Meteorology (Dip.)

30 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (15 credits)

  • ATOC 512 Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 521 Cloud Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 531 Dynamics of Current Climates (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ATOC 540 Synoptic Meteorology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 541 Synoptic Meteorology 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

6 credits selected from the courses below. (6 credits)

6 credits selected from the courses below.

  • ATOC 309 Weather Radars and Satellites (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ATOC 315 Thermodynamics and Convection (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 519 Advances in Chemistry of Atmosphere (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

9 credits ordinarily selected from:

9 credits ordinarily selected from:

  • ATOC 513 Waves and Stability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ATOC 515 Turbulence in Atmosphere and Oceans (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ATOC 517 Boundary Layer Meteorology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ATOC 525 Atmospheric Radiation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ATOC 548 Mesoscale Meteorology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ATOC 557 Research Methods: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 317 Numerical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 319 Partial Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 555 Fluid Dynamics (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHYS 331 Topics in Classical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 340 Majors Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 342 Majors Electromagnetic Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 432 Physics of Fluids (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

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