Degree: B.S.

Coordinator: Robert Harnack (harnack@envsci.rutgers.edu)

This curriculum provides a firm foundation in the tools and concepts of the atmospheric sciences. The program prepares students to contribute to the solution of environmental problems, either through immediate employment or through further study at the graduate level.

Graduation Requirements for the Major

To enter meteorology courses at the 300 and 400 level, students must have achieved a grade of C or better in 01:160:161-162 General Chemistry or 01:750:193-194 Physics for the Sciences, as well as 01: 640:151-152 Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Students must achieve a grade of C or better in all mathematics, physics, chemistry, and meteorology courses used to fulfill major requirements. A single D grade in a meteorology course is allowed after the student has earned 96 credits.

Please see the Programs of Study Summary on page 272 for information regarding changes in degree requirements.

I. Interdisciplinary/Ethical Analysis (5 credits)

  11:015:101  Perspectives on Agriculture and the Environment (2)

  11:015:400  Junior/Senior Colloquium (3)

II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences

A. Life Sciences (4 credits)

  01:119:103  Principles of Biology (4) or equivalent

B. Physical Sciences (17 credits)

  01:160:161-162  General Chemistry (4,4)

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

  01:750:193-194Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or equivalent

III. The Arts (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

IV. Human Diversity (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

V. Economic and Political Systems (6 credits)

A. Economic Systems (3 credits)

  11:373:101  Economics, People, and Environment (3) or equivalent

B. Political Systems (3 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)

  01:355:101  Expository Writing I (3)

  01:355:302  Scientific and Technical Writing (3) or 01: 355:201 Research in the Disciplines (3)

VII. Experience-Based Education (6 credits)

  11:670:433-434  Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting I,II (3,3)

VIII. Competence in Meteorology (55.5-56.5 credits)

Quantitative Methods (18)

  11:375:303  Numerical Methods in Environmental Science (3)

  01:640:151-152  Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4,4)

  01:640:244  Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)

  01:640:251  Multivariable Calculus (4)

Computer Competence (6-7)

  01:198:110  Introduction to Computers and Their Applications or 01:198:111 Introduction to Computer Science (4) or any adviser-approved programming course (3-4)

  14:440:125  Introduction to FORTRAN (3) or 14:440: 127 Introduction to Computers for Engineers (3) or any adviser-approved programming course  

Professional Ethics

Ethical problems in environmental, meteorological, and regulatory fields are addressed throughout the program in both introductory and advanced courses.

Other Required Courses (31.5)

  11:372:442  Applied Principles of Hydrology (3)

  11:375:203  Physical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:421  Principles of Air Pollution (3)

  11:670:201  Elements of Meteorology (3)

  11:670:202  Elements of Climatology (3)

  11:670:210  Meteorological Analysis (1.5)

  11:670:323  Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (3)

  11:670:324  Dynamics of the Oceans and Atmosphere (3)

  11:670:423  Weather Systems (3)

  11:670:431  Physical Meteorology (3)

  11:670:451  Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Atmosphere (3)

IX. Unspecified Electives (15.5-16.5 credits)