MMet Meteorology and Climate with a year in Oklahoma

Description:
The four-year programme comprises the same content as the three year BSc (F790) but with the addition of a further academic year (August to May) studying in the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma in the town of Norman.
The programme is aimed at students who wish to continue their education in Meteorology to Masters level and are interested in experiencing high quality education in one of the USA's leading Schools of Meteorology. Some of the advanced modules on offer there will change a little from year to year, but all will either represent a development of those taken at Reading or be new, like weather analysis for the High Plains region of the USA.
The first two years are taught entirely in common with the BSc Meteorology and Climate degree (F790).  In the third year, students transfer to the school of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma where they can choose from a range of optional modules, many of which reflect the interest of Oklahoma in extreme local weather events such as tornados. 

In the fourth year, students return to Reading where they take a combination of BSc third year and MSc modules all of which are assessed at Masters' level.  As with the three year BSc programme, the final year also includes a substantial research project selected from a wide variety of possible topics.

Year 1

Introduction to Meteorology
Weather and Climate Fundamentals
Skills for Environmental Science
Calculus Methods
Vectors and Matrices
Ordinary and Differential Equations
Optional Modules
Introduction to Analysis
Physics of the Natural World
Earth Structure and Processes
Earth Materials
Introduction to Soil Science

Year 2

Surface Energy Exchange
Atmosphere & Ocean Dynamics
Atmospheric Physics
Skills for Graduates
Numerical Methods for Environmental Science
Atmospheric Analogues
Differential Equations & Fourier Series
Optional Modules
Earth Surfaces Processes
Quaternary Global Climate Change Analysis
Weather Case Studies and Forecasting
Soils and Soil Development
Sustainable Land Management
Foreign Languages

Year 3
(A selection from the following Senior and Graduate courses, with the advice of the UK Course Advisor)

Fall Semester
Atmospheric Dynamics II
Synoptic Meteorology
Senior Seminar
Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics 1
Cloud Physics
Atmospheric Electrodynamics
Weather Forecasting
Spring Semester
Mesoscale Meteorology
Radar Meteorology
Advanced Synoptic Meteorology
Climate Dynamics
Weather Briefing
Mesoscale Modelling
Weather Forecasting

Year 4

General Studies
Part 4 Research Project
Boundary Layer Meteorology
Optional Modules
Oceanography
Arran (Atmospheric Science) Field Course
Forecasting Systems and Applications
Numerical Weather Prediction
Global Circulation
Climate Change
Extratropical Weather Systems
Remote Sensing
Vegetation, Agriculture and the Atmosphere
Theory and Techniques of Data Assimilation
Tropical Weather Systems