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Nov 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Physics, Astronomy Concentration, B.S.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy
615-898-2130
Ron Henderson, program coordinator
Ron.Henderson@mtsu.edu
The Astronomy concentration is designed for students interested in a degree specializing in astronomy, but who do not plan to attend graduate school in astronomy or astrophysics.
The physics core consists of 25 semester hours of physics and astronomy. Other requirements include 8 semester hours of chemistry and 8 semester hours of mathematics. A minimum of 12 upper-division semester hours in the physics major must be taken at MTSU.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
36 hours* |
| Major Core |
25 hours |
| Astronomy Concentration |
11 hours |
| Supporting Courses |
23 hours* |
| Electives |
20-31 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (36 hours)
A 2.00 GPA is required in the Physics major.
Astronomy Concentration (11 hours)
Supporting Courses (23 hours)
Electives (20-31 hours)
- 36 total credits must be earned at the 3000/4000 level
Curriculum: Physics, Astronomy
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