STEM-classified degree: graduates are eligible for 3 years of Optional Practical Training (OPT) in the USA. This degree offered in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the university’s largest and most diverse college. The Master of Science program in astrophysics and astronomy provides fundamental graduate training in both astrophysics and astronomy. Students take courses that cover stars and interstellar media, galaxies and cosmology, and they acquire quantitative skills through analysis and modeling. They may have observation opportunities through regional and international telescope observatories.