Astrophysics - Princeton University

Astrophysics from Princeton University is a Campus Bachelor Astronomy degree that prepares you for a Science career. The undergraduate program in Astrophysics is relatively small but increasing, typically ten to fifteen Astrophysics majors annually. Our program is flexible and is open to a broad range of student interests -- from those interested in continuing their science education in Astrophysics graduate schools to those interested in fields such as science policy, science education, space-science program, astro-biology, as well as students who plan to go into finance, law, and medicine. For those who are fascinated by the prospect of contributing to the search for the universe's hidden secrets, the rewards of our Astrophysics program are great. Our program consists of two components, course work and independent research projects under the close supervision of a faculty member. The course work is designed to give a solid background in the relevant areas of physics and math and to survey several of the currently most active areas of astrophysical research. We place a particularly strong emphasis on the independent research component, which allows students to carry out real cutting-edge research in astrophysics and to gain a working experience of what it is like to do professional astronomical research. A measure of our success is that a substantial fraction of our graduating seniors have co-authored one or more scientific papers published in the astronomical literature as a result of their junior paper or senior thesis work. Another measure of our program's overall effectiveness and, perhaps more importantly, of the quality of the students at Princeton, is the remarkable success our students have achieved in their graduate school applications and jobs they follow. View more details on Princeton University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Astronomy courses.