Programme structure
In the programme option Meteorology and oceanography, you will take mandatory and recommended courses the first semesters. The courses are a total of 60 ECTS credits. You start with the Master's thesis in the second or third semester, depending on your selection of courses.
Programme structure for students who attended this programme in 2017 or earlier
Course of study
| 4th semester | Master's thesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd semester | GEO4990 – The Earth System | Master's thesis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd semester | Recommended course | Recommended course | Master's thesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st semester | GEO4901 – Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics + HSE-courses | Recommended course | Recommended course | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | 10 ECTS credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatory courses
If you previously have taken GEO3900/GEF3450 or GEO4900/GEF4450, you are exempt from taking GEO4901 and should choose a course from the recommended list below.
Recommended courses
Course selection is done in consultation with the supervisor or coordinator for the programme option. You choose recommended courses from the list below, or other courses recommended by your supervisor:
- GEO4300 – Geophysical Data Science
- GEO4432 – The Surface Energy Balance in Cold Environments
- GEO4902 – Numerical Weather Prediction
- GEO4904 – Atmospheric Chemistry (5 ECTS)
- GEO4922 – Cloud Physics
- GEO4924 – Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Ocean (5 ECTS)
- GEO4960 – The General Circulation of the Oceans
- GEO4962 – The General Circulation of the Atmosphere
- GEO4964 – Upper Ocean Processes and Transport (5 ECTS)
- GEO5550 – Seminar on Current Topics in Geoscience
- GEO5915 – Ecological Climatology
- FYS4150 – Computational Physics
- FYS-STK4155 – Applied Data Analysis and Machine Learning
- STK4900 – Statistical Methods and Applications
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