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Saint Mary's Astronomy and Physics

If you've spent your life staring at the stars or wondering how gravity works, consider doing your BSc in Astronomy or Physics. In these degree programs, you'll study the tiniest atoms to the largest galaxies and everything in between.

Saint Mary's offers a four year degree program, major or honours, that will teach you the foundations of physics and astronomy.

Study subjects like:

• Electricity and Magnetism
• Quantum Mechanics
• Interstellar Matter and Stellar Evolution

Learn the theories in small classes with one-on-one attention from your professors, then apply what you've learned in laboratory facilities like the Burke-Gaffney Observatory. You can even spend summers being paid to work with professional, PhD professors on their cutting-edge research.

As a physicist, you'll be able to do things like design new lasers or develop new technology to heal cancer patients. Astronomers and astrophysicists discover new galaxies and explain how stars are formed.

Study physics and astronomy with award-winning professors and students at Saint Mary's University. Your BSc will prepare you with the skills required for graduate research, PhD, and ultimately a career that can take you all over the world – or right into space!