Technical Electives
Each student is required to complete 21 credits of technical electives prior to graduation.
Students are strongly encouraged to consult with an advisor to develop a group of
technical electives that will help the student achieve their individual academic and
career goals. The following list of University of Utah courses has been pre-approved
by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences to count as technical electives. If a student
is interested in taking a technical elective that is not on the pre-approved list,
they need to make a request to the advisor PRIOR to taking the course. The advisor
will promptly evaluate the course for its suitability and inform the student as to
whether the course will be accepted as a technical elective.
For course descriptions and prerequisite information, please refer to the University
of Utah catalog.
ACCTG (Accounting)
3000 (3) Survey of Accounting Fundamentals
ASTR (Astronomy)
3060 (3) Introduction to Astrophysics
4060 (3) Observational Astronomy for Scientists
4080 (3) Introduction to Cosmology
BIOL (Biology)
3440 (3) Global Change Ecology
3460 (3) Global Environmental Issues
5440 (3) Urban Ecology
5470 (3) Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and Ecology
5495 (4) Biophysical Ecology
5810 (3) Nanoscience: Where Biology, Chemistry and Physics Intersect
BUS (Business)
1050 (3) Foundations of Business Thought
CH EN (Chemical Engineering)
2300 (2) Thermodynamics I
CHEM (Chemistry)
1220 (4) General Chemistry II
1225 (1) General Chemistry II Laboratory
2310 (4) Organic Chemistry I
2315 (1) Organic Chemistry Laboratory
3060 (4) Quantum Chemistry & Spectroscopy
3070 (4) Thermodynamics & Chemical Kinetics
3100 (5) Inorganic Chemistry
5810 (3) Nanoscience: Where Biology, Chemistry and Physics Intersect
CMP (City and Metropolitan Planning)
2010 (3) Introduction to Urban Ecology
3010 (3) Introduction to Urban Dynamics
3390 (3) Fostering Sustainability: Scientific and Human Perspectives
4390 (3) Natural Science for Sustainability in Built Environments
4720 (3) Land Use and Transportation Planning
5350 (3) Public Lands and Environmental Policy
5360 (3) Environmental Planning Law and Policy
5370 (3) System Dynamics and Environmental Policy
5390 (3) Sustainability Planning
COMM (Communication)
1510 (3) Radio-Television Performance and Production
1610 (4) Introduction to News Reporting and Writing
3330 (3) Negotiation and Interviewing
3510 (3) Introduction to Web Design
3520 (3) Radio Journalism
3550 (3) Principles of Visual Communication
3555 (3) Digital Journalism
3560 (4) Video Production I
3570 (1-3) Newsbreak
3640 (4) Writing for New Media
4360 (3) Consuming the Earth
4520 (4) TV Journalism
4620 (3) Communication, Globalization, and Transnational Issues
5360 (3) Environmental Communication
5365 (3) Communicating Climate Change
5510 (3) Advanced Web Design
CS (Computer Science)
1040 (3) Creating Interactive Web Content
1400 (4) Introduction to Computer Science
1410 (4) Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
2000 (4) Introduction to Program Design in C
2100 (3) Discrete Structures
2420 (4) Introduction to Algorithms & Data Structures
3200 (3) Introduction to Scientific Computing
CVEEN (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
2240 (3) Surveying and Global Positioning
ECON (Economics)
2010 (3) Principles of Microeconomics
2020 (3) Principles of Macroeconomics
3250 (3) Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
5250 (3) Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
5260 (3) Energy Policy Options for Utah
ENTP (Entrepreneurship)
3700 (3) Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
4560 (3) Small Business Management
5770 (3) Business Discovery & Creation
ENVST (Environmental Studies)
2000 (1) Field Experience: Environment and Sustainability
2100 (3) Introduction to Environment and Sustainability
3080 (3) Studies in Environmental Literature
3365 (3) Environmental Justice
3368 (3) Energy Choices for the 21st Century
3486 (3) Global Environmental Crisis
4380 (3) U.S. Environmental History
5365 (3) Environmental Justice
FCS (Family & Consumer Studies)
5630 (3) Healthy Communities
FINAN (Finance)
3000 (3) Fundamentals of Investing and Business Finance
3040 (3) Financial Management
3050 (3) Introduction to Investments
4240 (3) Risk and Insurance
GEO (Geology and Geophysics)
3010 (3) Geophysics
3300 (3) The Water Planet
3800 (3) The Oceans
5050 (3) Geochronology
5060 (3) Global Geophysics
5190 (3) Marine Geology
5250 (3) Inversion Theory and Applications
5350 (3) Groundwater
5370 (3) Contaminant Partitioning for Engineers and Scientists
5470 (3) Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry & Ecology
5495 (3) Biophysical Ecology
5560 (2) Numerical Methods in the Geosciences
5565 (2) Digital Mapping and GIS in the Geosciences
5675 (3) Paleoclimate Reconstruction
GEOG (Geography)
1180 (3) Introduction to Geo-Programming
1750 (3) Greatest Snow on Earth: Geography of Skiing
3020 (3) Geographical Analysis
3040 (4) Principles of Cartography
3110 (3) The Earth from Space: Remote Sensing of the Environment
3140 (3) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
3170 (3) Satellites, Lasers & Compasses: Field Methods for Geographic Data
3200 (4) Geomorphology: Mountains, Rivers, Deserts
3205 (3) Regional and Global Climates
3210 (3) Global Climate Change
3230 (3) Pyrogeograhy: Fire, Humans, and the Environment
3250 (3) The Crystal Desert: Antarctica and Global Change
3270 (4) Biogeography: Global Patterns of Life
3290 (3) Water in Utah
3292 (3) Snow and Ice
3310 (3) Introduction to Natural Hazards
3330 (3) Urban Environmental Geography
3340 (3) Geography of Disasters & Emergency Management
3350 (3) Resource Conservation & Environmental Management
3360 (3) Ocean Environments
3370 (3) Utah's Energy Landscape
3380 (3) Wilderness Issues and Management
5090 (3) Introduction to Medical Geography
5110 (3) Environmental Analysis Through Remote Sensing
5120 (3) Environmental Optics
5130 (3) Advanced Remote Sensing Applications
5131 (3) Capstone in Remote Sensing
5140 (4) Methods in Geographic Information Systems
5150 (4) Spatial Data Design for GIS
5160 (3) Spatial Modeling with GIS
5161 (3) Capstone in Geographic Information Science
5170 (3) Mobile GIS
5180 (3) Geoprocessing with Python
5215 (3) Climate Change of Its Impacts
5275 (3) Vegetation and Climate Change
5280 (3) Quaternary Environments: Deep History of the Desert Southwest
5350 (3) Public Lands and Environmental Policy
5375 (3) Sustainable Transportation
5460 (3) Popular Literature on Global Change: A Geographic Perspective
IS (Information Systems)
2010 (3) Computer Essentials
4410 (3) Information Systems
4415 (3) Data Structures and Java
4420 (3) Database Fundamentals
4430 (3) Systems Analysis & Design
4440 (3) Networking and Servers
4460 (3) Web Based Applications
4470 (3) Telecommunication and Security
MATH (Mathematics)
3070 (4) Applied Statistics I
3080 (3) Applied Statistics II
3150 (2) Partial Differential Equations for Engineering Students
3160 (2) Applied Complex Variables
3300 (3) Laboratory in Computational Science
4750 (3) Elementary Mathematical Fluid Dynamics
5010 (3) Introduction to Probability
5030 (3) Actuarial Mathematics
5075 (3) Time Series Analysis
5600 (4) Survey of Numerical Analysis
5740 (3) Mathematical Modeling
MET E (Metallurgical Engineering)
3015 (3) Global Influence of Metals
3220 (2) Material and Energy Balances
3500 (3) Fluid Flow
5240 (3) Principles and Practice of Transmission Electron Microscopy
5290 (3) Principles and Practice of Nanoscience and Technology
5320 (2) Materials Engineering and Environment
MG EN (Mining Engineering)
1050 (2) Technical Communications
2400 (3) Introductory Surveying
5270 (2) Landslides and Slope Stability
MGT (Management)
3000 (3) Principles of Management
3600 (3) Managing and Working in Groups and Teams
3680 (3) Human Behavior in Organizations
MKTG (Marketing)
3000 (3) Marketing Vision
3010 (3) Principles of Marketing
4450 (3) Marketing Research
OIS (Operations & Information Systems)
2340 (3) Business Statistics
PHIL (Philosophy)
3530 (3) Environmental Ethics
PHYS (Physics)
2225 (1) Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers II
3060 (3) Introduction to Astrophysics
3150 (3) Energy and Sustainability: A Global Perspective
3410 (4) Modern Optics I and II
3680 (3) Scientific Writing and Speaking
3730 (4) Introduction to Computing in Physics
3740 (3) Introduction to Quantum Theory and Relativity
3760 (3) Principles of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
4060 (3) Observational Astronomy for Scientists
4080 (3) Introduction to Cosmology
5150 (3) Energy and Sustainability: A Global Perspective
5810 (3) Nanoscience: Where Biology, Chemistry and Physics Intersect
POLS (Political Science)
3390 (3) Introduction to Environmental & Sustainability Policy
5322 (3) Environmental & Sustainability Policy
PRT (Parks, Recreation, & Tourism)
5420 (3) Ecology & Management of Wildland Recreation Settings
THEA (Theater)
3040 (3) Introduction to Voice and Speech