UTM adds new meteorology concentration; first in the state
Marquita Douglas
Issue date: 1/20/10 Section: Campus News
UTM is introducing something new this semester. As of this year, UTM has added a meteorology concentration within the Geosciences major. The meteorology concentration is the first of its kind and only program offered in the state of Tennessee.
According to Dr. Todd Albert, a professor of Meteorology in the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, UTM has been working on introducing the meteorology program for quite some time now.
"Dr. Simpson has been working on this concentration for years. Personally, I've wanted to teach more advanced Meteorology classes for over a decade now. When I heard that there were no such programs in the state, I leapt at the chance to help create one. In my first semester here, Dr. Simpson and I managed to establish this new program," Dr. Albert said.
Many students here at UTM and those choosing to attend UTM have been awaiting a meteorology systematic course of study. Students wishing to pursue a degree in meteorology should have a good background in math and physics. The program is designed to train students for a career in the atmospheric sciences, so any interested students should also be prepared for a number of Geography and Meteorology courses.
According to Dr. Robert Mark Simpson, also a professor of Meteorology in the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, there are two sequence options that a student can pursue depending only on their career interests.
"The first option is geared towards graduate school in which the student would complete their training in advanced topics in meteorology so that they can become forecasters, researchers, professors and the like. The second option is directed more to the student who has interests beyond simply studying the weather and climate, but can use this information as part of their work in environmental monitoring - such as air pollution or assessing the affects of weather and climate on anything from human health to energy production to crop yields.
According to Dr. Todd Albert, a professor of Meteorology in the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, UTM has been working on introducing the meteorology program for quite some time now.
"Dr. Simpson has been working on this concentration for years. Personally, I've wanted to teach more advanced Meteorology classes for over a decade now. When I heard that there were no such programs in the state, I leapt at the chance to help create one. In my first semester here, Dr. Simpson and I managed to establish this new program," Dr. Albert said.
Many students here at UTM and those choosing to attend UTM have been awaiting a meteorology systematic course of study. Students wishing to pursue a degree in meteorology should have a good background in math and physics. The program is designed to train students for a career in the atmospheric sciences, so any interested students should also be prepared for a number of Geography and Meteorology courses.
According to Dr. Robert Mark Simpson, also a professor of Meteorology in the Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, there are two sequence options that a student can pursue depending only on their career interests.
"The first option is geared towards graduate school in which the student would complete their training in advanced topics in meteorology so that they can become forecasters, researchers, professors and the like. The second option is directed more to the student who has interests beyond simply studying the weather and climate, but can use this information as part of their work in environmental monitoring - such as air pollution or assessing the affects of weather and climate on anything from human health to energy production to crop yields.
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