We offer three bachelor of science programs, the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) major, the Climate Sciences major, and the AOS/Math. Our graduates go on to graduate school in the sciences and engineering, the National Weather Service, K-12 education, environmental law, and other jobs in the private and public sectors.

The Department is now composed of 32 faculty members, 37 researchers, 121 students and 12 staff members. It offers a Bachelor of sciences program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Mathematics which offers a modern curriculum with an emphasis on active and hands-on learning. The program helps the students to build the scientific understanding needed to assess climate impacts from both human-induced climate change and natural climate variability, find solutions to manage and mitigate climate change and communicate climate information to decision-makers in the public sector, private sector, and non-governmental organizations.

The Department also offers a Master of Sciences and PhD Program that allow the students to build advanced knowledge in a sub-area in AOS, acquire professional preparation and skills, learn how to perform and present world-class research. The students get to conduct research in their field of interest and become independent researchers.

Student who graduated from AOS MS and/or PhD :

• continue towards faculty positions at well known universities.
• research at federal laboratories (NASA-JPL, NCAR, …).
• conduct research and build policies at state agencies such as the South Coast Air Quality Air District.
• work in the industry, such as environmental consulting, Wall Street, Google….