This program
conforms to the American Meteorological Society's Guidelines for
a B.S. Degree in Meteorology/Atmospheric Science. It satifies the
National Weather Service GS-1340 requirements and can adequately
prepare a student for the pursuit of an advanced degree in graduate
school.
Major Courses:
(37 credits)
- ESCI 110
-Introduction to Earth Sciences Programs (2)
- ESCI 241
- Meteorology (4)
- ESCI 282
- Applications of Computers in Earth Science (Fortran 90) (3)
- ESCI 340
- Physical Meteorology (3)
- ESCI 341
- Atmospheric Thermodynamics (3)
- ESCI 342
- Atmospheric Dynamics I(3)
- ESCI 343
- Atmospheric Dynamics II (3)
- ESCI 386
- Earth System Data Visualization and Modeling (IDL) (3)
- ESCI 441
- Synoptic Meteorology I (3)
- ESCI 443 - Climate Dynamics (3)
- ESCI 444
- Mesoscale Meteorology (4)
- ESCI 446
- Statistical Meteorology (3)
Required
Related Courses: (32 credits)
- CHEM 111
- Introductory Chemistry (4)
- MATH 161
- Calculus I (4)
- MATH 211
- Calculus II (4)
- MATH 311
- Calculus III (4)
- MATH 365
- Ordinary Differential Equations (3)
- MATH 235
- Survey of Statistics (3) or MATH 333 - Intro. to Prob. & Statistics
- PHYS 231
- Physics I (5)
- PHYS 232
- Physics II (5)
Choose
Four Electives: (12 - 13 credits)
- ESCI
261 - Introduction to Oceanography (4)
- ESCI
322 - Environmental Hydrology (3)
- ESCI
344 - Tropical Meteorology (3)
- ESCI
347 - Satellite Meteorology (3)
- ESCI
349 - Atmospheric Chemistry (4)
- ESCI
364 - Descriptive Physical Oceanography (3)
- ESCI
380 - Remote Sensing (3)
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- ESCI
390 - Topics in Meteorology (3)
- ESCI
445 - Atmospheric Modeling (3)
- ESCI
447 - Meteorological Instruments, Measurement and Observing
Systems (Writing "W" course) (3)
- ESCI
448 - Boundary Layer Meteorology (3)
- ESCI
449 - Radar Meteorology (3)
- ESCI
485 - Air-Sea Interaction (3)
- ESCI 440 Space Weather & Environment (3)
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