Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric and Earth Science

The BS in Atmospheric & Earth Science provides students with knowledge and analytical skills in topics related to atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, clouds, climate, lightning, severe weather, radar, hydrology, geographic information systems, satellite remote sensing, land use, land cover change, public policy and environmental sustainability. Graduates will be well prepared to pursue a graduate degree or enter their selected career field. UAH's Atmospheric and Earth Science Department provides students with a wide variety of research options, spanning atmosphere science/meteorology and Earth sciences.

Students graduating with a bachelor's degrees will possess knowledge and analytical skills in topics related to atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, climatology, lightning, severe weather, radar, hydrology, GIS & semote sensing, and land use, and will be well-prepared to continue into a graduate degree or enter their selected career field. For those students seeking GIS knowledge and skills outside of a bachelor's degree, the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science also offers an undergraduate certificate in GIS and Remote Sensing.