<p>Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone knew how strong whitman's astronomy and physics departments are, as well as how they rate compared to other liberal arts schools</p>
<p>ANyone??? Bbbb</p>
<p>You probably want to hear from a physics/astronomy student, but I doubt very many of them lurk here. Whitman is known for its sciences - D’s Astronomy class last semester was her favorite class, helped in part by the fantastic telescope on campus. They have 2 new state of the art microscopes received through $800,000 worth of grants to the science dept., an alum/astronaut going up in the next space shuttle. Hope others weigh in here for you.</p>
<p>The astronomy program is unusually strong for a school of its size and has 2 excellent telescopes I believe. My son took astronomy as a first-year to get science requirement “out of the way” and got hooked instead so is an astronomy minor. Because the department is small (relative to a university) students can arrange independent studies for special topics of interest. You definitely need to contact the department or admissions and ask to connect to a current student so you can get the insider view.</p>
<p>Defiantly a small, but strong department. There is only one senior astro major this year.</p>
<p>I have a couple friends who are in astronomy classes and they really like them a lot. I’m not sure about the physics program though,</p>
<p>i heard that whitman has an awesome planetarium</p>