Thread: Meteorology Degree - Need Info.
View Single Post
  #5   Report Post  
Old August 14th 03, 05:41 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology
Russell Martin Russell Martin is offline
external usenet poster
  
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Nov 2003
Posts: 23
Default Meteorology Degree - Need Info.
(I R A Darth Aggie) wrote in message ...
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:38:49 GMT,
R. Martin , in
wrote:
+ I R A Darth Aggie wrote:
+
+ On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:40:57 GMT,
+ Ian Westerfield , in
+ .net wrote:
+
+ + I'm interested in becoming a Meteorologist and need to know how I should
+ + tailor my college classes to accomplish this.
+
+ You probably won't like this, but: math, math and more math - the
+ calculus series, and ordinary differential equations. Physics,
+ too. Tho you can skip "A-bomb" (modern physics). For most of what
+ meteorology deals with, Newtonian physics is adequate. :-)
+
+ Agreed. Also computer programming and statistics. Including
+ distribution courses and a few meteorology courses, he should
+ get out of school in 6 or 7 years. ;-)

Indeed. Then there will be the several years of indentured servi^W^W
graduate school...

Of course, he could end up like me: doing computers for statisticians... :-)

James

Or computers and statistics for neurosurgeons like I did for a while.
Flexibility is good, at least if one likes eating.

Regards,
Russell
Reply With QuoteReply With Quote