Undergraduate Program in Meteorology
 
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Careers in Meteorology
Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science
Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (formerly Cook College)
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Open House ...

We had an Open House on Friday, October 9, 2009.  Click here to view the PowerPoint that was shown, with a summary of our program, a virtual tour, extracurricular activities, and information about employment afterwards.   We will have another Open House in 2010.  If you would like to visit or obtain more information in the meantime, please click here.

Meteorology is the study of weather and climate, of the characteristics, structure, and processes of the atmosphere.  Students learn how to forecast the weather and how to understand climate change.  The emphasis of the Bachelor of Science degree program is on developing a broad understanding of the fundamental physical and dynamic processes governing the motions and behavior of the atmosphere, and its interactions with the underlying land and ocean surfaces.  Basic courses in chemistry, physics, and mathematics are the prerequisite foundation on which the meteorology program is built.  Students who wish to pursue an undergraduate meteorology degree should have a strong high school or equivalent background in mathematics and the sciences prior to enrollment.  This program meets all the U.S. federal government civil service requirements for classification as a meteorologist and the American Meteorological Society recommendations for undergraduate meteorology programs.

We are pleased to announce the establishment of a WeatherWatcher Living-Learning Community starting Fall, 2009.   Located in Perry Hall, the closest dormitory to our Environmental Sciences Building, on the Cook Campus, a pastoral paradise, the WeatherWatcher Living-Learning Community offers special benefits to its student residents interested in the weather and climate, who want to learn about broadcast communications. Community members have the opportunity to work and learn in the field while living with students who share common interests.  A professional television studio, located right on the floor, facilitates the production of twice-daily weather forecasts airing on the Rutgers University Television NetworkFor more information, click here.

The Meteorology Undergraduate Program is pleased to announce that our 2009 Student of the Year, Ross Alter (left), is the winner of a prestigious AMS/Industry/Government Graduate Fellowship from a national competition of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) sponsored by the AMS 21st Century Fund.  Ross is now a graduate student in our Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science.  We are also pleased to announce that one of our incoming freshmen, Peter Ramirez (right), is the winner of a one of only six 2009/2010 AMS Industry/Minority Scholarships, this one sponsored by the AMS 21st Century Campaign.  This scholarship is an award of $3000/yr for two years.

Past graduates of the program have found employment in weather forecasting organizations (government and private), academic/research institutions, private consulting firms, the media, and industry.  Graduates seeking advanced degrees have gone on to study at a variety of institutions, including many of the leading research universities.  A survey of students graduated over the last decade indicates that nearly all students who wanted to do so found positions working in atmospheric science-related fields or have attended graduate school for an advanced degree.  The faculty aids graduating seniors in finding jobs or in graduate school admission.  The program keeps a data base of companies that have hired its students so that future graduates can use it to aid in their search.

It's never too late to become a meteorologist.  Read New York Times article about returning to school to study weather and climate.

Our faculty conduct state-of-the-art research creating new knowledge in weather and climate.  This offers students opportunities to participate in research projects as undergraduates.  We also operate the Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science, which has been ranked by the Chronicle of Higher Education as 5th in the nation in scholarly productivity.  In addition, eight members of the Rutgers faculty participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December, 2007.

Office, classroom, and laboratory facilities are located in the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook College campus.  We operate a state-of-the-art weather station in the nearby Rutgers Gardens.  Click here for the latest weather observations.

The Rutgers Undergraduate Meteorology Program is offered on the Cook College campus and is administered in the Department of Environmental SciencesThe Cook Campus was recently described in a Daily Targum article as a pastoral paradise.

A combination of several factors makes the study of Meteorology at Rutgers unique and highly rewarding:

Specific questions may be directed to the Meteorology Undergraduate Program Director:     

Prof. Alan Robock
Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551

Phone: 732-932-9800 x6222
Email: meteorology@rutgers.edu



Prepared by Alan Robock  - Last updated on October 20, 2009