Since this statement is concerned with the bachelor's degree and students already have many course requirements, only a few additional courses are listed per career. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all courses that could be useful for a particular career. Students should keep in mind that many of the suggested courses may have prerequisites that are not listed here and that may vary from institution to institution. The requirements for federal employment as a meteorologist are given below. To meet these requirements, students should ensure that the 12 credits of course work in atmospheric thermodynamics and dynamics and weather analysis and forecasting recommended in section 2 of this statement include six semester hours of dynamic meteorology and six semester hours of weather analysis and forecasting.
Some institutions use a quarter system rather than the semester system.
Normally, two semester hours equates to three quarter hours. In some cases, the recommended credits in section 2b may convert to noninteger numbers of quarter hours. In such cases, the institutions may combine a course with an appropriate portion of another course to meet the recommendation. There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.