Weather Forecasting and Communications Option (31-32 credits)

This option prepares students for careers in which their skills as weather forecasters are effectively used in a variety of ways, from science reporting and television broadcasting to web design, computer-based weather graphics production, and developing innovative applications of weather and climate data to industry.

METEO 414 Mesoscale Meteorology (4)
METEO 415 Forecasting Practicum (3)
METEO 436 Atmospheric Physics I (3)^$ or

METEO 437 Atmospheric Physics II (3)^$

METEO 474 Computer Methods of Meteorological Analysis and Forecasting (3)^#

Select 12 or 13 credits from the following list.

CAS 211 Informative Speaking (3)
EE/METEO 433 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Systems (3)
ENGL 416 Science Writing (3)
GEOSC 402Y (IL) Natural Disasters (3)
METEO 412 Synoptic Applications of Dynamic Meteorology (4)
METEO 413 Map Analysis (3)
METEO 416 Advanced Forecasting (3)
METEO 422 Dynamic Meteorology II (3)
METEO 454 Introduction to Micrometeorology (3)
METEO 471W Observing Meteorological Phenomena (3)
METEO 473 Application of Computers to Meteorology (3)*
METEO 474 Computer Methods of Meteorological Analysis and Forecasting (3)*
METEO 483 Weather Communications III (3)
METEO 484 Weather Communications Apprenticeship (3)
METEO 486 Pennsylvania Climate Studies (3 cr. maximum)
METEO 496 Internship (3 cr. maximum)

*If not used to meet the required courses.