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Open House ...
We will be having an Open House on
Friday, October 10,
2008. Please write to
meteorology@rutgers.edu
to reserve your place, indicating whether you would like to attend in the
morning or afternoon.
Click here to view the PowerPoint
that was shown at our 2007 Open House, which has an introduction and summary
of our program, a virtual tour, extracurricular activities, and information
about employment afterwards.
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.
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 Stacey
Kawecki (class of 2006), a recent graduate of the Rutgers Meteorology
Program is featured on the back cover of
the Spring 2008 Rutgers Magazine.
Stacey works as a meteorologist at the Mount Washington Observatory, and
she speaks to the strength of the Meteorology Program that has prepared
her for her current position. |
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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, by virtue of
our participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, eight members of the
Rutgers faculty were
awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize in October, 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 Sciences. 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 |
