BTech (Minor Area)
B.Tech Minor Area in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
Check here for details: Course of study: CAS, IIT Delhi
The Centre has initiated Minor Area Programme in Atmospheric Sciences since 2011-12.
In this minor area programme, there are six courses exclusively designed for UG students, which deal with fundamentals of weather, climate, climate change, oceanography, monsoon, earths physical processes climate modeling. UG Students need to take at least 2 courses from this pool for minor area.
The students also have options for 26 electives where they have a wide range of choice from various applied courses covering all important topics in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. In order to complete the Minor Area Programme in Atmospheric Sciences, students need to earn 20 credits from among these courses.
A minor area project of 5 credits is also introduced as part of the minor area programme to facilitate completion of 20 credits.
Program structure (taken from page no. 80 of “Courses of Study, IIT Delhi”):
Minor Area in Atmospheric Sciences – Core
ASL320 | Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
ASL340 | Fundamentals of Weather and Climate | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL350 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL360 | The Earth's Atmosphere: Physical Principles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL370 | Indian Monsoon, Global Warming and Climate Change | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL380 | Climate Modelling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL375 | Climate of the Past: Lessons for the Future | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL385 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution Science | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total Credits: 6
Minor Area in Atmospheric Sciences – Electives
ASD390 | Minor Area Project | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
ASL733 | Physics of the Atmosphere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL734 | Dynamics of the Atmosphere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL735 | Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL736 | Science of Climate Change | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL737 | Physical and Dynamical Oceanography | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL750 | Boundary Layer Meteorology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL751 | Dispersion of Air Pollutants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL752 | Mesoscale Meteorology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL753 | Atmospheric Aerosols | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL754 | Cloud Physics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL755 | Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Ocean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL756 | Synoptic Meteorology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL757 | Tropical Weather and Climate | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL758 | General Circulation of the Atmosphere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL759 | Land-Atmosphere Interactions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL760 | Renewable Energy Meteorology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL761 | Earth System Modelling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL762 | Air-Sea Interaction | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL763 | Coastal Ocean and Estuarine Processes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL765 | Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Human Health | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASV892 | An Introduction to Renewable Energy Meteorology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ASL822 | Climate Variability | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
ASL823 | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |