Applied Atmospheric Science, BS

1. General education requirements including the one listed below - 40 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry general education credit view the General Education Program  section.)

• MATH 1065 - College Algebra

2. Core - 31 s.h.

• ATMO 1300 - Weather and Climate
• ATMO 2510 - Physical Meteorology and Thermodynamics
• ATMO 3230 - Global Climates
• ATMO 3520 - Dynamic Meteorology
• ATMO 3550 - Principles of Synoptic Meteorology
• ATMO 4510 - Meteorological Instruments and Observations
• ATMO 4525 - Dynamic Meteorology II
• ATMO 4550 - Applied Synoptic Meteorology: Analyses and Forecasting
• ATMO 4580 - Radar and Satellite Meteorology
• GEOG 3430 - Geographic Information Systems I
• GEOG 4999 - Geography Professional Seminar

3. Cognates - 28-30* s.h.

• MATH 1083 - Introduction to Functions or
• MATH 1085 - Pre-Calculus Mathematics

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• MATH 2171 - Calculus I
• MATH 2172 - Calculus II
• MATH 2173 - Calculus III
• MATH 4331 - Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
• PHYS 1251 - General Physics Laboratory I *
• PHYS 1261 - General Physics Laboratory II *
• PHYS 2350 - University Physics I *
• PHYS 2360 - University Physics II *

4. Atmospheric science electives - 6 s.h.

(Choose from the following courses.)

• ATMO 4520 - Boundary Layer Meteorology
• ATMO 4530 - Micrometeorology
• ATMO 4590 - Tropical Meteorology
• CHEM 1150 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1151 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
• CSCI 1010 - Algorithmic Problem Solving
• CSCI 1011 - Algorithmic Problem Solving Lab
• GEOL 1550 - Oceanography
• GEOL 1551 - Oceanography Laboratory
• GEOL 3800 - Earth’s Climate: A Geological Perspective
• MATH 2283 - Statistics for Business

5. Geography electives - 6 s.h.

(Choose from the following courses.)

• GEOG 2250 - Earth Surface Systems
• GEOG 2350 - Climate Change: Science and Society
• GEOG 3220 - Soil Properties, Surveys, and Applications
• GEOG 3250 - Environmental Hazards
• GEOG 4210 - Fluvial and Hydrological Processes
• GEOG 4220 - Coastal Geography
• GEOG 4230 - Earth Surface Processes
• GEOG 4270 - Water Resources Management and Planning
• GEOG 4320 - Gender, Environment, and Development
• GEOG 4360 - Geographies of Global Climate and Environmental Change
• GEOG 4801 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4802 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4803 - Geographic Internship
• PLAN 4015 - Emergency Management Planning

6. Geospatial technologies electives - 6 s.h.

(Choose from the following courses.)

• GEOG 2410 - Fundamentals of GIS
• GEOG 3420 - Remote Sensing of the Environment I
• GEOG 3450 - Introduction to the Global Positioning System
• GEOG 3460 - GIS Applications Programming
• GEOG 4150 - Advanced Spatial Analysis
• GEOG 4410 - Advanced Cartographic Design and Production
• GEOG 4420 - Remote Sensing II
• GEOG 4430 - Geographic Information Systems II
• GEOG 4440 - Coastal Applications of GIS
• GEOG 4450 - GIScience, Society and Technology
• GEOG 4460 - Digital Terrain Analysis

7. General electives to complete requirements for graduation.