Undergraduate program

The UH-Manoa Department of Physics & Astronomy offers a variety of astronomy courses for UH-Manoa undergraduates, ranging from 100-level non-technical introductory courses to advanced 400-level courses suitable for students with a strong physics background. Astronomy 110, or one of the other 100-level courses, is an ideal way of fulfilling part of the science core requirement. There are also laboratory courses at both elementary and advanced levels.

• Undergraduate astronomy courses
• Department of physics and astronomy

There is no undergraduate major in astronomy at UH Manoa. Undergraduate students at UH Manoa whose goal is to pursue astronomy at the graduate level are strongly encouraged to major in physics.

Hilo

Students who are looking specifically for an undergraduate degree in astronomy should consider the program at University of Hawaii at Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii

• UH-Hilo Physics and Astronomy Department

Community Colleges

All the community colleges in the University of Hawaii system offer introductory astronomy courses.

• UH community college astronomy programs

Research Experiences for Undergraduates

University of Hawaii also offers a summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU) program for students at other US universities

• REU page

Space Grant

UH-Manoa and Hilo undergraduates are eligible to apply for a NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Fellowship

• UH Space grant program