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)
