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Program checklist · Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy

Barnard College · New York, NY

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Program
Award
Physics & Astronomy
CIP
40.1101
Credits (computed from items)
106
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
189097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_189097_3503a155
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
  1. PHYS BC2001
    MECHANICS - LECTURE LAB
    As published: “MECHANICS - LECTURE LAB *”
    4.5
  2. PHYS BC2002
    ELECTRICITY＆MAGNETISM-LEC LAB
    As published: “ELECTRICITY＆MAGNETISM-LEC LAB *”
    4.5
  3. PHYS BC3001
    CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE LAB
    As published: “CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE LAB *”
    5
  4. ASTR UN2001& ASTR UN2002
    INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS Iand INTRO TO ASTROPHYSICS II
    Not resolved to a course
    6

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
  1. PHYS UN3003
    3.00

or

1 item
  1. ASTR UN3102
    3

Some of the ASTR courses offered in recent years include:

15 items
  1. ASTR UN3101
    3.00
  2. ASTR UN3103
    3
  3. ASTR UN3105
    3
  4. ASTR UN3602
    3
  5. ASTR UN3273
    3
  6. ASTR UN3646
    3
  7. ASTR C3601
    General Relativity, Black Holes, and
    As published: “General Relativity, Black Holes, and Cosmology”
    3
  8. PHYS BC2001
    MECHANICS - LECTURE LAB
    As published: “MECHANICS - LECTURE LAB *”
    4.5
  9. PHYS BC2002
    ELECTRICITY＆MAGNETISM-LEC LAB
    As published: “ELECTRICITY＆MAGNETISM-LEC LAB *”
    4.5
  10. PHYS BC3001
    CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE LAB
    As published: “CLASSICAL WAVES - LECTURE LAB *”
    5
  11. PHYS BC3006
    QUANTUM PHYSICS
    As published: “QUANTUM PHYSICS ( LECTURE + LAB)”
    3
  12. PHYS UN3003
    3
  13. PHYS UN3007
    3
  14. PHYS UN3008
    3
  15. PHYS GU4023
    3

Also required are 6.0 points total of advanced lab work, preferably:

1 item
  1. PHYS BC3086& PHYS BC3088
    QUANTUM PHYSICS LABORATORYand ADV ELECTROMAGNETISM LAB (taken concurrently with their cognate lecture courses, which are PHYS BC3006 and PHYS UN3007 respectively.)
    Not resolved to a course
    6

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
  1. The student must take a Computer Science class. We recommend
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. COMS W1004
    3
  3. COMS W1005
    3
  4. ENGI E1006
    3.00
  5. ASTR GU4260
    MODELING THE UNIVERSE
    Not resolved to a course
    3.00
  6. EESC BC3050
    3
  7. COMS BC1016
    3.00
  8. PHYS UN3083
    3
Source. Barnard College, catalog 2026 — https://catalog.barnard.edu/barnard-college/courses-instruction/physics-astronomy/. Captured page pages/0076.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.