A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Physics & Astronomy
- Catalog edition
- 0076
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The mission of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Barnard College is to provide students with an understanding of the basic laws of nature, and a foundation in the fundamental concepts of classical and quantum physics, and modern astronomy and astrophysics. Majors are offered in physics, astronomy, or in interdisciplinary fields such as, astrophysics, biophysics, or chemical physics. The goal of the department is to provide students (majors and non-majors) with quality instruction and prepare them for various post-graduate career options, including graduate study in physics and/or astronomy, professional careers in science, technology, education, or applied fields, as well health-related professions. The department strives to be a source of distinguished women scientists. The faculty in the department maintain NSF or NASA-sponsored active research programs that involve undergraduate students. All majors engage in at least one summer of independent research that is often continued during the semester, or the following summer. Students may also carry out their research at other institutions nationally, through NSF-REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) programs. Students are required to present the results of their research in the annual departmental “Senior Talks,” held in May.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 189097
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_189097_e892cd7b
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Requirements for the Astronomy Major
major core · 4 items
- As published: “MECHANICS - LECTURE LAB *”4.5
- As published: “ELECTRICITY＆MAGNETISM-LEC LAB *”4.5
- As published: “CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE LAB *”5
- ASTR UN2001& ASTR UN2002INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS Iand INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS IINot resolved to a course6
Students are required to take four 3000-level ASTR or PHYS courses, and selected so that at least six total points of 3000-level lecture classes are ASTR courses. Of those four 3000-level course, at least one should be
1 item
- 3.00
or
1 item
- 3
Some of the ASTR courses offered in recent years include:
15 items
- 3.00
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “General Relativity, Black Holes, and Cosmology”3
- As published: “MECHANICS - LECTURE LAB *”4.5
- As published: “ELECTRICITY＆MAGNETISM-LEC LAB *”4.5
- As published: “CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE LAB *”5
- As published: “QUANTUM PHYSICS ( LECTURE + LAB)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Also required are 6.0 points total of advanced lab work, preferably:
1 item
- PHYS BC3086& PHYS BC3088QUANTUM PHYSICS LABORATORYand ADV ELECTROMAGNETISM LAB (taken concurrently with their cognate lecture courses, which are PHYS BC3006 and PHYS UN3007 respectively.)Not resolved to a course6
Alternatively, in lieu of PHYS BC3088, students may opt for Electronics Lab PHYS UN3083 or a 3pt combination of PHYS UN3081 and PHYS BC3082.
8 items
- The student must take a Computer Science class. We recommendNot resolved to a course3
- 3
- 3
- 3.00
- ASTR GU4260MODELING THE UNIVERSENot resolved to a course3.00
- 3
- 3.00
- 3
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