Climate and Weather
Optimal exchange dates: Year 2: Semester 1 or Semester 2 (Sem 2 recommended)
Planning your exchange: The core pre-requisite for the Climate and Weather Major is ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse. The Faculty of Science has mapped this subject at multiple partner institutions. Therefore, students undertaking exchange in Semester 2 of Year 2 could choose a host institution where an equivalent to this subject is offered and then choose a selection of Science Electives/Breadth subjects.
If students preferred to undertake exchange in Semester 1, of Year 2 it is important to consider that both ATOC20001 Weather and Climate Systems and MAST20009 Vector Calculus are recommended subjects. ATOC20001 Weather and Climate Systems is only available in Semester 1 and as such it would be wise to consider finding an equivalent to this subject whilst abroad. However, it is not compulsory progression in this major.
Mapped subjects for the Climate and Weather major include:
| University of Melbourne subject | Partner institution | Equivalent subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAST20009 Vector Calculus | Carnegie Melon University | Calculus in Three Dimensions | Subject is missing general curvilinear coordinates and the vector identities, but is still a good replacement for MAST20009 |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of California, Davis | 116 Climate Change | |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of Connecticut | NRE3146 Climatology | |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of Connecticut | GSCI3010 Earth History and Global Change | |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of Glasgow | Climates: Past and Future Earth4074 | |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of Iceland | UAU107M Climate Change | |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of Oslo | GEO3100 Environmental Geology | |
| ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse | University of Maryland | AOSC401 Climate Dynamics and Earth System Science | |
| ATOC30004 Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography | University of Edinburgh | Physics of Climate, | |
| ATOC30008 Atmospheric Processes and Composition | University of Edinburgh | Earth's Atmospheric Composition | |
| ATOC30008 Atmospheric Processes and Composition | University of Edinburgh | Oceanography |