Atmospheric Sciences, B.S. (400401)

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 .

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

Sophomore Year

• ATMS 2000 - Weather Analysis and Forecasting
• ATMS 2005 - General Meteorology
• MATH 1016 - Elementary Statistics
• MATH 1032 - Calculus II
• MATH 2032 - Calculus III
• PHYS 2007 - University Physics I ^cnp
• PHYS 2008 - University Physics II ^cnp
• PHYS 2009 - Physics Laboratory I
• PHYS 2010 - Physics Laboratory II
• COMM 2001 - Public Speaking ^ch
• Core Humanities 3 cr. *

Junior Year

• ATMS 3003 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics
• ATMS 3005 - Dynamic Meteorology I
• ATMS 3015 - Physical Meteorology

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• ATMS 4007 - Meteorological Instrumentation and Data or
• ATMS 4006 - Radar Meteorology or
• ATMS 4008 - Satellite Meteorology

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• MATH 3001 - Differential Equations or
• ATMS Elective 3 cr. **

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• ENGL 3024 - Professional Writing and Communication
• CSCI 2000 - Introduction to Computer Programming
• Core Fine Arts 3 cr. *
• ATMS Electives 6 cr.**

Senior Year

• ATMS 3006 - Dynamic Meteorology II
• ATMS 4003 - Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory

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• ATMS 4004 - Mesoscale Meteorology or
• ATMS Elective 3 cr. **

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• Atmospheric Sciences Electives 6 cr.
• Electives 12 cr.
• ATMS 3010 - Fundamentals of Climatic Analysis

Total Hours 120