The Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy provides a traditional liberal arts education with a solid set of core courses in astronomy.

Please refer to the BA Astronomy Planner for a suggested sequence of courses.
Note that many courses are offered only in the fall or only in the spring.

Astronomy requirements:

• Each of:

  PHY 1420 – General Physics I

  PHY 1430 – General Physics II

  PHY 2350 – Modern Physics

  PHY 2360 – Mathematical and Computational Physics

  PHY 2455 – Foundations of Astronomy

  PHY 3320 – Intermediate Classical Mechanics

  PHY 3350 – Topics in Astronomy

  PHY 3455 – Observational Astronomy

  PHY 4150 – Instructional Observing

  PHY 4350 – Introduction to Stellar Structure and Evolution

  PHY 4351 – Introduction to Modern Cosmology

  PHY 4001 – Exit Exam

(Each course must apply to a major in its department.)

• Chemistry (three semester hours)
• Computer science (three semester hours)
• MTH 1321, 1322, 2311, 2321, 3325, and 3326