Graduate Courses

Below are descriptions of courses offered by the AOSS department. The official list of all AOSS Courses can also be found in the College of Engineering Bulletin. For a schedule of classes, visit the U-M Office of Registrar website.

• AOSS 401  —  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• AOSS 407  —  Mathematical Methods in Geophysics
• AOSS 410  —  Earth System Modeling
• AOSS 411  —  Cloud and Precipitation Processes
• AOSS 414  —  Weather Systems
• AOSS 420  —  Environmental Ocean Dynamics
• AOSS 421  —  Introduction of Physical Oceanography
• AOSS 422  —  Boundary Layer Meteorology
• AOSS 431  —  Radiowave Propagation and Link Design
• AOSS 440  —  Meteorological Analysis Laboratory
• AOSS 441  —  Meteorology and Climate of the Rockies 
• AOSS 442  —  Oceanic Dynamics I
• AOSS 450  —  Geophysical ElectroMagnetics
• AOSS 451  —  Atmospheric Dynamics I
• AOSS 462  —  Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
• AOSS 463  —  Air Pollution Meteorology
• AOSS 467  —  Biogeochemical Cycles
• AOSS 473  —  Climate Physics
• AOSS 474  —  Ice Sheets, Glaciers and Climate Change
• AOSS 475  —  Earth System Interactions
• AOSS 476  —  Ocean Dynamics and Climate
• AOSS 477  —  Space Weather Modeling
• AOSS 479  —  Atmospheric Chemistry
• AOSS 480  —  Climate Change: Move to Action
• AOSS 495  —  Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere
• AOSS 498  —  Practicum in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• AOSS 499  —  Directed Study for Undergraduate Students
• AOSS 501  —  Seminars in Limnology and Oceanography
• AOSS 511  —  Aerosol Physics and Chemistry
• AOSS 524  —  General Circulation
• AOSS 528  —  Remote Sensing of Ocean Dynamics
• AOSS 530  —  Engineering Climate Change
• AOSS 532  —  Radiative Transfer
• AOSS 545  —  High Energy Density Physics
• AOSS 550  —  Offshore Engineering I
• AOSS 551  —  Fluid Dynamics for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
• AOSS 555  —  Spectral Methods
• AOSS 563  —  Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling
• AOSS 564  —  The Stratosphere and Mesosphere
• AOSS 565  —  Planetary Atmospheres
• AOSS 567  —  Chemical Dynamics
• AOSS 574  —  Introduction to Space Physics
• AOSS 575  —  Air Pollution Monitoring
• AOSS 576  —  Air Quality Field Project
• AOSS 578  —  Air Pollution Chemistry
• AOSS 580  —  Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Project Laboratory
• AOSS 581  —  Space Policy and Management
• AOSS 582  —  Spacecraft Technology
• AOSS 583  —  Management of Space Systems Design
• AOSS 584  —  Space Instrumentation
• AOSS 585  —  Introduction to Remote Sensing and Inverse Theory
• AOSS 586  —  Climate Data Analysis
• AOSS 587  —  Microwave Remote Sensing I: Radiometry
• AOSS 588  —  Regional Scale Climate
• AOSS 590  —  Space Systems Projects
• AOSS 591  —  Climate Practicum I
• AOSS 592  —  Climate Practicum II
• AOSS 595  —  Magnetosphere and Solar Wind
• AOSS 596  —  Gaskinetic Theory
• AOSS 597  —  Fundamental of Space Plasma Physics
• AOSS 598  —  The Sun and the Heliosphere
• AOSS 605  —   Current Topics in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• AOSS 606  —  Computer Applications to Geo-Fluid Problems
• AOSS 651  —  Dynamics of Planetary Atmospheres and the Upper Atmosphere
• AOSS 701  —  Special Problems in Meteorology and Oceanography
• AOSS 747  —  AOSS Student Seminar
• AOSS 749  —  Atmospheric and Space Science Seminar
• AOSS 990  —  Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
• AOSS 995  —  Dissertation/Candidate Graduate School