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

40.0202 - Astrophysics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the theoretical and observational study of the structure, properties, and behaviour of stars, star systems and clusters, stellar life cycles, and related phenomena. These programs include courses in cosmology, plasma kinetics, stellar physics, convolution and non-equilibrium radiation transfer theory, non-Euclidean geometries, mathematical modelling, galactic structure theory, and relativistic astronomy.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • astrophysics

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• Exclusion(s)

  • astronomy and physics(40.1101)
  • cosmology(40.1101)
  • physics(40.0801)
  • planetary astronomy(40.0203)