Astronomy Minor

Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy
Location: Sundquist Science Complex, B332
Phone: 931-221-6116
Website: www.apsu.edu/physics/

The Astronomy Minor is designed to appeal to students outside the sciences, but can also be paired with a physics major for students wishing to pursue astrophysics in graduate school.

Required Courses

ASTR 1010 - Planetary Astronomy 3 /ASTR 1011 1 (lab)
ASTR 1020 - Stellar Astronomy 3 /ASTR 1021 1 (lab)
ASTR 3030 - Observational Methods 2 / ASTR 3031 2 (lab)

Total Hours 12

Minor Guided Electives

Select six (6) credit hours from the list below

ASTR 3010 - History of Astronomy 3
ASTR 3020 - Cosmology 3
ASTR 3040 - Astrobiology 3
ASTR 3500 - Astrophotography 1
ASTR 3501 - Astrophotography Lab 2
ASTR 4150 - Special Topics in Astronomy 1 to 3
ASTR 4950 - Independent Study in Astronomy 1 to 3

Astronomy Minor

Required Courses

Total Hours 12

Minor Guided Electives

Total Hours 6

Total Minor Hours 18