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Broadcast Meteorology (B.S.)

Requirements

87 semester hours in science and other courses as follows:

1. 46 semester hours in Meteorology:

METR 1325Natural Hazards
METR 1360Climatology
METR 1430Meteorology
METR 3190Meteorology Instrumentation Lab
METR 3310Radar Meteorology
METR 3320Forecasting I
METR 3325Thermodynamic Meteorology
METR 3330Forecasting II
METR 3335Severe Weather
METR 3340Hydrology
METR 3356Synoptic Meteorology
METR 3360Satellite Meteorology
METR 3390Meteorology Instrumentation
METR 4210Capstone in Broadcast Meteorology
METR 4310Weathercasting I
METR 4320Weathercasting II

2. 3 advanced hours meteorology selected from the following:

METR 4315Air Pollution Meteorology
METR 4325Climate Modeling
METR 3345Statistical Climatology
METR 3355Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Meteorology
METR 3365Atmospheric Physics
METR 3375Atmospheric Dynamics
METR 4330Micrometeorology
METR 4340Precipitation Physics and Weather Modification
METR 4371Special Topics in Meteorology

3. Oceanography

GEOL 1420Oceanography

4. Broadcast Communication Courses

a. COMM 1301, Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 1301Introduction to Mass Communication
b. COMM 3360, Video Production II
COMM 3360Video Production II
c. Six hours COMM from the following:
COMM 3353Broadcast Journalism
COMM 3380Announcing/Performance
COMM 3390Radio Practicum
COMM 3395Television Practicum

5. 12 semester hours in Mathematics:

MATH 1311Precalculus
MATH 2312Calculus I
MATH 2313Calculus II
MATH 2314Differential Equations

6. 8 semester hours in Physics:

PHYS 2305/PHYS 2105Physics I and Lab
PHYS 2105Physics Laboratory I
PHYS 2306/PHYS 2106Physics II and Lab
PHYS 2106Physics Laboratory II

7. 8 semester hours in Chemistry:

CHEM 1301Chemical Principles I
CHEM 1302Chemical Principles II
CHEM 1203LChemical Principles Laboratory

8. 3 semester hours in Computer Programming:

Select one of the following courses:  CIS 2330, Programming I; CIS 3360, Computer Science; ENGR or MATH 2340, Computer Programming for Mathematics, Sciences and Engineering, or other approved studies.