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<span>The Undergraduate Astronomy Coordinator,
Prof. Michael Zingale, can help you make sure you will
meet the degree requirements.</span>
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<h2>Annual Town Hall Meeting</h2>
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<span>Each year the Astronomy faculty meet with the UG
students to discuss the course, major, research opportunities
and graduate school. If you missed the meeting, take
a look at the <a href="townmeeting/townmeeting.pdf">slides from
the 2023 Astronomy Town Meeting</a>.</span>
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<h2>Undergraduate Research</h2>
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<span>Many faculty have research projects for
undergraduates and are looking for students.
There are also a large number of summer opportunities,
both at Stony Brook and Nationally. See the listings
on our <a href="undergrad_research.html">undergraduate
research page</a>.</span>
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<h2>Permission to Take Grad Class</h2>
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<p>Undergrads wishing to take a graduate class need approval
from the instructor and graduate director and need to
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mjaa7LMfgepvIw_tR8m6BsBMTvj6NiytTe96j38uJIg/viewform?edit_requested=true">submit this form</a>.</p>
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<p>About <a href="https://ww2.aip.org/statistics/status-of-astronomy-bachelors-one-year-after-degree-classes-of-2018-2019-and-2020-combined">50% of Bachelors go on to graduate school</a>. The AIP also compiles some <a href="https://ww2.aip.org/statistics/starting-salary-ranges-for-new-astronomy-bachelors-classes-of-2018-2019-and-2020-combined">information about salaries for Bachelors</a>.
<p>For many research careers, graduate school is needed.
In addition to academic careers, many students (after
getting their PhD) go on to work at National
Laboratories (operated by NASA or DOE).</p>
<p>Astronomy is a very data-intensive field, and you develop a lot of
computational skills as part of the major. Many majors will go on to
work in data science or financial fields.</p>
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<p>The American Astronomical Society maintains a <a href="https://aas.org/learn/college-departments-offering-astronomy-related-degrees">list of schools offering astronomy (or physics with astro concentration) degrees</a>. This is a good place to find out about programs.
<p>Most schools no longer require the GRE. Take a look at
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19UhYToXOPZkZ3CM469ru3Uwk4584CmzZyAVVwQJJcyc/edit#gid=0">this spreadsheet of GRE requirements</a> to help you find a school.
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<span class="byline">Astronomy undergraduates are
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faculty.</span>
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<p>We offer undergraduate majors and minors in
Astronomy. Courses taken by undergraduate Astronomy
majors are characterized by their small size, rarely
are enrollments over 10, and their intimate
character. Instruction and learning take place in
nearly optimal circumstances. Graduates of the program
go on to the best graduate programs or are very
competitive for technical positions in industry.
<p>Details of the program are provided by in the
official Undergraduate Bulletin. Links to the
relevant parts are provided below.
<p><h2>The AST Program</h2>
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<li><A HREF="https://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/bulletin/current/academicprograms/ast/">Overview</A></li>
<li><A HREF="https://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/bulletin/current/academicprograms/ast/about.php">Description</A></li>
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<p><h2>AST Course Offerings</h2>
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<p>Details and <i>websites for individual courses</i> are provided in
the <a
href="http://www.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics/undergrad/NewUGcourses.php">full
list of undergraduate courses</a> offered by the department.
<p><h2>Upper-level Writing Requirement</h2>
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<li><p>Each AST major must submit <b>2</b> papers for
the upper-level writing requirement. The goal of
the upper level writing requirement is that you can
research an idea and present a discussion of it in
your own words.</li>
<li><p><em>Lab reports:</em>
The standard ("canned") AST 443 labs do not
facilitate this goal, since the background work
is already done for you. As a result, we will
not accept upper level writing reports based on
those standard labs. However, in that class you
also have the opportunity to write your own
observing proposal, which is an independent
creative work, and if selected, do the lab on
this. We will accept an expanded version of
that lab for consideration of the upper level
writing requirement -- but only for the
individual who wrote the original proposal.</li>
<li>Common ways to satisfy the upper level writing
requirement include using a research paper from
another upper-level AST class, writing up a
summary of research you have been doing with
faculty on campus, or picking a topic of interest
to you and researching it and writing up a paper
describing the state of that field.</li>
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<p><h2>Feingold Prize</h2>
<p><ul><li>Each semester, we award
the <a href="http://www.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics/awards/Award%20Feingold.pdf">Feingold
Prize in Introductory Astronomy</a> to the best student in each of the
3 introduction classes we offer (AST 101, 105, and 248).</li></ul>
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<h2>Graduate Program</h2>
<span class="byline">Graduate students work toward a
PhD in Physics, doing research in our group.</span>
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<p>The Graduate Program currently has about 10-15
M.S. and Ph.D. students actively working in
Astronomical research areas, and adds three to five
new students each year. The emphasis is on a rigorous
program of study and research in astrophysics leading
to the Ph.D. degree, but we also offer opportunities
for students with educational goals culminating at the
master's level. Students follow a course of study that
is both broadly based and topical, and are encouraged
to participate in research with the faculty from the
beginning of their graduate careers. Stony Brook's
Astronomy Program is distinguished by the number of
Ph.D. students who have taken positions at
universities and research laboratories around the
world.
<p>The first two years of the graduate program
emphasizes coursework but also includes research or
individual study courses in which the student works
closely with a faculty member, often on a potential
thesis topic. Upon completion of the courses, the
student takes a qualifying examination for the
master's degree and/or for candidacy for the
Ph.D. degree. The Ph.D. candidate, together with a
faculty adviser, then develops a topic for thesis
research. Students may elect either theoretical or
observational subjects, according to their own and
their advisor's interests. Average time from entrance
into graduate school to completion of the Ph.D. degree
is five and a half years.
<p>Students take courses in physics and astronomy. In
addition to the standard sequence of astronomy course
(Stars, Interstellar Medium, Galaxies, and Cosmology),
specialized courses and seminars are offered.
<p>Details and <b>websites for individual courses</b>
are provided in
the <a href="http://graduate.physics.sunysb.edu/Physics_Courses.html">full
list of graduate courses</a> offered by the
department.
<p>Detailed requirements for the Graduate Program in
Physics and Astronomy are available at
the <A HREF="http://graduate.physics.sunysb.edu/">Departmental
Web Page</A> as well as directions on how to contact
us.
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