Atmospheric Sciences Master of Science
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Program Overview
Atmospheric Sciences Master of Science
The Atmospheric Sciences Program (ASP) is designed to provide students with a basic foundation in the physical principles, theory, methodological skills, and applications central to the disciplines of meteorology and climatology. We seek to produce scholars and scientists able to perform academic research work of the highest quality.
About the Program
Graduate students are central to the Program's scholarly and scientific community; their research and teaching contributions are central to our mission.
Program Objectives
The graduate program's broad programmatic objectives are:
- To bring graduate students rapidly and fully into the collegial, scholarly, scientific, and teaching life of the Geography Department, the ASP, and the University
- To provide a common foundation for graduate research in atmospheric sciences
- To provide a variety of courses to meet student research and training needs, and to support student efforts to find relevant courses outside the department
- To offer opportunities for students to become familiar with current research within the atmospheric sciences
- To encourage students to engage in academic research presentations and critique
- To support as far as possible the financial needs of graduate students through a variety of teaching and research assistantships, fellowships, and other mechanisms
Career Opportunities
The ASP is designed to develop outstanding thinkers and to lay the foundation for rewarding careers. OSU Geography/Atmospheric Sciences has a long history of preparing students for diverse jobs in academia/education, government, the private sector, and non-profits. Master's graduates in particular have found that their intellectual and technical training in our department leads to fulfilling careers in multiple fields.
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
International graduates of this major are eligible per the Department of Homeland Security to apply for up to three (3) years of work permission in the United States after graduation.