METEO at Pennsylvania State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate METEO coursework.

• METEO 300Fundamentals of Atmospheric Scienceopens 29 courses (10 directly)
• METEO 431Atmospheric Thermodynamicsopens 23 courses (7.5 directly)
• METEO 421Atmospheric Dynamicsopens 19 courses (8 directly)
• METEO 411Synoptic Meteorology Laboratoryopens 12 courses (10.5 directly)
• METEO 481Weather Communications Iopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• METEO 241Fundamentals of Tropical Forecastingopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate METEO work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 62 METEO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more METEO courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on METEO, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in METEO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at METEO 416

  1. CHEM 110Chemical Principles I
  2. METEO 300Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science
  3. METEO 431Atmospheric Thermodynamics
  4. METEO 421Atmospheric Dynamics
  5. METEO 411Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory
  6. METEO 414Mesoscale Meteorology
  7. METEO 416Advanced Forecasting

• 6 courses deep, ending at METEO 455

  1. CHEM 110Chemical Principles I
  2. METEO 300Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science
  3. METEO 431Atmospheric Thermodynamics

• 3 courses deep, ending at METEO 410

  1. METEO 101Understanding Weather Forecasting
  2. METEO 241Fundamentals of Tropical Forecasting
  3. METEO 410Advanced Topics in Weather Forecasting

• 3 courses deep, ending at METEO 473

  1. METEO 101Understanding Weather Forecasting
  2. METEO 273Introduction to Programming Techniques for Meteorology
  3. METEO 473Application of Computers to Meteorology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for METEO yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under METEO yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

METEO does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn State campus feed.