University of California, Davis > Land, Air & Water Resources > Atmospheric Science Program
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Degree Requirements: Bachelor of Science

B.S. Major Requirements:

UNITS
English Composition Requirement: 3‑11
See College requirement: 0‑8
English 19, 104E, Communication 1, or Dramatic Art 10: 3
Preparatory Subject Matter: 59
Biological Sciences 1C: 4
Chemistry 2A, 2B: 10
Computer Science Engineering 30 or course selected with adviser's approval: 4
Mathematics 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 22A, 22B: 22
Atmospheric Science 60: 4
Physics 9A, 9B, 9C: 12
Statistics 13: 3
Breadth/General Education: 28
Satisfaction of General Education requirement; additional units in social sciences and humanities to total 28 units.
Depth Subject Matter: 36
Atmospheric Science 110, 111, 111L, 120, 121A, 121B, 124, 128: 28
Upper division Atmospheric Science courses selected with adviser's approval, not including courses 192 and 199: 4
Engineering 6, Atmospheric Science 150, Civil and Environmental Engineering 119A or course selected with adviser's approval: 4
Restricted Electives: 15
Coordinated group of courses (minor area) to be chosen with adviser's approval from mathematics, computer science, environmental studies, resource management, or a physical or biological science (at least 10 upper division units): 15
Unrestricted Electives: 31‑39
Total Units for the Degree: 180

Major Adviser: Shu-Hua Chen

Advising Center for the major, as well as for graduate studies, is located in 1152 Plant and Environmental Sciences Building in the Land, Air and Water Resources Teaching Center (530-752-1669; lawradvising@ucdavis.edu).

Minor Program Requirements:

Minor Program. The minor in Atmospheric Science provides a broad treatment of weather and climate, with the option to focus on such topics as climate change, meteorological instrumentation, and satellite remote sensing. Students undertaking the minor should have completed minimum preparatory course work in calculus and physics (Mathematics 16A-16B, Physics 5A or 7A). Some upper division courses in Atmospheric Science have the Mathematics 21 and 22 series and the Physics 9 series as prerequisites.

UNITS
Atmospheric Science: 20‑24
Atmospheric Science 60, 110: 8
Four courses selected with the approval of the minor program adviser from upper division Atmospheric Science courses (excluding 192 or 199) or Environmental and Resource Sciences 131 : 12‑16

Minor Adviser: Shu-Hua Chen

Graduate Study:
You can specialize in particular areas of atmospheric science through graduate study and research leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. For details, see under the Graduate Group in Atmospheric Science. See also the Graduate Studies section in this catalog.

Related Courses:
See Environmental Science and Policy 150A; Physics 104A, 104B; Environmental and Resource Sciences 131.

Major / Minor Advisor:
Shu-Hua Chen
Land, Air and Water Resources
"shachen at ucdavis dot edu"