What are some careers in Astronomy, and what classes should I take for it in college?

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Jazmin

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I got very interested in Astronomy (while looking at the meteor shower) so I started thinking about astronomy as a career option, but I want to know what classes I should take in my last 2 years of High School and also later for college. I mainly want to know about what college classes I should take.
 
There really aren't any careers in astronomy if you don't have a PhD, so you're going to be in college for a long time. Take all the math and science you can while in high school - it would really help if you could take calculus your senior year so you can start calculus-based physics your first semester of college. You'd want to major in physics in college, take classes in math, computer science, and astronomy, and spend your summers doing research projects with professors to prepare for graduate school and a job doing astronomy. Grad school is another 4-8 years after the bachelors.
 
I'm pretty sure you need math and science courses in high school. In college, besides taking general education courses (math, English, etc.), astronomy courses need to be taken.

I took astronomy 100 (something like that) in college, and it was a little tough. It may have been because I'm not a science major, but I managed a C.
 
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