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Undergraduate Program

EAPS Undergraduate Degree Requirements

 

Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate

 

Study of the fluid envelopes of the earth. Dynamics of movement; Chemistry and Interaction between Atm. and Ocean; Climate and Global Change; a suitable background for further study toward a Masters Degree in Meteorology.

Degree Chart

 

Foundation Material 12.003 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 12, REST; 8.01, 18.02 And one of the following subjects: 12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST 12.002 Physics and Chemistry of the Solid Earth, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.02 12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; 8.02, 18.03
Mathematics Requirement One of the following subjects: 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.014
Core Subjects 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; 18.02, 5.11* 8.03 Physics III, 12, REST; 8.02*, 18.02 12.330J Fluid Physics, 12; 5.60* 12.333 Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation, 12; 12.003
Laboratory Subject 12.307 Weather and climate Laboratory, 12; 18.02, 8.01, 5.60
Specialized Physics and Mathematics Requirement Two of the following subjects: 12.008 Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach, 12; 8.01, 18.03 or 8.09 Classical Mechanics II, 12; 8.01 8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12, REST; 8.03*, 18.03 8.07 Electromagnetism II, 12; 8.03, 18.03 18.311 Principles of Applied Mathematics, 12; 18.03*
Research Requirement 12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation And One of the following research subjects: 12.IND Independent Study (at least 6 units) 12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units)
Restricted Electives Choose 1: 12.300J, 12.301, 12.306, 12.310, 12.320J
Departmental Program: units for required courses	144
Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs	(36)
Unrestricted Electives	72
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for S.B. Degree	180
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.