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I'll be starting on my B.S. in Atmos. Sci next fall at Lyndon State. After reading this thread I'm considering double majoring in computer science - they require a track for the "Computer Studies" degree, one of which is Atmospheric Science, and I'll be taking those classes already anyway. The double major therefore would require about 34 additional credits. I was planning on doing broadcasting/NWS "tracks" for the met degree, each of which are 15 credits. My ultimate goal has been, like many, a job in the NWS, but figured taking the broadcasting courses would be a good idea since I also like the broadcasting field of meteorology. Would it be beneficial to do the Comp. Studies major instead of broadcasting track? I've known about the lack of/difficult of getting jobs in the field however wasn't quite aware of how useful Computer Sci could be.
Reconsider majoring in meteorology!
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I put together an excel spreadsheet of all the core met., NWS track, gen ed, and computer science courses I would need to take and it works out.
I'm wonder, however, if instead of a B.S. in Computing I should go for the A.S. in Computing. The A.S. is 28 credits. Maybe I might as well just take the extra 6 credits to get the bachelor's, which would normally be 53 credits with the Atmos. Sci track of the program. I'll have to do some research.