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 208 Introduction to Broadcast Meteorology (1)
• 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 I (3)
• CHEM 111L Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
• CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry II (3)
• CHEM 112L Principles of Chemistry II 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)

Note:

• Many of these courses require prerequisites which will not count towards the minor unless they are on the list above.