Department of Astronomy: professors and courses

Course codes AST

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Department of Astronomy professors and instructors
Name	Teaches
Professors · 20
Danielle Amanda Berg CVAssistant professorCosmology or Space	AST 386C
Michael Boylan-Kolchin Evaluations CVProfessor	AST 301, AST 381
Volker Bromm Evaluations CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 353
John Chisholm CVAssistant professorCosmology or Space	AST 358
Harriet L Dinerstein Evaluations CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 307, AST 352K
Keely Delain Finkelstein Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionSTEM Education	AST 301, AST 309C
Steven Lyle Finkelstein Evaluations CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 212G, AST 222G, AST 301, AST 322G
Karl GebhardtProfessorCosmology or Space	No classes listed this year
Sebastian Gomez Evaluations CVAssistant professorCosmology or Space	AST 307
Changhoon Hahn CVAssistant professor	AST 307
Keith Hawkins CVAssociate professor	AST 383D
Daniel T JaffeProfessorCosmology or Space	No classes listed this year

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Department of Astronomy professors and instructors, continued
Name	Teaches
Professors · 20
Shardha JogeeProfessorCosmology or Space	No classes listed this year
Adam Levi Kraus CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 364P
Pawan Kumar CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 309G
Caroline V Morley Evaluations CVAssociate professorCosmology or Space	AST 364P
Julian B Munoz Evaluations CVAssistant professor	AST 307, AST 376C
Stella S OffnerProfessor	No classes listed this year
Paul R Shapiro CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 301
Don Winget CVProfessorCosmology or Space	AST 301
Lecturers and instructors · 2
William Marshall Best Evaluations CVLecturer	AST 301
Michael Endl Evaluations CVLecturer	AST 309L

Who teaches each course

Department of Astronomy: who teaches each course
Course	Taught by
AST 212G	Steven Lyle Finkelstein
AST 222G	Steven Lyle Finkelstein
AST 301	Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Keely Delain Finkelstein, Steven Lyle Finkelstein, Paul R Shapiro, Don Winget, William Marshall Best
AST 307	Harriet L Dinerstein, Sebastian Gomez, Changhoon Hahn, Julian B Munoz
AST 309C	Keely Delain Finkelstein
AST 309G	Pawan Kumar
AST 309L	Michael Endl
AST 322G	Steven Lyle Finkelstein
AST 352K	Harriet L Dinerstein
AST 353	Volker Bromm
AST 358	John Chisholm
AST 364P	Adam Levi Kraus, Caroline V Morley
AST 376C	Julian B Munoz
AST 381	Michael Boylan-Kolchin
AST 383D	Keith Hawkins
AST 386C	Danielle Amanda Berg

Bachelor’s degrees3 programs

Master’s degrees1 program

Astronomy MA Catalog

Doctoral degrees1 program

Astronomy PhD Catalog

Pay after graduationUp to $66,000

Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study	1 year out	4 years out
Astronomy and AstrophysicsBachelor’s · Astronomy, Astronomy, Astronomy	$55,800	$66,000

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Astronomy is part of College of Natural Sciences, led by Dean David Vanden Bout. Its course codes are AST.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

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