<p>My college doesn't have astronomy as a major (it does have it as a minor) and at the end of my sophomore year I wanna transfer to a place that does have Astronomy. The problem is that I will run out of general education classes pretty soon and unless I pick a major I won't be able to be a full time student anymore. I wonder if someone can start a major at one school then later transfer to another school and work on a different major. If that doesn't work then I wonder if it is possible to go all the way and get a BS on physics and then try to get an MS on astronomy, which would technically make me still and astronomer.</p>
<p>You will be more than fine going to MS Astronomy from a Physics BS, especially if you could minor in Astronomy, too, at your college.</p>
<p>Check the admission requirements for grad programs in astronomy. You don’t need an undergrad major in astronomy. A physics BS is fine for what you want to do.</p>
<p>most schools do not offer any form of astro major at the undergraduate level. a lot of what you will end up doing is covered very well by the physics major (classical/celestial mechanics, e&m for the optics, particle physics if you do cosmology, fluids/e&m if you do plasma, the list goes on).</p>
<p>most school do something similar to what you’re doing- a minor/specialization. You’ll be fine with that</p>