Atmospheric Science Minor

Program Coordinator: Hong-Bing Su (221-A Brewster Building; 252-328-1040; suh@ecu.edu)

The Atmospheric Science Minor offers a general competence in weather and climate, to complement a major in related fields such as geography, geology, engineering, as well as the social and biological sciences. Students have the option to pursue elective courses in weather phenomena, remote sensing, climate, weather hazards, and related topics. There is no formal calculus or physics requirement for the minor.

The minor requires 18 s.h. as follows:

1. Core - 6 s.h.

ATMO 1300 - Weather and Climate or
GEOG 1300 - Weather and Climate
ATMO 2510 - Physical Meteorology and Thermodynamics or
GEOG 2510 - Physical Meteorology and Thermodynamics

2. Electives - 12 s.h.

(Choose from the following courses.)

ATMO 3230 - Global Climates or
GEOG 3230 - Global Climates
ATMO 3520 - Dynamic Meteorology
ATMO 3550 - Principles of Synoptic Meteorology
ATMO 4510 - Meteorological Instruments and Observations or
GEOG 4510 - Meteorological Instruments and Observations
ATMO 4520 - Boundary Layer Meteorology
ATMO 4525 - Dynamic Meteorology II
ATMO 4530 - Micrometeorology or
GEOG 4530 - Micrometeorology
ATMO 4540 - Coastal Storms or
GEOG 4540 - Coastal Storms
ATMO 4550 - Applied Synoptic Meteorology: Analyses and Forecasting
ATMO 4580 - Radar and Satellite Meteorology or
GEOG 4580 - Radar and Satellite Meteorology
ATMO 4590 - Tropical Meteorology or
GEOG 4590 - Tropical Meteorology
GEOG 2350 - Climate Change: Science and Society
GEOG 3250 - Environmental Hazards