Graduate students from other programs who wish to minor in astronomy should ask the department to assign them a minor professor. The minimum requirement for a minor is 9 credits from courses at or above the 300 level offered by the Department of Astronomy.

Faculty:
Professors Richard Townsend (chair), Amy Barger, Matt Bershady, Sebastian Heinz, Alex Lazarian, Bob Mathieu, Snezana Stanimirovic, Christy Tremonti, Susanna Widicus Weaver, Eric Wilcots, and Ellen Zweibel

Associate Professor Elena D'Onghia

Assistant Professor Ke Zhang and Michael Maseda

Staff:
Department Administrator: Steve Anderson
Student Coordinator: Heather Sauer