我们在普林斯顿的天体物理科学系中探索宇宙的这些特性。我们使用观测和数据分析工具以及广泛的理论和计算技术来研究这些主题。天体物理学的本科课程规模相对较小，但正在增加，通常每年增加15至20个天体物理学专业。我们的计划灵活，可以满足广泛的学生兴趣-从那些对在天体物理学研究生院继续其科学教育感兴趣的人，到对科学政策，科学教育，空间科学，天体生物学等领域感兴趣的人计划学习金融，法律和医学的学生。对于那些为寻找宇宙的隐藏秘密而着迷的人来说，我们的天体物理学计划的回报是巨大的。我们的课程包括两个部分，课程工作和独立研
The Department of Astrophysical Sciences offers an outstanding program for Astrophysics majors, with the flexibility to accommodate students with a broad range of interests. Many of our majors continue in graduate school in Astrophysics at top programs around the country and the world. For students with career goals in other areas such as science education, science policy, space exploration, as well as law, medicine, finance, and teaching, we offer a flexible choice of courses and research projects. The department covers all major fields in Astrophysicsfrom planets, to black holes, stars, galaxies, quasars, dark matter, dark energy, and the evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to today. The relatively small size of the department provides an informal, flexible, and friendly setting for students. Our Undergraduate Program consists of two main components: Required upper-level courses in Astrophysics, Physics, and other science or math courses (a minimum of eight upper-level courses in total), and Independent Research work (two Junior Papers and one Senior Thesis). The curricular learning goals for our Majors are to provide our students with cutting-edge educational and research experience in the broad field of Astrophysics, and equip them with skills such as quantitative reasoning, problem solving, data analysis, statistical analysis, observational methods, theoretical modeling, computational methods and algorithms, and the training to carry out independent research in various fields of Astrophysics. This is of course in addition to learning the broad field of Astrophysics itself, from planets, to stars, galaxies, and the Universe as a whole. Our Astrophysics Program has been ranked one of the top in the country.