Do any of you know of any distance learning metereology courses that are designed for science majors?
USDA-Grad School. Ind. Study Hi, Do a search on the USDA Grad. School Independent Study site. This may hold the course that you are looking for. Hille
Embry-Riddle has a meteorology course - this was one of my toughest courses in the amount of work I had to do (a feeling expressed by felow students) -- but very interesting and informative. The class I took had both BS and MS students taking the same class, but with relaxed requirements for the BS students. I am not sure whether ERAU allows one to take individual courses by DL.
Mississippi State University has a Broadcast Meterology and Operational Broadcast Meteorology program. It is done by distance learning. Two of the meterologists in my town(Houston) have completed this program. It is for those who want to take it for fun or career. It is not math intensive.
Don't tempt an old monk, Tireman! "Not math intensive": to this total maths idiot, what seductive words! I have elderly relatives who watch nothing but the Weather Channel. If I got this degree, they'd finally be proud of me! Kidding aside: What an interesting set of options in this thread. Some of my parishioners (farmers) have expressed an interest in doing some formal work on weather studies. Something here might be just the ticket for them. Thanks to all.
Look at the following sites: (My undergrad was in atmospheric sciences which consisted of meteorology & climatology courses). All these colleges/universities have either Distance Learning or Correspondance learning courses in Meteorology and/or Climatology at the lower & upper undergraduate level. Southern Illinois University Carbondale http://www.dce.siu.edu/siuconnected/coursesprograms/summary.php?pdmk=01 Ball State University http://www.bsu.edu/distance/ Mississippi State University http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/BMP/Site.htm University of North Dakota (Full Undergraduate Program) http://www.aero.und.edu/ats/prosundergrad.htm Brigham Young University http://elearn.byu.edu Broome Community College http://www.sunybroome.edu/~online/ Dutchess Community College http://www.sunydutchess.edu/ Fort Hays State University www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/ Herkimer County Community College http://www.hccc.ntcnet.com/internetacademy/programs/index.htm Indiana University-Bloomington http://scs.indiana.edu Mountain State University http://www.mountainstate.edu/ Murray State University http://ceao.murraystate.edu Northeastern University http://www.nuol.edu/ Oklahoma State University-Stillwater http://uedb2.ue.okstate.edu/ics Pennsylvania State University www.worldcampus.psu.edu University Of Connecticut http://continuingstudies.uconn.edu University Of Kansas http://www.kuce.org/isc University Of Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/ISP/ University Of Missouri-Columbia http://cdis.missouri.edu Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University http://www.vto.vt.edu/ Western Illinois University http://www.wiu.edu/ExtendedLearning
Hey Ian, I am thinking about taking that Embry-Riddle Meteorology they have (for graduate credit)......can you give me some detail on how ggod or bad this course was? PM me if you want to, I would really like to know about this course. Thanks Jay
I've searched on this subject several times before... My pick was any course using Donald Ahrens textbook "Meteorology Today" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0534397719/qid=1090444936/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-7404885-0148166?v=glance&s=books or "Essentials of Meteorology" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0534372031/ref=pm_dp_ln_b_2/102-7404885-0148166?v=glance&s=books&vi=contents. The University of Kansas correspondence course is award winning! If you want lab or something more advanced, look at Oklahoma State U or the University of Oklahoma. All of the above are prime research institutions on severe weather. -Orson
From your username I gather your major is in aviation? Brigham Young University has an online meteorology course which was approved for my meteorology requirement at Thomas Edison State College. This will get you to the actual course description (PHSCS 137 — Introduction to the Atmosphere and Weather): http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/catalog/description.dhtm?subject=44&course=PHSCS137Introduction+to+the+Atmosphere+and+Weather Very thorough and quite demanding (A lot more in depth than FAA level meteorology). I like it. I hope this is of help. Good luck.
Bad link on my previous reply, try again: http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/catalog/description.dhtm?subject=44&course=PHSCS137Introduction+to+the+Atmosphere+and+Weather or "http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/catalog/description.dhtm?subject=44&course=PHSCS137Introduction+to+the+Atmosphere+and+Weather" or look up PHSCS 137 in the course catalog on: http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/catalog/ Good luck !
