wishing to become certified in general science must include at least two courses each from the areas of biology (BIO 110 (102) and BIO 112 (101)), chemistry (CHM 101 and CHM 102 or CHEM 110), and earth science (any geology course or AST 100 ).

Requirements for the Leadership in Medicine Program:

Students in the Leadership in Medicine program whose science emphasis is in physics should take the following seven courses: PHY 110 , PHY 111 (both already core courses), PHY 122 , PHY 123 , PHY 200 , PHY 210 , and one additional 200- or 300-level physics course or PHY 490 or PHY 495 . Students with AP credit for PHY 110 (and PHY 111 ) should take one additional physics elective (and one additional math course) in consultation with their physics advisor.