Christopher W. MacIntosh
Meteorology Student Portfolio
Course Justifications
Educational Goal Summary:
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Put any information here you feel your advisor would need to know about your
course selections (major, minor, requirements your transfer credits have
satisfied, etc.).
Fall 2008:
Total Credits: 15.5
Math 165 Calculus I (4 credits): Meteorology
requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Relig 205 Intro to World Religion (3 credits):
Arts & Humanities credit.
Sp Com 110 Listening (3 credits):
Social Science credit.
Engl 250H Written, Oral, Visual, & Electronic
Composition (3 credits): LAS English requirement, Honors requirement.
Hon 121 Freshman Seminar (1 credit):
Honors requirement.
Mteor 111 Intro to Synoptic Applications (1
credit): Meteorology requirement.
Lib 160 Library (0.5 credits): LAS
English requirement.
Notes: Completes LAS Math requirement, LAS Arts &
Humanities Requirement.
Spring 2009
Total Credits: 15.0
Phys 221 Intro to Classical Physics (5 credits):
Meteorology requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Math 166 Calculus II (4 credits): Meteorology
requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Mteor 206 Intro to Meteorology (3 credits): Meteorology
requirement.
Pol S 215 Intro to American Government (3 credits):
Social Science credit.
Notes: Completes LAS Natural Sciences requirement.
Fall 2009
Total Credits: 12.0
Math 265 Elementary Multivariable Calculus (4 credits):
Meteorology requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Mteor 201 Introductory Seminar (Required):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 227 Computational Meteorology (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Phys 222 Intro to Classical Physics II (5 credits):
Meteorology requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Spring 2010
Total Credits: 14.0
Math 266 Elementary Differential Equations (4 credits):
Meteorology requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Mteor 301 General Meteorology (4 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Hd Fs Human Sexuality (3 credits): Social Science credit.
Hon 322 Honors Seminar (1 credit): Honors
requirement.
Relig 210 Religion in America (3 credits):
U.S. Diversity requirement.
Notes: Completes U.S. Diversity requirement, Social Science
requirement .
Fall 2010
Total Credits: 13.0
Mteor 311 Intro to Synoptic Meteorology (2 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 341 Atmospheric Physics I (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Hon 322 Honors Seminar (1 credit): Honors
requirement.
Stat 105 Intro to Statistics for Engineers (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement, LAS Math requirement.
Mteor 402 Watershed Hydrology (4
credits): Meteorology Elective.
Notes: Completes Honors Seminar requirement, 300 level outside of
Meteorology requirement for Honors,
300 level Meteorology course
requirement.
Spring 2011
Total Credits: 15.0
Mteor 342 Atmospheric Physics II (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 443 Dynamic Meteorology I (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 490 Independent Study (3 credits)
Meteorology elective.
Hist 371 The Holocaust in Text, Image and Memory (3 credits):
Elective.
Geol 415 Paleoclimatology (3 credit):
Meteorology/geology elective.
Notes: Completes Meteorology Complimentary Courses
requirement.
Fall 2011
Total Credits: 14.0
Mteor 411 Synoptic Meteorology (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 454 Dynamic Meteorology II (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 499 Senior Research (2 credits): Meteorology
requirement.
Engl 302 Technical Communication (3 credits):
LAS requirement.
Mteor 406 World Climates (3 credits): Meteorology
elective.
Notes: Completes LAS English requirement, 300+
level requirement
for Meteorology.
Spring 2012
Total Credits: 15.0
Mteor 432 Instrumentation & Measurements (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 417 Mesoscale Forecasting Lab (3 credits):
Meteorology requirement.
Mteor 407 Mesoscale Meteorology (3 credits):
Meteorology elective.
Mteor 404 Global Change (3 credits): Meteorology
elective.
Mteor 324 Energy & the Environment (3 credits):
Meteorology elective.
Notes: Completes 300+ level requirement for Honors, Meteorology
requirements,
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