<p>What is the astronomy program at Yale like?</p>
<p>Astronomy is a tiny and unpopular major (just a few major in it per year). It’s also fairly prescribed, with few electives, although that’s par for the course for science courses here. The major might be great, though; I don’t know - you’ll get lots of individual attention for sure. The introductory courses are popular among non-science majors (Galaxies and the Universe, Planets and Stars). There are also two astro courses designated for non-majors, Archaeoastronomy and Frontiers & Controversies in Astrophysics, the latter of which is a very good course. The teacher of F&C is Charles Bailyn, who was considered for Dean of Yale and is a major figure here in making the sciences more accessible for humanities major.</p>
<p>Do you need any qualifications to just major in Astronomy? (I mean, it’s not a subject you can really take in high school, although my school is lucky enough to have an Astronomy Club.)</p>
<p>There are obviously requirements (certain math courses, astronomy courses) but anyone can major in it. The only majors that require application at Yale are art, architecture, EP&E and cogsci.</p>
<p>international relations too</p>