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 Matthewsmatthews@astro.ubc.ca 604-822-2696