Coordinator: Harold Butner
Email: butnerhm@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-5358
Astronomy Minor Website
Program Description
The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers a minor in astronomy. Students choosing to minor in astronomy enroll in required and elective astronomy and physics courses. Topics covered include appearance and movements of the night sky, stellar evolution and an overview of modern astronomical techniques.
Minor Requirements
The minimum requirement for a minor in astronomy is 21 credit hours selected as follows:
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ASTR 220 | General Astronomy I: The Night Sky, the Solar System and Stars | 3 |
| ASTR 221 | General Astronomy II: Star Systems, the Interstellar Medium, and Cosmology | 4 |
| ASTR 320 | Astronomical Techniques | 3 |
| 10 |
| 6 |
| College Physics I [C3PP]
and College Physics II | |
| University Physics I [C3PP]
and University Physics II | |
| 6 |
| 2 |
| General Physics Laboratory I [C3L]
and General Physics Laboratory II | |
| University Physics Laboratory I [C3L]
and University Physics Laboratory II | |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| Relativity | |
| Astrophysics | |
| Planetary Geology (2, 2) | |
| Advanced Special Topics in Honors (Life Beyond Earth) | |
| Topics in Astronomy (Appropriate topics could include the relativity, cosmology, cosmic rays or other astronomy-related topics with approval of minor advisor.) | |
| Topics in Physics (Appropriate topics could include the relativity, cosmology, cosmic rays or other astronomy-related topics with approval of minor advisor.) | |
| Topics in Physics (Appropriate topics could include the relativity, cosmology, cosmic rays or other astronomy-related topics with approval of minor advisor.) | |
| Topics in Physics (Appropriate topics could include the relativity, cosmology, cosmic rays or other astronomy-related topics with approval of minor advisor.) | |
| 3 |
| Total Credits | 21 |
