This is an introductory course in weather at a level appropriate to a good university. Although this is a 1000 level course, and there are no formal prerequisites, it is assumed that either you know some science already and have basic algebra skills, or you are willing to work hard at gaining them. If you have had one or more high-school courses in subjects like chemistry, earth science, or physics and you also have basic algebra skills, you will be able to handle the material. You probably should not be in this course if you have little or no math skills or if this is the first science course you have ever had. There is a significant difference in the way science is learned from the way information is learned, and you must understand from the start that this is a science course first, an information course second.
Facts are of course useful and necessary, but are only a part of what constitutes science.
In this course, facts are coupled with scientific concepts to analyze weather phenomena. For example, it is not enough to know the names of various cloud types without also knowing why and how the various types are formed. Therefore, some of the course involves learning those scientific principles that form the foundation for understanding weather processes. The answer is a qualified yes, but you probably will be under a lot of pressure and find this course difficult. If you find yourself lost in the lectures, you will be lost on the exams.