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Graduate Catalog 2015-2016

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, PH.D.

Introduction

Deadlines

Program Information

Sequence and Timing

Financial Support for Students in the Doctoral Program

Introduction

 A doctoral applicant will have earned a Master’s degree or have completed 30 semester hours of graduate

credit, and submitted scores from the General GRE examination (verbal, quantitative, and analytical

writing); advanced GRE is recommended but optional. GRE s core must be at least 1100 for verbal and

math sections together and 3.0 for analytical writing. TOEFL examination is required for all non-native

English-speaking students and the lowest score accepted is 550 for the paper version and 213 for the

computer-based examination. The Director of Graduate Studies in Atmospheric Science and Chairman w

evaluate the c redential s of each applicant for the Ph.D. program, considering a broad range of criteria,

including:

1. Content of undergraduate and graduate programs and grades earned, particularly in the areas of     

Meteorology, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geosciences, or related natural/physical sciences.

2.  Letter  s of recommendation from three (3) individuals (preferably faculty members), who are able to

    judge the candidate’s academic abilities and potential for scholarly research.

3. Scores earned on the General GRE test (and TOEFL test, where applicable).

4. Scientific, professional, and technical publications, and Master’s Thesis.

Program Information

The award of the Doctorate of Philosophy degree signifies that the recipient has achieved broad knowledg

of the discipline and demonstrated research competence meeting national standards through completion o

an acceptable dissertation.

During the week before their first full semester at the University, the student must take a Departmental

general Placement Examination, consis ting of both written and oral parts. Students wishing to qualify for 

candidacy for the Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Science must demonstrate general proficiency in

mathematics, phys ics, and chemistry (when atmospheric chemistry is the chosen area of specialty). Som

graduate courses explicitly require prerequisite courses, e.g., MATH 3363, MATH 2331, MATH 2433,

GEOL 3378, GEOL 3342 or their equivalent at other institutions. The examining committee will determine

what deficiencies - if any - are present, and the acceptable means of removing those deficiencies (e.g.,

course work within and/or outside the Department, directed study, research papers).

The first year of studies will concentrate on courses in the expected area of research, as well as courses

needed to remove deficiencies. During the first y ear, the student is expected to have selected a

Diss ertation Advisor and constituted his/her Dissertation Committee to reflect research interests. It is

assumed that the student will complete most course work during this first y ear of study. The second year

will consist of additional course work, where necessary, research, and final preparation for the Candidacy

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Examination and the presentation of the Dissertation Proposal. The oral Candidacy Examination and

Dissertation Proposal should be completed during the third semester for full-time students, or before

completion of five semesters for part-time students. Upon success ful presentation of the research

proposal, the applicant will be granted Ph.D. Candidacy status.

Sequence and Timing

Prior to first full semester in Ph.D. program:

1. Departmental Placement Examination.

First year in program:

1. Appropriate course work.

2. Removal of all deficiencies.

3. Establishment of Ph.D. Research Committee.

Second year in Program:

1. Taking the Candidacy Exam and presenting the Dissertation Proposal during the first semester

of the second year.

2. Completion of all formal course work.

3. Initiation of research.

Third and successive years:

1. Submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal

2. Completion and defense of dissertation.

Financial Support for Students in the Doctoral Program

In accordance with University regulations, a student accepted into the program and offered Departmental

support (e.g., Teaching Assistantship (TA) or Research Assistantship (RA)) may receive such support fo

up to 10 long semesters (5 years) provided the student is deemed to be making adequate progress toward

the degree and such resourc es are available. It is the goal of the department for students to finish their   

degree within the shortest possible time consistent with the completion of an acceptable dissertation.

Students must be registered as full-time students and may not hold any additional employment while holdin

a TA or RA.

Progress toward the degree will normally be measured in terms of course work (maintaining at least a B

average), elimination of deficienciesand timely selection of a Dissertation Committee, completion of     

requirements for Candidacy and presentation of a Dissertation Proposal. After the first two semesters ,

progress will be evaluated and continued support will be granted on the basis of a favorable review and

availability of resourc es. In each subsequent semester, the Diss ertation Committee will review the

student’s progress, inform the student of their findings, and place a statement in the student’s departmenta

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