Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies
• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.02 - Astronomy and astrophysics

40.0201 - Astronomy

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the planetary, galactic, and stellar phenomena occurring in outer space. These programs include courses in celestial mechanics, cosmology, stellar physics, galactic evolution, quasars, stellar distribution and motion, interstellar medium, atomic and molecular constituents of astronomical phenomena, planetary science, solar system evolution, and specific methodologies such as optical astronomy, radioastronomy, and theoretical astronomy.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • astronomy
  • radio astronomy

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • cosmology(40.1101)
  • physical sciences(40.0101)
  • planetary astronomy(40.0203)