Department of Earth Sciences

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ATTENTION FRESHMEN

Click here for the GEOL 201 (Environmental Geology) Group Project web page on Remediation of the former Gas Plant at Neahwa Park

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Meteorology - Major Degree Requirements (as of Fall 2009; If you matriculated prior to Aug 2009, you are under the OLD curriculum requirements)
Core Courses		34-38 s.h.
	METR 110 Introduction to Meteorology	3 s.h.
	METR 212 Introduction to Climatology	3 s.h.
	METR 250 General Meteorology	1 s.h.
	METR 340 Physical Meteorology	3 s.h.
	METR 350-351 Atmospheric Dynamics I and II	6 s.h.
	METR 360-361 Weather Analysis and Forecasting I and II	8 s.h.
	METR 370 Micrometeorology or METR 375 Mesometeorology	3 s.h.
	METR 385 Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere	3 s.h.
	Pick one path: METR 380 Atmospheric Radiative Transfer AND METR 392 Senior Seminar or METR 272 Radio and TV Weather AND METR 397 Internship (in radio or TV) AND COMM 220 or COMM 256 or COMM 260	4 s.h. or 8 s.h.)
Related Work		36-37s.h.
	CSCI 109 C Programming or CSCI 113 FORTRAN Programming	3 s.h.
	OCEA 210 Introduction to Oceanography or GEOL 282 Introduction to Hydrology	3 s.h
	GEOL 120 or GEOL 115 or GEOL 150 or GEOL 182	3 s.h.
	CHEM 111 General Chemistry I	4 s.h.
	MATH 173-174 Calculus I and II	8 s.h.
	MATH 276 Calculus III	4 s.h.
	PHYS 203-204 General Physics I and II	8 s.h.
Select one of the following by advisement: CHEM 112 General Chemistry II OCEA 210 General Oceanography MATH 277 Differential Equations GEOL 384 Watershed Management, GEOL 388 Applied Hydrogeology		3-4 s.h.

Meteorology - Minor Degree Requirements
Basic Requirements:		6 s.h.
	METR 110 Introduction to Meteorology	3 s.h.
	METR 212 Introduction to Climatology	3 s.h.
Electives: Choose 4 course for 12 s.h. from below. Note: A maximum of 1 Computer Science course and 1 Oceanography course and 1 Biology course may be included in selections.
	BIOL 188 Environment and Man OR BIOL 286 Pollution in our World	3 s.h.
	CSCI 113 FORTRAN Programming OR CSCI 116 C Programming	4 s.h.
	CHEM 214 Environmental Chemistry	3 s.h.
	GEOL 382 Introduction to Hydrology	3 s.h.
	METR 180 Lightning and Thunderstorms	3 s.h.
	METR 205 The Atmospheric Environment	3 s.h.
	METR 340 Physical Meteorology	3 s.h.
	METR 350 Atmospheric Dynamics I	3 s.h.
	METR 360 Weather Analysis & Forecasting I	4 sh.
	METR 390 Computer Usage in Meteorology	3 s.h.
	OCEA 110 Introduction to Oceanography OR OCEA 210 General Oceanography	3 s.h.
	Total: 18-19 s.h.

No form or signature is necessary to begin, and no advisor has to be assigned; however, we would like to know of your intention once you decide to do a minor. For further information and advisement for the minor, come to the Earth Sciences Department Office, Sci. I, room 209.

NOTE: College rules pertaining to curriculum majors also apply to curriculum minors (overall GP A of at least 2.00 maintained in minor; no Pass/Fail Option grading in courses applied toward minor; residence requirement; etc.)

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