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BS in Meteorology Overview - 120 Credits
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
120 credits are required.
Minimum credits at WCSU
A minimum of 30 credits must be taken at WCSU. You have 0 but
still need 30 credits.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required
When your first term is graded, your cumulative GPA will be calculated.
If your cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 it is important to see an advisor
to make plans for raising your GPA.
General Education Competency Requirements
See General Education Competency Requirements section
General Education Course Requirements
See General Education Course Req. Including Cognates
section
Major Requirements
See Major in Meteorology section
General Electives
See General Electives - Meteorology section
General Education Competency Requirements
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
Students must complete each of the competencies listed below. In
addition, students must complete 3 of the competencies a second time
excluding First Year (FY) and WRT 101 (WI).
General Education Competencies
Creative Process (CP)
1 to 2 Classes
Critical Thinking (CT)
1 to 2 Classes
Oral Communication (OC)
1 to 2 Classes
Health and Wellness (HW)
1 to 2 Classes
Scientific Inquiry (SI)
1 to 2 Classes
Intercultural Competence (IC)
1 to 2 Classes
Information Literacy (IL)
1 to 2 Classes
First Year Experience (FY)
1 Class
Culminating Experience (CE)
1 to 2 Classes
Writing Course (WRT 101)
WRT 101
Writing Intensive II (W2)
1 to 2 Classes
Writing Intensive III (W3)
1 to 2 Classes
Quantative Reasoning (QR)
1 to 2 Classes
General Education Course Req. Including Cognates
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
40 credits are required.
WRITING COURSE (3 S.H.)
WRT 101
METEOROLOGY COGNATE REQUIREMENTS (12 -15 S.H.)
MAT 181
or
MAT 170 and MAT 171
Calculus I
MAT
181
or
Calculus with pre-calculus
MAT 170 and 171
General Chemistry I
CHE 110
General Chemistry II
CHE 111
22-25 CREDITS IN CLASSES OUTSIDE MAJOR
Major in Meteorology
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
69-70 credits are required.
Minimum 2.0 major GPA
Minimum credits at WCSU
A minimum of 35 credits must be taken at WCSU.
MATH & COMPUTER SCIENCE CORE
Introduction to Programming or Visual Basic
CS 140 or 143
Elementary Statistics
MAT 120
Calculus II
MAT 182
Calculus III
MAT 281
Ordinary Differential Equations
MAT 282
PHYSICS CORE
General Physics I
PHY 110
General Physics II
PHY 111
EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES CORE
Intro to Physical Oceanography
ES 210
General Astronomy or Physical Geology
AST 150 or ES 110
METEOROLOGY CORE
Meteorology
MTR 150
Weather Analysis and Forecasting I
MTR 230*
Weather Analysis and Forecasting II
MTR 231
Climatology
MTR 240
Atmospheric Thermodynamics
MTR 310
Atmospheric Dynamics
MTR 311
Mesoscale Meteorology & Numerical Forecasting
MTR 340
Meteorological Instrumentation
MTR 430
Atmospheric Physics & Remote Sensing
MTR 440
Internship or Senior Research
MTR 370 or 450
General Electives - Meteorology
10 -11 General Elective Credits
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