Carthage offers students the opportunity to minor in climatology and meteorology. This minor is directed to students who are interested in studying climate change and global warming issues or pursuing atmospheric scholarship and research.
Climatologists and meteorologists are atmospheric scientists. They study the atmosphere’s physical characteristics, motions and processes, and how these factors affect the environment.
Their research is important for weather forecasting; weather analysis; air pollution control; climate trend analysis and research of such phenomena as droughts, global warming, and ozone depletion; agriculture and farming; defense; and air and sea transportation.
There are many opportunities within the field of climatology and meteorology. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, about 30 percent of atmospheric scientists work for the federal government, mostly in the National Weather Service.
<div class="lw_widget lw_widget_type_blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote__image"><img src="/live/image/gid/99/width/183/height/183/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2133,2131/488_Liam_Carls.jfif" alt="Liam Carls ?23" class="lw_image" width="183" height="183"/></div><div class="blockquote__content"><div class="blockquote__quote"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="icon icon-round-left-quote" width="48" height="33"><use xlink:href="#icon-round-left-quote"/></svg><p> “Professor Zorn has such amazing hand gestures and energy when describing all different meteorological phenomena — it made me excited about what we were studying all the time.”</p></div><footer class="blockquote__footer"><span class="blockquote__author"><a href="/live/profiles/516-">Liam Carls</a> ’23</span></footer></div></blockquote></div>
Student opportunities
Students studying climatology and meteorology at Carthage have many opportunities to enrich their education. Students can get involved in a number of student organizations, enroll in an innovative month-long course for J-Term either on campus or in another country, and work one-on-one with a professor over the summer doing research work.
The Science Center, which opened in 2015, features several research and teaching labs and social spaces between classrooms and faculty offices so discussions can continue after class.
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