A: Our graduate-level certificate and master’s degree program has many aspects that set it apart from other existing programs, including:
A stronger focus on skills and knowledge in high demand in the private sector for:
- the rigorous evaluation of weather and climate risk, through designing and analyzing statistical models in R—in ATMS 526
- the processing, statistical analysis (including machine learning techniques), and visualization of weather and climate data using Python, through ATMS 517 + ATMS 523
- the conceptual and quantitative understanding of how and why weather and climate phenomena produce high-impact hazards – a particularly key course for students without a formal background in meteorology
A flexible, engaging, and tailored experience for you, as:
- all lessons in our courses are pre-recorded and are watched on your own schedule, but you’ll also typically have an interactive, weekly 60-80 minute synchronous lab with flexible scheduling options (evening)
- the non-thesis capstone research project for the master’s degree can be customized to meet your particular weather and climate interests and/or career goals
- you may use the 12 credits of certificate courses towards pursuing our online Master’s degree in Weather and Climate Risk and Data Analytics, should you choose to continue on!