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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; Physics I (GIR), Calculus II (GIR)
and one of the following subjects:
12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST
12.002 Physics and Chemistry of the Terrestrial Planets, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR)
12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; Physics II (GIR), 18.03

Mathematics Requirement
One of the following subjects:
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
or
18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)

Core Subjects
5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
8.03 Physics III, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR)
12.330J Fluid Physics, 12; 5.60*
12.333 Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations, 12; 12.003

Laboratory Subject
One of the following laboratory subjects:
12.307
Weather and Climate Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; Calculus II (GIR), Physics I (GIR)
12.335 Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry, 12, LAB, CI-M; Chemistry (GIR)

Specialized Physics and Mathematics Requirement
Two of the following subjects:
12.008 Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach, 12; Physics I (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor
or
8.09 Classical Mechanics II, 12; Physics I (GIR)
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; Calculus II (GIR), 18.03*

Research Requirement
12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation, 6
And
One of the following research subjects:

12.IND Independent Study (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP
or
12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP

Restricted Electives
Choose 1:12.300J, 12.301, 12.306, 12.310, 12.320J

Departmental Program: units for required courses

114-126

Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs

24-36

Unrestricted Electives

78

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.


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