Atmospheric Sciences, B.S. (400401)

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Required for a Major

ATMS 1003 - Basic Meteorology Laboratory I
ATMS 2000 - Weather Analysis and Forecasting
ATMS 2005 - General Meteorology
ATMS 3003 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics
ATMS 3005 - Dynamic Meteorology I
ATMS 3006 - Dynamic Meteorology II
ATMS 3010 - Fundamentals of Climatic Analysis
ATMS 3015 - Physical Meteorology
ATMS 4003 - Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory
ATMS 4004 - Mesoscale Meteorology
ATMS 4007 - Meteorological Instrumentation and Data
12 additional hours of atmospheric sciences electives.

NOTE: Students may replace ATMS 4004 and/or MATH 3001 with another 3000- or 4000-level ATMS course or a 3000- or 4000- level GEOS course. Students may also replace ATMS 4007 with ATMS 4006 or ATMS 4008 .

Total Hours 43

Freshman Year

Core English Composition 6 cr. *
BIOL 1020 - Principles of Biology I ^cnp
ATMS 1003 - Basic Meteorology Laboratory I
MATH 1013 - Elementary Functions ^cm
MATH 1031 - Calculus I ^cm
CHEM 1007 - General Chemistry I
Core Social Science 6 cr. *
Core Humanities 3 cr.*
UNIV 1001 - University Seminar

Total Hours 29

Sophomore Year

Total Hours 30

Junior Year

ATMS 3003 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics
ATMS 3005 - Dynamic Meteorology I
ATMS 3015 - Physical Meteorology
ATMS 4007 - Meteorological Instrumentation and Data or
ATMS 4006 - Radar Meteorology or
ATMS 4008 - Satellite Meteorology
MATH 3001 - Differential Equations or
ATMS Elective 3 cr. **
ENGL 3024 - Professional Writing and Communication
CSCI 2000 - Introduction to Computer Programming
Core Fine Arts 3 cr. *
ATMS Electives 6 cr.**

Total Hours 30

Senior Year

ATMS 3006 - Dynamic Meteorology II
ATMS 4003 - Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory
ATMS 4004 - Mesoscale Meteorology or
ATMS Elective 3 cr. **
Atmospheric Sciences Electives 6 cr.
Electives 12 cr.
ATMS 3010 - Fundamentals of Climatic Analysis

Total Hours 31

Total Hours 120

Note:

Students may replace MATH 1013 with MATH 1011 and MATH 1012 .

*Students should see 2024-2025 Undergraduate Core Curriculum for requirements.

**These ATMS Electives may include GEOS courses but must be 3000- or 4000-level.