CLATMSCI02 - Climate and atmospheric science

Overview

Climate and atmospheric science explores the structure and evolution of the physical climate system, and includes addressing how we forecast our weather as well as how we understand the climate. Weather and climate are both critical to understanding the natural and built environment and how it is changing under anthropogenic … For more content click the Read More button below. AvailabilityClimate and Atmospheric science is listed in S2000 Bachelor of Science, S3001 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours) and S3002 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Research (Honours) at Clayton as a major, minor and an extended major.

Climate and atmospheric science explores the structure and evolution of the physical climate system, and includes addressing how we forecast our weather as well as how we understand the climate. Weather and climate are both critical to understanding the natural and built environment and how it is changing under anthropogenic and other influences. Climate and Atmospheric science is an interdisciplinary science that draws on the strengths of environmental science, applied mathematics and physical geography and the applications of concepts in physics and chemistry.

Availability
Climate and Atmospheric science is listed in S2000 Bachelor of Science, S3001 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours) and S3002 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Research (Honours) at Clayton as a major, minor and an extended major.

Requirements
24 credit points

Core units12 credit points

Additional climate and atmospheric science units12 credit points

You must complete 12 credit points from the following units.

Note 1: You can only complete one of EAE2011 and EAE2111.

Note 2: EAE3121 and EAE3152 have mathematics prerequisites. They both rely on the successful completion of MTH1030 and MTH2010. Noting that these two units have the following special enrolment rules:

MTH1030: You must have passed MTH1020 with a mark of at least 60 or VCE Specialist Mathematics units 3 and 4 with a raw study score of at least 30. Exceptions for students who passed MTH1020 with a mark in the range of 50 to 59 can be made with permission from the unit coordinator based on a diagnostic test.

MTH2010: Students must have passed MTH1030, MTH1035, or MTH1040 with a mark of at least 60. Exceptions for students who passed these units with a mark in the range of 50 to 59 can be made with permission from the unit co-coordinator based on a diagnostic test.

Students in the double degree E3007 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science complete ENG1090 and/or ENG1005 instead of MTH1020 and/or MTH1030 and ENG2005 instead of MTH2010. Those in Software Engineering specialisation; ENG1005 and MTH2010.

EAE2011

6 CP

Environmental problem solving and visualisation

EAE2111

6 CP

Introduction to climate science

EAE2122

6 CP

Introduction to atmospheric physics and dynamics

EAE3111

6 CP

Climate dynamics