Meteorology Minor

Minor Requirements

Credit Hours: 18

In addition to completing the requirements for this minor, students must also complete the minor requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Core course:

• PHYS 105 Introduction to Meteorology (3)

Complete a minimum of two meteorology-based courses selected from:

• ENVT 352 Special Topics in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (1-4) *
• PHYS 106L Exercises in Weather and Climate (2)
• PHYS 210 Introduction to Air Pollution (3)
• PHYS 215 Synoptic Meteorology (3)
• PHYS 225 Climate (3)
• PHYS 298 Special Topics (1-3) *
• PHYS 370 Experimental Physics (4)
• PHYS 381 Internship (1-4) *
• PHYS 390 Research (1-3) *
• PHYS 399 Tutorial (3) *
• PHYS 412 Special Topics (1-3) *
• PHYS 425 Mesoscale Meteorology (3)
• PHYS 457 Satellite Meteorology (3)
• PHYS 459 Cloud and Precipitation Physics (3)

Additional Electives

If needed as students can take more than two courses from the category above.

• ASTR 129 Astronomy I (3)
• ASTR 129L Astronomy I Laboratory (1)
• BIOL 204 Humans and the Environment (3)
• BIOL 342 Oceanography (4)
• CHEM 101 General Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 101L General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 111L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 112L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• CSCI 220 Computer Programming I (3)
• CSCI 220L Programming I Laboratory (1)
• ENGL 334 Technical Writing (3)
• ENVT 200 Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Studies (3)
• GEOG 101 World Regional Geography (3)
• GEOG 219 Reading the Lowcountry Landscape (3)
• GEOL 213 Natural Hazards (3)
• GEOL 240 Special Topics in Geology (1-4) *
• GEOL 288 Global Change: A Geological Perspective (3)
• GEOL 291 Water Resources (4)
• GEOL 442 Geological Application of Remote Sensing (4)
• GEOL 449 Geographical Information Systems (4)
• MGMT 305 The Nexus of Management and Weather (3)
• PHYS 101 Introductory Physics I (3)
• PHYS 101L Introductory Physics Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 102 Introductory Physics II (3)
• PHYS 102L Introductory Physics Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 111 General Physics I (3)
• PHYS 111L General Physics I Lab (1)
• PHYS 112 General Physics II (3)
• PHYS 112L General Physics II Lab (1)
• PHYS 305 The Nexus of Management and Weather (3)
• PHYS 350 Energy Production (4)
• PHYS 394 Digital Signal and Image Processing with Biomedical Applications (3)
• PHYS 394L Digital Signal and Image Processing with Biomedical Applications Laboratory (1)
• POLI 104 World Regional Geography (3)

Notes:

*Must involve meteorology and must be approved by the meteorology minor program director.

1. Many of these courses require prerequisites which will not count towards the minor unless they are on the list above.
2. Students must notify the meteorology minor program director prior to graduation to receive credit for the minor on their transcript.