Undergraduate Majors in PAOC

Physics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for S.B. Degree	180
Foundation Material 12.003 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 12, REST; 8.01, 18.02 And one of the following subjects: 12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST 12.002 Physics and Chemistry of the Solid Earth, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.02 12.004 Introduction to Planetary Science, 12; 8.02, 18.03 12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; 8.02, 18.03
Mathematics Requirement One of the following subjects: 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.014
Core Subjects 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; 18.02, 5.11* 8.03 Physics III, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.02 12.330J* Fluid Physics, 12; 5.60* 12.333 Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation, 12; 12.003
Laboratory Subject 12.307 Weather and climate Laboratory, 12; 18.02, 8.01, 5.60
Specialized Physics and Mathematics Requirement Two of the following subjects: 8.033 Special Relativity and Classical Mechanics, 12; 8.01, 18.02 8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12, REST; 8.03, 18.03 8.07* Electromagnetism II, 12; 8.03, 18.03 18.311 Principles of Applied Mathematics, 12; 18.03*
Research Requirement 12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation And One of the following research subjects: 12.IND Independent Study (at least 6 units) 12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units)
Restricted Electives Choose 1: 12.300J, 12.301, 12.305, 12.306, 12.308, 12.320J
Departmental Program: units for required courses	???
Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs	(??)
Unrestricted Electives	???
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.