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Astrophysics Minor

Astrophysics Minor Requirements

Electives

Choose one course from the following:

ASTR 324Radio Astronomy

3
ASTR 399Special Topics

1-6
ASTR 403Astrophysical Instrumentation and Payloads

3
ASTR 431Space Plasma Physics

3
ASTR 460High Energy Astrophysics

3
ESS 303Planetary Geology

3
PHYS 350Nuclear Science

4
PHYS 399Special Class

1-6
PHYS 412Light and Physical Optics

3
Total Credit Hours:3-4

Core Requirements

ASTR 125Astronomical and Physics Methods to Explore the Universe

3
ASTR 130Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology

3
ASTR 311Astrophysics I: Stars and Stellar Evolution

3
ASTR 312Astrophysics II: Galaxies and Cosmology

3
PHYS 231Engineering Physics I

5
PHYS 232Engineering Physics II

5
MATH 175Calculus I

4
MATH 275Calculus II

4
Total Credit Hours:30

Total Credit Hours: 33-34

Note: Students in the Physics Area - Astrophysics Track may not add the Astrophysics minor to their program.