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Department of Astronomy: professors and courses

Course codes AST

Who teaches here

Department of Astronomy professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 20
Danielle Amanda Berg CVAssistant professor
AST 386C
Michael Boylan-Kolchin EvaluationsCVProfessor
AST 301, AST 381
Volker Bromm EvaluationsCVProfessor
AST 353
John Chisholm CVAssistant professor
AST 358
Harriet L Dinerstein EvaluationsCVProfessor
AST 307, AST 352K
Keely Delain Finkelstein EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of instruction
AST 301, AST 309C
Steven Lyle Finkelstein EvaluationsCVProfessor
AST 212G, AST 222G, AST 301, AST 322G
Karl GebhardtProfessor
No classes listed this year
Sebastian Gomez EvaluationsCVAssistant professor
AST 307
Changhoon Hahn CVAssistant professor
AST 307
Keith Hawkins CVAssociate professor
AST 383D
Daniel T JaffeProfessor
No classes listed this year
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Department of Astronomy professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 20
Shardha JogeeProfessor
No classes listed this year
Adam Levi Kraus CVProfessor
AST 364P
Pawan Kumar CVProfessor
AST 309G
Caroline V Morley EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
AST 364P
Julian B Munoz EvaluationsCVAssistant professor
AST 307, AST 376C
Stella S OffnerProfessor
No classes listed this year
Paul R Shapiro CVProfessor
AST 301
Don Winget CVProfessor
AST 301
Lecturers and instructors · 2
William Marshall Best EvaluationsCVLecturer
AST 301
Michael Endl EvaluationsCVLecturer
AST 309L

Who teaches each course

Department of Astronomy: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
AST 212GSteven Lyle Finkelstein
AST 222GSteven Lyle Finkelstein
AST 301Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Keely Delain Finkelstein, Steven Lyle Finkelstein, Paul R Shapiro, Don Winget, William Marshall Best
AST 307Harriet L Dinerstein, Sebastian Gomez, Changhoon Hahn, Julian B Munoz
AST 309CKeely Delain Finkelstein
AST 309GPawan Kumar
AST 309LMichael Endl
AST 322GSteven Lyle Finkelstein
AST 352KHarriet L Dinerstein
AST 353Volker Bromm
AST 358John Chisholm
AST 364PAdam Levi Kraus, Caroline V Morley
AST 376CJulian B Munoz
AST 381Michael Boylan-Kolchin
AST 383DKeith Hawkins
AST 386CDanielle Amanda Berg
Bachelor’s degrees3 programs
Master’s degrees1 program
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $66,000
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 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

Colleges, deans, departments and degree programs come from UT’s catalog. Who teaches what comes from UT’s public HB 2504 course information, which lists the instructor of record and a CV for every section.

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