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major: Astronomy

Degree: Bachelor of Science (BS) 2025-2026

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Prerequisites (28 credits)

CHEMISTRY REQUIREMENT:
CHM 2045/2045L General Chemistry I and Lab (4 credits)
Acceptable substitutes: (CHMX040 and CHMX041) or CHMX045C
Students must complete Introduction to Chemistry, CHM1025/L with a "C" or higher to take Chemistry I
CHM 2046/2046L General Chemistry II and Lab (4 credits)
Acceptable substitute: CHMX046C

MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENT:
MAC2311 (GM) Calculus I (4 Credits)
Prerequisite: MAC 1147 (Students must complete MAC1105 and Trig or Pre Calc with a "C" or higher to take Calc I)
Acceptable substitute: MACX281
MAC2312 (GM) Calculus II (4 Credits)
Prerequisite: MAC 2311
Acceptable substitute: MACX282
MAC2313 (GM) Calculus III (4 Credits)
Prerequisite: MAC 2312
Acceptable substitute: MACX283

PHYSICS REQUIREMENT:
PHY 2048C Calculus-based Physics I (4 credits)
Prerequisites: PHY1028 Introduction to Physics and MAC2311 Calculus I
Corequisites: MAC2312
PHY 2049 Calculus-based Physics II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: PHY 2048C and MAC2312
PHY 2049L Calculus-based Physics II Lab (1 credit)

Core Requirements (15 credits)

Courses must be taken in prerequisite order. Electronic approval for courses requiring prerequisites must be obtained each registration. Grades of C or above must be earned in all core requirements.

COP2220 Programming I (3 Credits)
PHY1024 Exploring Majoring in Physics (1 Credit)
PHY3101 Modern Physics (3 Credits)
PHY3101L Modern Physics Lab (1 Credit)                                                         
PHZ3113C Mathematical Physics (4 Credits)
PHY4802L Advanced Physics Laboratory (1 Credits)
PHY4910 Physics Research and Seminar 1 (1 Credit)
PHY4911 Physics Research and Seminar 2 (1 Credit)

Major Requirements (26 credits)

Courses must be taken in prerequisite order. Electronic approval for courses requiring prerequisites must be obtained each registration. Grades of C or above must be earned in all major requirements.

AST3204 Stellar Astronomy (4 Credits)
AST3113 Planetary Systems (4 Credits)
AST3303 Galactic Astronomy (4 Credits)
AST3414 Cosmology (4 Credits)
COP3503 Programming II (3 credits)
CAP3784 Introduction to Data Analytics (3 credits) (Spring Term only) 
STA3163 (GM) Statistical Methods I (4 Credits)

Major Electives (9-12 credits)

Select 3 courses from the following, at least 2 courses of which must have a prefix of CAP, CAI, CIS, COP, COT, or STA.  Grades of C or above must be earned in all major electives.

CIS3253 Legal and Ethical Issues in Computing (3 Credits)
COT3100 Comp Structures (3 Credits)
COP3703 Introduction to Databases (3 Credits)
CAP4770 Data Mining (3 Credits)
COP3530 Data Structures (3 Credits)
CAP4630 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3 Credits)
COT4400 Algorithms (3 Credits)
COT4111 Computational Structures II (3 credits)
CAI4105 Machine Learning (3 credits)
COT4560 Applied Graph Theory (3 credits)
MAS3105 Linear Algebra (4 credits)
MAP4231 Operations Research (3 credits)
STA3164 Statistical Methods II (3 Credits)
STA4321 Probability and Statistics (4 Credits)
STA4202 Design of Experiments
STA4502 Non-parametric Methods in Statistics (3 credits)
STA4504 Categorical Data Analysis (3 credits)
STA4664 Statistical Quality Control (3 credits)
STA4852 Statistical Techniques for Time Series and Forecasts (3 credits)
PHY4523 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (4 Credits)
PHY4320 Electricity and Magnetism (4 Credits)
PHY3220 Classical Mechanics (4 Credits)
PHY3424C Optics with Laboratory (4 Credits)
PHY3722C Electronics for Scientists (4 Credits)

Free Electives (7-10 credits)

This degree requires a minimum of 120 total hours with 48 upper (3000/4000) level hours. Free electives may be courses in any discipline (provided the required prerequisites are met) and they are the hours needed to satisfy the total hour requirement. These hours may vary (consult your advisor about free elective hours needed to graduate).