Broadcast Meteorology (B.S.)

Requirements

87 semester hours in science and other courses as follows:

1. Meteorology Core Courses (46 hours):

METR 1325	Natural Hazards
METR 1125	Natural Hazards Lab
METR 1360	Climatology
METR 1430	Meteorology
METR 3310	Radar Meteorology
METR 3320	Forecasting I
METR 3325	Thermodynamic Meterology
METR 3330	Forecasting II
METR 3335	Severe Weather
METR 3340	Hydrology
METR 3356	Synoptic Meterology
METR 3360	Satellite Meteorology
METR 3390	Meteorological Instrumentation
METR 3190	Meteorolog Instrumentation Lab
METR 4310	Weathercasting I
METR 4320	Weathercasting II
METR 4210	Capstone/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 1420

Oceanography

4. Broadcast Communication Courses

a. Communication Core Courses (6 hours):

COMM 1301	Intro to Mass Communication
COMM 3360	Video Production II

b. Communication Elective Courses (6 hours):

Students will select six hours from the following courses:

COMM 3353	Broadcast Journalism
COMM 3380	Announcing and Performance
COMM 3390	Radio Practicum
COMM 3395	Television Practicum

5. 12 semester hours in Mathematics:

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

6. 8 semester hours in Physics:

PHYS 2305	Physics I
PHYS 2306	Physics II

7. 8 semester hours in Chemistry:

CHEM 1301	Chemical Principles I
CHEM 1302	Chemical 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 2340	Comp Prog/Math, Science, Engr
CIS 2330	Programming Languages I
CIS 3360	Computer Science

Or other approved courses.