Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

Astronomy is among the oldest of sciences. In the Renaissance the clean, mathematically predictable motions of the planets played a decisive role in the birth of physics. Physics and astronomy became even more closely joined as discoveries in atomic physics opened the path to understanding the true nature of the stars, and the development of nuclear physics finally made it possible to understand how they shine for so long. Over the past twenty years or so it has become clear that astronomical observations may be the only way to get at certain very big questions in fundamental physics, since the conditions of the Big Bang may never be replicated.

Modul program

Students will have their courses in Astronomy 15 is a basic introduction to astrophysics, with an emphasis on stellar astronomy. Astronomy 25 is the sequel to Astronomy 15, emphasizing extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. Astronomy 61 covers observational technique, and has a substantial observing lab component. Physics 23 and 24 (or Physics 17) are courses in the standard physics sequence, which cover modern physics and quantum mechanics at an intermediate/elementary level. They are the next in the sequence after Physics 13 and 14 (introductory physics for scientists and engineers).Physics 41, 43, and 44 are the standard "meat and potatoes" of the physics major; they cover, respectively, electricity and magnetism, statistical and thermal physics (which is much more interesting than it sounds!), and classical mechanics. If you're going to grad school and/or have a theoretical bent you may wish to round out the sequence with Atomic physics (42) and electromagnetic radiation (66; especially recommended for astrophysicists).

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students must have completed their secondary school education and have subsequently enrolled at a college or university and earned credit, in order to be considered for transfer admission. Students are admitted to the freshman class on the basis of strong academic performance in a rigorous course of college preparatory study, especially in the areas of math and science; The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required of transfer applicants whose native language is not English and who have not been studying in an English-speaking country for two years or more. The vast majority of students accepted score better than a 600 on the paper-based test or better than 250 on the computer-based test. Students should have SAT or ACT Test for the admission.

Kualifikasi

Mayor Independen

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Dartmouth College

Nama jurusan

Department of Physics and Astronomy