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Department of Earth Sciences (595)
Track Earth Sciences with specialization in Climate-Atmosphere-Oceanography- Single Major track (5961)
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Study Program

Parent track: מדעי כדור הארץ שנה א'- מסלול דו חוגי או חד חוגי (6014)

2nd Year

Compulsory studies

. Course 76415 may be taken up to and including the second year of studies. For students doing a minor ("chativa") in Physics along with a major in Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography, course 70356 Introduction to Modeling in Earth Sciences is not required, and those students must make up the credits of course 70356 by choosing a course(s) from among the elective courses for Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Until year	Basic course	Teaching program
70356	Introduction to modeling in Earth Sciences	4	1	2		595
76223	computer based safety training-2	0	3	2		595
76415	INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCI. S	0	3	2		595
82301	DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY	4	1	2		595
82314	Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans	4	1	2		595
82814	RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS	4	2	2		595
82858	Statistical methods for Earth sciences	2	2	2		595

Total Compulsory Points: 18

Compulsory elective studies

You must choose 4 credits from this list . If the times for the courses 76628 and 76634 clash with a student's timetable in the second semester, the course 76637 can be taken as an alternative.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Teaching program
76628	MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES	2	2	595
76634	PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES	2	1	595
76637	programming in python	2	2	595

and

You must choose 3 credits from this list . One laboratory course is required. Note to students: courses 76223, are prerequisites to the laboratory courses of the second year, and third year, respectively. Students who choose to take 77125 Partial Physics Laboratory may take the course up to and including the third year of their studies.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Teaching program
69115	GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB	3	2	595
76223	computer based safety training-2	0	3	595
77125	Physics parcial lab A -Exact Sciences, earth science, chemistry and computer science	3	9	595

and

You must choose 28 credits from this list . . Required electives for climate-atmospheric sciences-oceanography. This cluster of courses is common to the second and third years of study. 28credits of courses are to be taken. Note to students: pay attention to the prerequisites for the courses in this list. Note to students: in masters level courses open to third-year students, no second exam session (no "moed bet") is given.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Teaching program
70102	INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY	3	1	595
70849	Processes of the Hydrological Cycle	4	1	595
76741	Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba	4	1	595
76743	Guided research in marine sciences	4	2	595
82304	Weather systems of the mid-latitudes	5	1	595
82309	RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE	5	2	595
82508	CLIMATIC CHANGES	2	2	595
82519	Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences	6	3	595
82612	Energy and the Environment	2	1	595
82657	Atmospheric Chemistry	2	2	595
82833	MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS	2	1	595
82850	PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND	3	1	595
82856	Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications	2	1	595
82892	Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel	3	1	595
84810	Physical Oceanography	4	1	595
84865	Introduction to practical oceanography	4	1	595
84892	Ocean Biogeochemistry	6	2	595
89703	Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system	3	2	595
89840	Air Pollution in Israel	2	1	595
76731	Ecosystem of the Red Sea (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	5	1	595
76732	Ecosystem of the Red Sea (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	5	1	595
82510	BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	4	2	595
82515	Introduction to tropical meteorology (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	4	2	595
82610	A Practical Laboratory in Weather Prediction (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	2	1	595
82653	Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	3	2	595
82834	Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	2	1	595
84895	Paleoceanography (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	5	2	595

3rd Year

Compulsory studies

. For students in their third year of studies in 2018, course 82304 Midlatitude Weather Systems is a required course. Those students are requested to add the course to their program of studies. Note to students: course 76224 is a prerequisite for course 69115 Chemistry Laboratory or 77150 Physics Laboratory.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Until year	Basic course	Teaching program
76224	computer based safety training- 3	0	3	3		595
82609	UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND OCEANOGRAPHY	2	9	3	+	595

Total Compulsory Points: 2

Compulsory elective studies

You may choose up to 3 credits from this list . . One laboratory course is required. Note to students: courses 76624 are prerequisites to the laboratory courses of the third year, respectively. Students who choose to take 77125 Partial Physics Laboratory may take the course up to and including the third year of their studies.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Teaching program
69115	GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB	3	2	595
76224	computer based safety training- 3	0	3	595
77125	Physics parcial lab A -Exact Sciences, earth science, chemistry and computer science	3	9	595

and

You may choose up to 28 credits from this list . . Required electives for climate-atmospheric sciences-oceanography. This cluster of courses is common to the second and third years of study. 28 credits of courses are to be taken. Note to students: pay attention to the prerequisites for the courses in this list. Note to students: in masters level courses open to third-year students, no second exam session (no "moed bet") is given.

Course id	Course name	Points	Semester	Teaching program
70102	INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY	3	1	595
70317	Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences	3	3	595
70849	Processes of the Hydrological Cycle	4	1	595
70898	Limnology of the Dead Sea	3	1	595
76741	Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba	4	1	595
76743	Guided research in marine sciences	4	2	595
82304	Weather systems of the mid-latitudes	5	1	595
82309	RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE	5	2	595
82508	CLIMATIC CHANGES	2	2	595
82519	Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences	6	3	595
82612	Energy and the Environment	2	1	595
82657	Atmospheric Chemistry	2	2	595
82833	MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS	2	1	595
82850	PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND	3	1	595
82856	Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications	2	1	595
82892	Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel	3	1	595
84810	Physical Oceanography	4	1	595
84865	Introduction to practical oceanography	4	1	595
84892	Ocean Biogeochemistry	6	2	595
89703	Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system	3	2	595
89840	Air Pollution in Israel	2	1	595
76731	Ecosystem of the Red Sea (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	5	1	595
76732	Ecosystem of the Red Sea (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	5	1	595
82510	BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	4	2	595
82515	Introduction to tropical meteorology (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	4	2	595
82610	A Practical Laboratory in Weather Prediction (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	2	1	595
82653	Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	3	2	595
82834	Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	2	1	595
82834	Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	2	1	595
84895	Paleoceanography (NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)	5	2	595

Scope of studies in the track

		Total Point in program Earth Sciences ( 595)
Compulsory	Compulsory in the teaching program	12.5
Compulsory	Compulsory basic studies	40
Compulsory	Years 2-3 studies	20
Elective in the teaching program		28
Total in the teaching program		104.5
Programming studies		4
Division		32
Cornerstone Program		8
Total for the degree (minimum)		144.5

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