Session 154. The Undergraduate Astronomy Major: What and Why?

Special Session Oral, Thursday, January 10, 2002, 2:00-3:30pm, Georgetown East

154.01 So, What IS the Astronomy Major?

B. Partridge (Haverford College)

154.02 The Astrophysics Major at the University of California, Berkeley

J. Arons, C. Heiles (University of California, Berkeley)

154.03 Encouraging Growth of the Astronomy Major at the University of Washington

S. Palen (U. of Washington)

154.04 The Role of Research in an Astronomy or Astrophysics Major

J. M. Pasachoff (Williams College and Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

154.05 Rethinking the Astronomy Major

S Edwards (Smith College)