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, Thomas Beatty, Matt Bershady, Elena D'Onghia, Catherine Grier, Sebastian Heinz, Alex Lazarian, Bob Mathieu, Michael Maseda, Snezana Stanimirovic, Christy Tremonti, Susanna Widicus Weaver, Eric Wilcots, Ke Zhang, and Ellen Zweibel

Staff:
Department Administrator: Steve Anderson
Graduate Program Manager: Heather Sauer