PhD_Plan_template_example.xlsx

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2	Masters					PhD Plan					Total Hours				Original Design Credit: Melanie Schroers
3	Class Number	Class Name	Graded Hrs	S/U Hrs	Res Hrs	Class Number	Class Name	Graded Hrs	S/U Hrs	Res Hrs	Graded	S/U	Research
4	METR 5004	Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science				1st Fall Semester					Masters
5	METR 5403	Severe Thunderstorm Forecast	4			METR 5233	Cloud and Precipitation Physics	3			16	7	4
6	METR 5433	Advanced Statistical Meteorology	3			METR 5713	Private Sector	3			PhD
7	METR 5113	Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics I	3			1st Spring Semester					15	6	39
8	METR 6613	Weather Radar Polarimetry	3			METR 5803	Forecast Evaluation	3			Total
9	METR 5413	Advanced Synoptic Meteorology	3			METR 5223	Atmospheric Radiation	3			31	13	43
10	METR 5990	Independent Study		2		METR 6970	Convective METR Seminar		1		Overall Total:		87
11	METR 5980	Research for Master's Thesis			2	1st Summer Semester
12	METR 5990	Independent Study		2			N/A					Requirements*:
13	METR 6970	Convective METR Seminar		1		2nd Fall Semester						90 total hours
14	METR 5980	Research for Master's Thesis			2	METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			3
15	METR 5990	Independent Study		2		METR 5503	Climate Dynamics	3				34 graded (course) hours -- doesn't include independent study or seminar
16	Totals:		16	7	4	2nd Spring Semester						At least 1 credit hour of seminar every academic year (fall or spring)
17						METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			6		No more than 50% of total hours can come from independent study
18						METR 6970	Convective METR Seminar		1			No more than 4 master's research hours (METR 5980) can count towards the PhD
19	Required* Courses (SoM Master's):					2nd Summer Semester						No more than 44 total hours** from the master's can be transferred to the PhD hour requirement							**Within age limit
20	METR 5004 -- Fundamentals					METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			2		Once you enroll in METR 6980, you must enroll in it every fall and spring semester until you graduate
21	METR 5113 -- Dynamics					3rd Fall Semester
22	METR 5413 -- Synoptic					METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			6				*All requirements as of Fall 2023
23	METR 5980 -- Research for Master's Thesis (4 hours total)													See the	SoM Graduate Student Handbook		for additional information
24						3rd Spring Semester
25	Required* Courses (PhD):					METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			6				See the	Graduate College Bulletin	for additional infromation on requirements
26	METR 5223 -- Radiation					METR 5990	Indpendent Study		2
27	METR 5233 -- Cloud Physics					METR 6970	Convective METR Seminar		1					Program of study and degree checklist forms can be found at				Graduate College Forms
28						3rd Summer Semester
29						METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			2
30						4th Fall Semester
31						METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			8
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33						4th Spring Semester
34						METR 6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation			6
35						METR 6970	Convective METR Seminar		1
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