Coastal Meteorology, B.S.

Semester 1

Critical: Credit in MATH 1022 /MATH 1023 ; 2.0 Cumulative and LSU GPA.

• ENGL 1001 English Composition I (3) or
• ENGL 1004 English Composition (3)

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• CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3) or
• CHEM 1421 HONORS: General Chemistry I (3)

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• ENVS 1126 Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3) or
• ENVS 1127 HONORS: Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3)

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• OCS 1011 Coastal Meteorology as a Career (1)
• MATH 1530 Differential Calculus (3)
• General Education course - Arts (3)

Semester 2

Critical: “C” or better in CHEM 1201 ; “C” or better in ENGL 1001  or ENGL 1004 ; 2.0 Cumulative and LSU GPA.

• OCS 1005 Introduction to Oceanography (3) or
• OCS 1006 HONORS: Introduction to Oceanography (3)

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• CHEM 1202 General Chemistry II (3) or
• CHEM 1422 HONORS: General Chemistry II (3)

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• OCS 1013 Atmospheric Science for the Coast (3)
• MATH 1540 Integral Calculus (3)
• General Education course - Humanities (3)

Semester 3

Critical: ”C” or better in MATH 1550 ; 2.0 Cumulative and LSU GPA.

• OCS 2013 Extreme Coastal Weather (3) or
• OCS 2014 HONORS: Extreme Coastal Weather (3)

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• PHYS 2110 Particle Mechanics (3)
• OCS 2011 Introduction to Coding for Coastal Sciences (3)

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• MATH 1552 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4) or
• MATH 1553 HONORS: Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4)

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• General Education course - Social Sciences (3)

Semester 4

Critical: “C” or better in MATH 1552 ; 2.0 Cumulative and LSU GPA.

• PHYS 2112 Fluids, Thermodynamics, Waves, and Modern Physics (3)
• PHYS 2108 Introductory Physics Laboratory (1)
• EXST 2201 Introduction to Statistical Analysis (4)
• ENGL 2000 English Composition II (3)
• MATH 2065 Elementary Differential Equations (3)

Semester 5

Critical: “C” or better in PHYS 2110 ; 2.0 Cumulative and LSU GPA.

• OCS 3013 Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation (3)
• OCS 4021 Forecasting Coastal Weather (3)

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• ENVS 4145 Remote Sensing Fundamentals for Environmental Scientists (3) or
• GEOG 4045 Environmental Remote Sensing (3)

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• General Education course - Social Sciences (2000-level) (3)
• General Education course - Humanities (3)

Semester 6

• OCS 4013 Survey of Coastal Meteorology (3)
• OCS 4023 Mesoscale Meteorology (3)
• OCS 4011 Radar and Satellite Systems in Coastal Meteorology (1)
• Approved Coastal Meteorology Elective (3)*
• Approved Coastal Science Elective (3)*
• General Education course - Humanities (3)

Semester 7

• OCS 4019 Surface-Atmosphere Interactions (3)
• OCS 4111 Atmospheric Thermodynamics (3)
• Approved Coastal Meteorology Elective (3)*
• Approved Coastal Science Elective (3)*
• Approved Elective (3)*

Semester 8

• OCS 4113 Atmospheric Dynamics (3)
• OCS 4999 Capstone in Coastal Environmental Science (1)
• Approved Coastal Meteorology Elective (3)*
• Approved Coastal Science Elective (3)*
• Approved Elective (3)*

120 Total Sem. Hrs

*Approved Coastal Science Elective

OCS 3998 Internship in Oceanography and Coastal Studies (1-3)  
OCS 4024 Coastal Morphodynamics (3)  
OCS 4038 Scientific Writing and Collaboration (2)  
OCS 4061 Introductory Oceanographic Data Analysis (3)  
OCS 4126 Chemical Oceanography (3)  
OCS 4128 Wetland Hydrology and Hydrodynamics (3)  
OCS 4210 Geological Oceanography (3)  
OCS 4560 Wetland Loss, Restoration and Management (3)  

*Approved Coastal Meteorology Elective

ENVS 4045 Air Pollution and Society (3)  
GEOG 4016 Methods of Climatological Analysis (3)  
GEOG 4017 Hurricane Climatology (3)  
OCS 3200 Hurricanes and Typhoons (3)  
OCS 3999 Undergraduate Research in Coastal Sciences (1-6)  
OCS 4017 Field Course in Coastal Meteorology (3)  
OCS 4170 Physical Oceanography (3)    

*Approved Elective

ENVS 4149 Design of Environmental Management Systems (3)  
ENVS 4262 Environmental Hazards Analysis (3)  
EXST 3201 Statistical Analysis II (4)  
EXST 4142 Introduction to R and Statistical Data Mining (3)  
GEOG 4014 Climatology (3)  
GEOG 4018 Geographical Hydrology (3)  
GEOG 4047 Geographic Information Systems (3)  
GEOG 4221 The Tropical Atmosphere (3)  
OCS 3103 Global Environmental Cycles (3)  
OCS 4222 Managing for a Changing Climate (3)  
OCS 4410 Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis (3)  
OCS 4600 Global Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future (3)