Department of Atmospheric Sciences | University of Illinois
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MINOR in atmospheric sciences

minor REQUIREMENTS

Course Requirements:

The atmospheric sciences minor requires 18 total credit hours, 0-6 hours from the classes in the first table and 12-18 hours from the second table.

HOURS REQUIREMENTS
0-6 Total Choose from the following:
 

ATMS 100 Introduction to Meteorology
ATMS 120 Severe and Hazardous Weather
ATMS 140 Climate and Global Change
ATMS 201 General Physical Meteorology

 

HOURS REQUIREMENTS
12-18 Total Choose from the following:
 

ATMS 301 Atmospheric Thermodynamics
ATMS 302 Atmospheric Dynamics I 
ATMS 303 Syntopic-Dynamic Weather Analysis
ATMS 304 Radiative Transfer-Remote Sensing
ATMS 305 Computing and Data Analysis
ATMS 306 Cloud Physics
ATMS 307 Climate Processes
ATMS 312 Atmospheric Dynamics II 
ATMS 313 Synoptic Weather Forecasting
ATMS 314 Mesoscale Dynamics
ATMS 322 Societal Impacts Weather & Climate
ATMS 323 Air Pollution to Global Change
ATMS 405 Boundary Layer Processes 
ATMS 406 Tropical Meteorology
ATMS 410 Radar Remote Sensing
ATMS 411 Satellite Remote Sensing
ATMS 420 Atmospheric Chemistry
ATMS 421 Earth Systems Modeling
ATMS 425 Air Quality Modeling
ATMS 444 Arctic Meteorology and Climate
ATMS 446 Climate and Social Variability
ATMS 447 Climate Change Assessment
ATMS 449 Biogeochemical Cycles
ATMS 491 Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Sciences