Faculty Profile
Sandra Faber
University Professor and Chair,
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomer, UC Observatories/Lick Observatory
Professor Faber is well known for having helped discover the Great Attractor, a massive supercluster of galaxies. She also helped plan the Keck Telescope on Hawaii and designed the Deep Extragalactic Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS), which can read high-quality spectra from over 100 galaxies at once. In 2003, Discover magazine named her one of the 50 most influential women scientists.
Physical and Biological Sciences Student
Name: Halima Williams
Year: Junior
Major: Health sciences
Hometown: San Diego, California
Transferred from: Grossmont College
Meet Halima
Majors in the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences
include:
Applied
Physics
Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Biology
Chemistry
Earth
Sciences
Ecology
and Evolution
Health
Sciences
Marine
Biology
Mathematics
Molecular,
Cell, and Developmental Biology
Neuroscience
and Behavior
Physics
Physics
(Astrophysics)
Physics
Education
Plant
Sciences
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Major Sheets *
American
Studies
Anthropology
Applied Physics
Art
Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Biology
Business
Management Economics
Chemistry
Classical
Studies
Community
Studies
Computer
Engineering
Computer
Science
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Earth Sciences
Ecology
and Evolution
Economics
Education
and Teaching
Electrical
Engineering
Environmental
Studies
Feminist Studies
Field
and Exchange Programs
Film
and Digital Media
German
Studies
Global
Economics
Health
Sciences
History
History of
Art and Visual Culture
Individual
Study
Information
Systems Management
Italian
Studies
Language
Studies
Latin American and
Latino Studies
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Literature
Marine
Biology
Mathematics
Molecular,
Cell, and Developmental Biology
Music
Neuroscience
and Behavior
Philosophy
Physics
Physics
(Astrophysics)
Physics
Education
Plant Sciences
Politics
Prelaw
Premedicine
Psychology
Sociology
Theater Arts
Writing
*This information covers areas of study.
Not all of the items in the above list are majors at UC Santa Cruz.
options for undeclared students
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