Atmospheric Science, BS

Departmental/Program Major Courses (31 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (70-77 credits)

• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I ^ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
• MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I ^ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

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• MA 16200 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus II ^ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
• MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II ^ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

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• MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MA 26500 - Linear Algebra (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MA 26600 - Ordinary Differential Equations (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry ^ (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry ^ (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• PHYS 17200 - Modern Mechanics ^ (satisfies Science selective for core and Teambuilding Experience)
• PHYS 27200 - Electric And Magnetic Interactions (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• CS 15800 - C Programming (satisfies Teambuilding Experience)
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods (satisfies Information Literacy Selective for core)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication & Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication & Information Literacy for core)

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• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• Language/Culture Elective I - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• Language/Culture Elective II - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• Language/Culture Elective III - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• General Education Elective I (Select courses could satisfy Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education Elective II (Select courses could satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education Elective III (Select courses could satisfy Humanities Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Great Issues - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Multidisciplinary Elective (could be satisfied by Science, Technology & Society core classes)

Electives (16 credits – or more if needed to reach 120 credits of countable credits)

Recommend Science, Technology & Society core course as one elective

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

Program Requirements

http://www.eaps.purdue.edu/for_students/undergraduate/

Note

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement

Students must earn a “C-” or better in all required ^ courses.

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 average in EAPS major classes required to graduate.

Degree Requirements

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

Degree Works is knowledge source for specific requirements and completion

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.