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Current undergraduate students

If you are a newly admitted student, starting your first semester at McGill, we suggest you visit the Newly admitted undergraduate students page to find out all the information concerning course registration dates, deadlines, and how-to as well as orientation and download your pre-arrival checklist (what to pack, registering for orientation activities, etc).  

Two great starter packages are:

The Registration Resource & Preparation Guide created by Campus Life & Engagement.

The Welcome to Science Booklet by the Faculty of Science. 

Also try the Orientation & Transition: Undergraduate webpage. CaPS

Current Undergraduate Students list can be found here.  

For information on student services available to all new and returning students, research and internship opportunities as well as awards available in the department, please click on one of the tabs below:

Here we list a few of the many services available to all undergraduate students across the university and some specific to our department.

To access information on ALL student services available to you, we recommend you visit the Student Services webpage and the Newly Admitted Students page on the Faculty of Science website.

Advising

There are three primary sources of help and information available to students at McGill: advisors in the Faculty Student Affairs Office, departmental advisors, and general student services.

Advisors at the Faculty Level

Advisors in the The Science Office for Undergraduate Student Advising (SOUSA) provide general advising to all undergraduate students. They are also responsible for advising all incoming Science freshman students (97 to 120 credit degree).

If you have any questions about degree requirements and restrictions, or are simply looking for help planning your degree, contact your SOUSA adviser, whose name appears on your Minerva transcript.

If you don't know where to go for your particular problem, ask someone in the Student Affairs Office in Dawson Hall. If they can't help you, they will, in most instances, find out who can.

Departmental Advisors

Departmental advisors are responsible for the degree programs which are administered by their departments. The most important function of the departmental advisors is to advise and assist students in realistic and meaningful program planning.

The current AOS Undergraduate Advisor is our Undergraduate Studies Director, Prof. Tim Merlis. You can find his contact information here.

Peer Advisers

The Peer Adviser Program is a joint effort between the Student Affairs Office of the Faculties of Arts & Science, the Arts Undergraduate Society, and the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS). The goal of this program is to complement the services provided by the Student Affairs Office by providing trained senior undergraduate students whom you can consult on an anonymous basis.

Peer advisers will be available to help you from September to November, and from January to March, on a drop-in basis. You should contact the Student Affairs Office at the beginning of the fall term for the room location.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE’S ACADEMIC ADVISING PAGE.

Student Wellness Hub

The Student Wellness Hub is a renovated space that has consolidated and expanded Health Services, Counselling and Psychiatric Services. It features staff, clinicians and medical professionals, for any and all health and wellness needs that a student may have. It is located on the third, fourth and fifth floors of the Brown Building.

All full- and part-time students who have paid student service fees are eligible for services free of charge. 30-minute drop-in counselling appointments are available if you do not have a regular counsellor at the Hub and have a single mental health issue that you think could be addressed in 1 session. Drop-ins with a doctor or nurse are available to anyone starting at 9 a.m.. They can provide emergency care, prescription renewals, referrals and other services. The Wellness Hub is located on 3600 McTavish Street, Brown Student Services Building, 3rd Floor. Their telephone number is 514-398-3601.

For more information, please visit the Student Wellness Hub’s website. 

Career Planning Services (CaPS)

The McGill Career Planning Service (CaPS) assists students in their career development and search for permanent, part-time, and summer jobs, as well as internships, by providing workshops, individual advising, a comprehensive job posting service, and an extensive Career Resource Centre. In addition, counsellors are available to advise students on an individual basis.

For more information, please click HERE.

Office for students with disabilities (OSD)

The OSD works with students who have documented disabilities, mental health issues, chronic health conditions, or other impairments. These may be temporary, permanent, or episodic. Students must book an appointment with an Access Services Advisor to discuss their barriers and to determine what resources or accommodations will help to make their time at McGill a success.

For more information, please click HERE.

 

Research

The AOS department encourages students to take up research on exciting topics. Professors offer research opportunities on an ad hoc basis, so you should contact them individually to know more about specific opportunities.

Timeline:

Students can perform research year round, based on an agreement with the professor. A typical research project will take place in the summer (16 weeks from the 1st week of May), or during the fall and winter terms (as Honours or paid casual research assistants)

Courses:

Honours and reading courses offer an opportunity to do research for credit.

ATOC 480 Honours Research Project 3 Credits

ATOC 670 Reading Course: Meteorology 1 3 Credits        

ATOC 671 Reading Course: Meteorology 2 3 Credits        

ATOC 672 Reading Course: Oceanography 3 Credits

Funding opportunities:

NSERC-USRA  (during summer term only). Make sure to follow the procedure and respect the deadline.

SURA (during summer term only) 

Work-study program (for eligible students only) 

Internships

Internship Year in Science (IYS)

IYS is a pregraduate work experience program available to eligible students and normally taken between their U2 and U3 years. For more information, see section 11.12: Science Internships and Field Studies (page 1449). LINK: https://www.mcgill.ca/study/2018-2019/files/study.2018-2019/2018-2019_un...

The following programs are also available with an internship component:

• Major in Atmospheric Science

• Honours in Atmospheric Science

Earth System Science Interdepartmental Major

This program is offered by the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Earth and Planetary Sciences; and Geography. Students in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences interested in this program should contact Professor bruno.tremblay [at] mcgill.ca (Bruno Tremblay). For more information, see section 11.13.11: Earth System Science (ESYS) on page 1551. 

McGill offers financial aid in the form of loans (money that needs to be repaid eventually) and bursaries (money that does not need to be repaid) to eligible students who demonstrate financial need. The assistance provided by the Scholarships and Student (Financial) Aid Office is meant to supplement other sources of core funding such as government aid, parental support, part-time work and, in some cases, a student line of credit from the bank. Their mission is to promote accessibility, support retention and encourage scholarship through financial awards for needy and deserving students in any degree program from any geographic origin.

McGill University has a comprehensive scholarship and award program to recognize honour and encourage the outstanding achievements of its undergraduate students at different levels of study. For a comprehensive list of all scholarships and awards with detailed descriptions and eligibility requirements, please consult page 112 the Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards Calendar 2018–2019:

Departmental Prize

Currently, our Department offers the following awards, prizes, and fellowships to its undergraduate students in recognition of their strong academic records. Nominations are made to the Department’s Awards Committee who is involved in the decision process.

J.S. Marshall Prize

It was established in 1995 by alumni contributions to the Department, in memory of Professor J. Stewart Marshall. The Marshall Prize is awarded annually or at the discretion of the Department, to the student graduating from the undergraduate program who holds the most outstanding academic record. The award is valued at $300.

AOSSUM is the AOS Society for our Undergraduates. It stands for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Society of Undergraduates at McGill or AOSSUM (pronounced awesome) for short.  To find out about the many social and educational field trips they have organized for their members for this term, please visit their website.

Last year, AOSSUM participated in a helicopter ride tour! Last semester, they organized a clothing sale promoting the department. And, in the month of December, it successfully organized an information event at the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).

Better yet, become a member of the AOSSUM council and help plan these events!

Fall 2019

ATOC 181. Introduction to Atmospheric Science.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A survey of the Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate system. Topics include the fundamental processes that determine interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere; anthropogenic effects such as global warming, the ozone hole and acid rain; a perspective on future climate change.
  • Fall and Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 210, ATOC 214, ENVB 301 or NRSC 201.

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ATOC 185. Natural Disasters.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

This course examines the science behind different types of disasters and our ability or inability to control and predict such events. From this course the student will gain an appreciation of natural disasters beyond the newspaper headlines and will better understand how the effects of disasters can be reduced.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with EPSC 185.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 185.

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ATOC 214. Introduction: Physics of the Atmosphere.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An introduction to key physical processes operating in the atmosphere, designed for students in science and engineering. Topics typically include: composition of the atmosphere; vertical structure; heat transfer; solar and terrestrial radiation and Earth's energy balance; seasonal and daily temperature changes; humidity and the formation of clouds and precipitation; stability of tropospheric air layers; applications of adiabatic charts.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite: CEGEP Physics, or the combination of PHYS 131 and PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.

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ATOC 312. Rotating Fluid Dynamics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Fundamentals of fluid motion on a rotating sphere: Rotating coordinate systems, the Lagrangian time derivative, and equations of motion. The geostrophic approximation and thermal wind balance; departures from geostrophy, such as frictional Ekman layers, inertial oscillations, and the gradient wind balance. The shallow water equations, including potential vorticity conservation, quasigeostrophy, and simple wave solutions.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: MATH 314
  • Not open to students who have taken ATOC 512.

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ATOC 315. Thermodynamics and Convection.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Buoyancy, stability, and vertical oscillations. Dry and moist adiabatic processes. Resulting dry and precipitating convective circulations from the small scale to the global scale. Mesoscale precipitation systems from the cell to convective complexes. Severe convection, downbursts, mesocyclones.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisites: ATOC 214 and MATH 222

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ATOC 396. Undergraduate Research Project.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Independent research project with a final written report.
  • Prerequisite(s): Departmental permission required.
  • Restriction(s): Open to B.Sc., B.A.& Sc., B.A. and B.Eng. students.
  • 1. This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses.

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ATOC 404. Climate Physics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

This course covers the essentials of climate physics through the lens of one-dimensional, vertical atmospheric models. This includes shortwave and longwave radiative transfer, convection, phase changes, clouds, greenhouse gases, and atmospheric escape. This is an adequate level of detail for understanding Earth's climate, paleoclimate, anthropogenic climate change, or pursuing studies of Solar System planets and extrasolar planets.
  • Prerequisite(s): PHYS 230 or PHYS 251, PHYS 232 or PHYS 253, MATH 315 or MATH 325, and MATH 222
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHYS 404.

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ATOC 480. Honours Research Project.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

The student will carry out a research project under the supervision of a member of the staff. The student will be expected to write a report and present a seminar on the work.
  • (01-MAY-2003/31-AUG-2003)
  • Restriction: Open to U3 Honours and Major students

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ATOC 512. Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Equations of motion used to study waves, turbulence, and the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans. Standard approximations to these equations, including the Boussinesq, primitive, quasigeostrohic, and rotating shallow water equations. Emphasis is on effects for which rotation and/or buoyancy play essential roles. Simple classes of flow, e.g., geostrophic, thermal wind, Ekman, and inertial oscillations.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MATH 314, MATH 315, or permission of instructor

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ATOC 525. Atmospheric Radiation.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Solar and terrestrial radiation. Interactions of molecules, aerosols, clouds, and precipitation with radiation of various wavelengths. Radiative transfer through the clear and cloudy atmosphere. Radiation budgets. Satellite and ground-based measurements. Climate implications.
  • Prerequisites (Undergraduates): ATOC 315, MATH 314, and MATH 315, or permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 620.

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ATOC 531. Dynamics of Current Climates.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A detailed overview of the climate and the global energy balance. Topics typically include: energy balance at top of the atmosphere and at the surface, poleward energy flux, the role of clouds, climate and atmospheric/oceanic general circulations, natural variability of the climate system, evolution of climate and climate change.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MATH 315 or permission of instructor
  • Corequisite (Undergraduate): ATOC 312 or ATOC 512 or permission of instructor

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ATOC 540. Synoptic Meteorology 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Analysis of current meteorological data. Description of a geostrophic, hydrostatic atmosphere. Ageostrophic circulations and hydrostatic instabilities. Kinematic and thermodynamic methods of computing vertical motions. Tropical and extratropical condensation rates. Barotropic and equivalent barotropic atmospheres.
  • Fall
  • 2 hours lecture; 2 hours laboratory
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MATH 314, MATH 315, or permission of instructor

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ATOC 670. Reading Course: Meteorology 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Assigned reading of a specialized topic in meteorology with formal evaluation.

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ATOC 671. Reading Course: Meteorology 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Assigned reading of a specialized topic in meteorology with formal evaluation.

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ATOC 672. Reading Course: Oceanography 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Assigned reading of a specialized topic in oceanography with formal evaluation.

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Winter 2020

ATOC 100. Extreme-Weather and Climate-Change Physics.

Credits: 0-3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course will provide an overview of extreme weather and climate phenomena, using calculus-based mathematical and physical principles. It will examine the physics and dynamics associated with extreme weather and climate phenomena, including blizzards, heat waves, cold waves, ice storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The atmospheric and oceanic observing system will be used to quantify the structure and mechanisms of extreme weather and climate events. The physics of climate change will be interpreted through the natural and anthropogenic changes to Earth's radiation and energy balances. An introduction to climate models (both simple and complex) will illustrate the concepts of forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity, and provide the foundation for understanding future changes in extreme weather.
  • Prerequisite(s): PHYS 101
  • Corequisite(s): MATH 141

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ATOC 181. Introduction to Atmospheric Science.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A survey of the Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate system. Topics include the fundamental processes that determine interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere; anthropogenic effects such as global warming, the ozone hole and acid rain; a perspective on future climate change.
  • Fall and Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 210, ATOC 214, ENVB 301 or NRSC 201.

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ATOC 182. Introduction to Oceanic Sciences.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An introduction to ocean sciences with particular emphasis on physical oceanography. Topics typically include seawater properties, sea ice, air-sea interaction, seafloor topography, large-scale ocean circulation, waves, tides, physical control of biological processes, the role of oceans in climate, and impact of human activities.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 220, EPSC 360 or EPSC 560.
  • Fall and/or Winter
  • 3 hours lecture

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ATOC 184. Science of Storms.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Physical processes associated with severe and hazardous weather affecting the Earth. Topics are taught at a fundamental level, without equations, to provide a complete and up-to-date understanding of such extreme events as blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts.
  • Winter
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 240, or the combination of ATOC 214 and ATOC 215.

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ATOC 215. Oceans, Weather and Climate.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

An introduction to key physical and dynamical processes in the oceans and atmosphere. Topics typically include air-sea-ice interactions, laws of motion, the geostrophic and thermal wind relations, general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, weather, radiative balance, climate sensitivity and variability, role of the atmosphere and oceans in climate.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite: MATH 141

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ATOC 219. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as smog chamber, acid rain, and ozone hole will be examined.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, and one of MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150, or a CEGEP DEC in Science, or permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 219, CHEM 419 or ATOC 419
  • Offered in odd years. Students should register in CHEM 219 in even years

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ATOC 309. Weather Radars and Satellites.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Basic notions of radiative transfer and applications of satellite and radar data to mesoscale and synoptic-scale systems are discussed. Emphasis will be put on the contribution of remote sensing to atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite: ATOC 215

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ATOC 357. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Laboratory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Students will gain hands-on experience in several fundamental atmospheric and oceanic science topics through practical experimentation. A diverse set of experiments will be conducted, ranging from in situ observations in Montreal, to remote sensing of clouds and radiation, to laboratory chemistry and water-tank experiments. As a background for these experiments, students will receive training on sensor principles and measurement error analysis, as well as the fundamental physical processes of interest in each experiment. They will learn to operate, and physically interpret data from, various sensors for in situ and remote observation of meteorological variables. Their training will also extend to operational weather observations, analysis, and forecasting.
  • Prerequisite(s): ATOC 214 or permission of instructor.

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ATOC 396. Undergraduate Research Project.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Independent research project with a final written report.
  • Prerequisite(s): Departmental permission required.
  • Restriction(s): Open to B.Sc., B.A.& Sc., B.A. and B.Eng. students.
  • 1. This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses.

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ATOC 480. Honours Research Project.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

The student will carry out a research project under the supervision of a member of the staff. The student will be expected to write a report and present a seminar on the work.
  • (01-MAY-2003/31-AUG-2003)
  • Restriction: Open to U3 Honours and Major students

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ATOC 513. Waves and Stability.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Description of the principal wave types and instability mechanisms of geophysical fluid dynamics. Geostrophic adjustment, wave dispersion, the WKBJ approximation. Wave types considered include (internal) inertia-gravity waves, planetary Rossby waves, and the equatorial and coastal wave guides. Instabilities considered include inertial, symmetric, barotropic, baroclinic, and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MATH 314, MATH 315, or permission of instructor

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ATOC 519. Advances in Chemistry of Atmosphere.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Exploration of the field of atmospheric chemistry that is identified as the significant driver of climate change and the cause of millions of premature death every year. Discussion of cutting-edge novel technologies for observing and quantifying pollutants (from ground to satellite) using artificial intelligence, the fate of emerging contaminants (e.g., nano/microplastics, trace metals, persistent organic), and modelling of atmospheric and interfacial processes. Examination of topics like atmospheric gaseous and multiphase components like bioaerosols. Study of photochemical, photophysical, and aerosol nucleation processes that affect air quality, climate change, and ecosystem health.
  • Offered in odd years. Students should register in CHEM 519 in even years.
  • Prerequisites: CHEM 213, CHEM 273, MATH 222, MATH 315 or equivalents, or permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 519.
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Cross linked course: CHEM 519

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ATOC 521. Cloud Physics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A detailed overview of the environmental factors and microphysical processes involved in the formation of clouds and precipitation. Topics typically include: cloud observations, atmospheric thermodynamics, environmental stability regimes, convection, the microphysics of the formation of cloud droplets and ice crystals, initiation of precipitation, aerosol–cloud interactions.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 621.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisites (Undergraduates): ATOC 315, MATH 314, and MATH 315, or permission of instructor.

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ATOC 541. Synoptic Meteorology 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Analysis of current meteorological data. Quasi-geostrophic theory, including the omega equation, as it relates to extratropical cyclone and anticyclone development. Frontogenesis and frontal circulations in the lower and upper troposphere. Cumulus convection and its relationship to tropical and extratropical circulations. Diagnostic case study work.
  • Winter
  • 2 hours lecture; 2 hours laboratory
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): ATOC 312 and ATOC 540 or permission of instructor.

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ATOC 548. Mesoscale Meteorology.

Credits: 0-3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Theory of meteorologically important mesoscale phenomena including mesoscale instabilities, cumulus convection and its organization (including thunderstorms, squall lines, and other forms of severe weather), internal gravity waves, and topographically forced flows. Application of theory to the physical interpretation of observations and numerical simulations.
  • Prerequisite(s): ATOC 512 or ATOC 312
  • Not open to students who have taken ATOC 646.

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ATOC 557. Research Methods: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The analysis of observational and modeling data, and the advantages and limitations of different data. Different analysis methods including regression, linear stochastic processes autocovariance and spectral analysis, principle component analysis, inverse problems and data assimilation, commonly used in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
  • Prerequisite(s): COMP 208, MATH 315, MATH 323, and MATH 324 or equivalents.

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ATOC 670. Reading Course: Meteorology 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Assigned reading of a specialized topic in meteorology with formal evaluation.

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ATOC 671. Reading Course: Meteorology 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Assigned reading of a specialized topic in meteorology with formal evaluation.

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ATOC 672. Reading Course: Oceanography 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Assigned reading of a specialized topic in oceanography with formal evaluation.

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AOS Prize
Atmospheric undergraduate
Marshall Prize
Oceanic undergraduate
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