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The next guest speakerwill discuss your futureopportunities to studyastrophysics at UBC.
Jaymie Matthews
UBC Astronomy
Undergraduate
Advisor
Astronomy Major
Astronomy degrees at UBC
Career options include: technical support personnel at
international observatories, astronomy educators, and
outreach experts at science centres and planetaria
Diverse skills is attractive to employers in the ‘real world’
Astronomy Major
Career options include: technical support personnel at
international observatories, astronomy educators, and
outreach experts at science centres and planetaria
Diverse skills is attractive to employers in the ‘real world’
Honours Physics & AstronomyIntended for students who want to go on to graduate studies
in Astronomy and Astrophysics, but depending on upper-level
electives, could pursue any area of Physics research
A Ph.D. is generally the requirement to be a scientist at a
research institute or observatory, or to be a professor at a
universityThere’s a co-op option too
Astronomy degrees at UBC
Astronomy courses
ASTR 101 Intro. to the Solar SystemASTR 102 Stars, galaxies, cosmology
ASTR 201 Stellar AstrophysicsASTR 202 Galactic Astronomy
ASTR 303 Extragalactic AstronomyASTR 304 Research Topics in AstronomyEOSC 355 The Planets
ASTR 402 Fundamentals of AstrophysicsASTR 403 CosmologyASTR 404 Astronomical & Astrophysical
MeasurementASTR 405 Astronomical LaboratoryASTR 449 Directed Research in Astronomy
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Astronomy courses
ASTR 101 Intro. to the Solar SystemASTR 102 Stars, galaxies, cosmology
ASTR 201 Stellar AstrophysicsASTR 202 Galactic Astronomy
ASTR 303 Extragalactic AstronomyASTR 304 Research Topics in AstronomyEOSC 355 The Planets
ASTR 402 Fundamentals of AstrophysicsASTR 403 CosmologyASTR 404 Astronomical & Astrophysical
MeasurementASTR 405 Astronomical LaboratoryASTR 449 Directed Research in Astronomy
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Useful background
but not required
Astronomy courses NEW
ASTR 333 Exoplanets & astrobiology
A quantitative survey of (1) observations, statistics and
basic characteristics of exoplanets; (2) observations
and models of star and planet formation; (3) models
of exoplanet environments, with comparisons to the
paleoclimates of Earth and Mars; and (4) the potential
habitability of exoplanets and exomoons in the
“habitable zones” of other stars and the Milky Way.
Astronomy opportunities
A radio telescope
atop the Hebb Building
dedicated to
undergraduate training
to map the Milky Way
Astronomy opportunities
The Atacama Desert is one of
the driest places on Earth
and one of the best locations
for observatories in the world
Astronomy opportunities
A small optical telescope
in the antiplano of Chile
is remotely controlled
from UBC for undergrad
training and research
Astronomy opportunities
You’ll be able to take images
of this night time sky in real time
The sky above Cerro Tololo
Astronomy research at UBC
MOST
HST
BLAST
Gemini
computer
clusters
Arecibo
Some of the tools we use
Astronomy research at UBC
TMT = Thirty Metre Telescope
www.tmt.orgartist’s conception
One of the tools we will use
Astronomy research at UBC
TMT = Thirty Metre Telescope
www.tmt.orgartist’s conception
Info on astronomy careers
www.cascaeducation.ca/files/careers.html
www.aas.org/education/careers.php
www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/acareer.html
www.ras.org.uk/images/stories/ras_pdfs/careers_v12.pdf
Astronomy advising
Prof. Jaymie [email protected] 604-822-2696