Subject: Courses

Contents:   (A) undergrad courses,   (B) grad courses,   (C) 3-year plan for course offerings,   (D) topic coverage by courses

Note: Effective Fall 2024, all designations for courses include "_V" to indicate the Vancouver campus. For example: ATSC_V113.

List of UBC-Vancouver Courses closely related to Atmospheric Sciences / Meteorology / Weather / Climate 

1st Year:   

• ATSC 113 - Applied Meteorology -3 cr (Weather for Sailing, Flying & Snow Sports)
• EOSC 112 - The Fluid Earth: Atmosphere & Ocean -3 cr.
• EOSC 114 - The Catastrophic Earth; Natural Disasters -3 cr. (includes a module on storms)

2nd Year:

• ATSC 201 - Meteorology of Storms -3cr.
• ATSC 212 - Earth & Atmos. Sci. Intro. Computing Lab - 1 cr. (will likely be eliminated soon)
• EOSC 211 - Computer Methods in Earth, Ocean & Atmos. Sci. - 3 cr.
• EOSC 250 - Fields and Fluxes - 3 cr.
• GEOS 200 - Atmospheric Environments - 3 cr.

3rd Year:

• ATSC 301 - Atmospheric Radiation & Remote Sensing - 3 cr.
• ATSC 303 - Methods in Atmospheric Science - 3 cr. (Weather Instruments)
• ATSC 313 - Renewable Energy Meteorology - 3 cr.
• ATSC 398 - Co-op Work Placement I- 3 cr.
• ATSC 399 - Co-op Work Placement II - 3 cr.
• CHEM 302 - Atmos. Environ. Chemistry - 3 cr.
• ENVR 300 - Intro to Research in Environmental Sci. - 3 cr.
• EOSC 340 - Global Climate Change -3 cr.
• EOSC 352 - Geophysical Continuum Dynamics - 3 cr.
• EOSC 354 - Analysis of Time Series and Inverse Theory for Earth Scientists - 3 cr
• GEOS 300 - Microscale Weather - 3 cr.
• GEOS 309 - Geographical Science Field Course - 3 cr.
• GEOG 312 - Climate Change: Science and Society - 3 cr. (not GEOS)
• GEOS 370 - Advanced Geographic Information Science (GIS) - 3 cr.
• GEOS 373 - Introductory Remote Sensing - 3 cr.

4th Year:

• ATSC 404 - Dynamic Meteorology - 3 cr.
• ATSC 405 - Cloud Physics & Chemistry - 3 cr.
• ATSC 406 - Operational Meteorology - 3 cr. (will likely be eliminated soon)
• ATSC 409 - Numerical Techniquest for Ocean, Atmosphere & Earth Scientists - 3 cr
• ATSC 413 - Forest-fire Weather & Climate - 3 cr.
• ATSC 448 - Directed Studies - 3 or 6 cr.
• ATSC 449 - Honours Project - 6 cr.
• ATSC 490 - Student-directed Seminars in Atmos. Sci - 3 cr.
• ATSC 498 - Co-op Work Placement III - 3 cr.
• ATSC 499 - Co-op work Placement IV - 3 cr.
• ENVR 410 - Energy, Environment & Society - 3 cr.
• EOSC 410 - Geoscientific Data Analysis & Empirical Modeling - 3 cr.
• EOSC 440 - Physical Climate Modeling - 3 cr.
• EOSC 442 - Climate Measurement & Analysis - 1 cr.
• EOSC 448 - Directed Studies - 3 or 6 cr.
• EOSC 471 - Physical Oceanography - 3 cr.
• GEOS 400 - Global Change Science - 3 cr.
• GEOS 401 - Urban Meteorology - 3 cr.
• GEOS 402 - Air Pollution Meteorology - 3 cr.
• GEOS 448 - Directed Studies - 3 cr
• MECH 411 - Air Pollution, Technology & Society - 3 cr.

• ATSC 500 - Boundary Layer Meteorology - 3 cr.
• ATSC 506 - Numerical Techniques for Ocean, Atmosphere & Earth Scientists - 3 cr (taught with ATSC 409 & EOSC 511)
• ATSC 507 - Numerical Weather Prediction - 3 cr.
• ATSC 548 - Masters Graduation Essay - 3-6 cr.
• ATSC 595 - Directed Studies - 2-6 cr.
  ( ATSC 595D - Directed Studies in Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling - 3 cr.)
• ATSC 597 - Co-op Work Placement I - 3 cr.
• ATSC 598 - Co-op Work Placement II - 3 cr
• ATSC 599 - Masters Thesis -12-15 cr.
• ATSC 699 - Doctoral Dissertation - 0 c5.
• EOSC 510 - Data Anslysis in Atmos., Earth & Ocean Sciences - 3 cr.
• EOSC 512 - Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics - 3 cr.
• EOSC 516 - Teaching & Learning in Earth, Ocean & Atmos. Sci. - 2 cr
• EOSC 582 - Satellite Remote Sensing: Applications to Oceanography & Meteorology - 3 cr.

This table shows planned course offerings during Fall 2022 - Summer 2027. (updated irregularly)

This table shows which meteorological topics are covered by which courses.