Doctorate in Astronomy at Boston University

 

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Doctorate in Astronomy at Boston University


Doctor's degrees in Astronomy:  A general program that focuses on the planetary, galactic, and stellar phenomena occurring in outer space. Includes instruction in celestial mechanics, cosmology, stellar physics, galactic evolution, quasars, stellar distribution and motion, interstellar medium, atomic and molecular constituents of astronomical phenomena, planetary science, solar system evolution, and specific methodologies such as optical astronomy, radioastronomy, and theoretical astronomy.


Boston University
Doctorate
Astronomy		Boston University

Admission into the PhD program follows upon completion of the requirements for Applicants to the graduate program should have the strong physics background implied by a Bachelor's degree in either physics or astronomy. Undergraduate credits in physics should include courses in mechanics, electromagnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, optics, and thermodynamics/statistical mechanics. Mathematics through differential equations and a course in introductory...

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