Bachelor of Scince in Meteorology

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Bachelor of Scince in Meteorology

  • Course description 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 (Writing Course) (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)
    • ESCI 390 - Topics in Meteorology (3)
    • ESCI 445 - Atmospheric Modeling (3)
    • ESCI 447 - Met. Instruments, Measurement and Obs. Systems (Writing 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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