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Broadcast Meteorology (B.S.)

Requirements

87 semester hours in science and other courses as follows:

1. Meteorology Core Courses (46 hours):

METR 1325Natural Hazards
METR 1125Natural Hazards Lab
METR 1360Climatology
METR 1430Meteorology
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 3190Meteorology Instrumentation Lab
METR 4310Weathercasting I
METR 4320Weathercasting II
METR 4210Capstone in Broadcast Meteorology

2. Advanced Meteorology Electives (3 hours):

Select a three-hour upper-division meteorology course not listed in Part 1, the Meteorology Core section.

3. Oceanography

GEOL 1420Oceanography

4. Broadcast Communication Courses

a. Communication Core Courses (6 hours):
COMM 1301Introduction to Mass Communication
COMM 3360Video Production II
b. Communication Elective Courses (6 hours):

Students will select six hours from the following courses:

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 2305Physics I
PHYS 2306Physics II

7. 8 semester hours in Chemistry:

CHEM 1301Chemical Principles I
CHEM 1302Chemical Principles II

CHEM 1203L may substitute for CHEM 1101 and CHEM 1102.

8. 3 semester hours in Computer Programming:

Select one of the following courses:

MATH 2340Computer Programming for Mathematics, Sciences and Engineering
CIS 2330Programming Languages I
CIS 3360Computer Science

Or other approved courses.