Courses in Biosphere-Atmosphere Cycles Study Track

The preliminary syllabus for the academic year 2023-2024 can be found here. The final syllabus will be published in Sisu. Please note, that some courses will not be lectured every academic year.

Compulsory courses (45-50 cr)

ATM301 Atmospheric and Earth Sciences Today (5 cr)
ATM345 Atmospheric science seminar for Master’s students (5 cr)
ATM350 Master's thesis (30 cr)
ATM399 Maturity test (0 cr)
Personal study plan (0 cr) (included in ATM301)

Select either ATM302 Climate.now (5 cr) or ATM386 Climate.now (2 cr).

Select either ATM303 Project course in atmospheric sciences (3 or 5 cr) or ATM384 Integrating art and science (5 cr) or ATM380 Solutions.now (5 cr).

Alternative advanced studies (complete at least 50 cr)

FOR-218 Basics of Biometeorology (3 or 5 cr)
ATM328 Global biogeochemical cycles (5 cr)
ATM359 Eddy covarience intensive course (5 cr)
ATM309 Analysis of atmosphere-surface interactions and feedbacks (5 cr)
ATM321 Field Course in Micrometeorology and Hydrology (5 cr)
ECGS-011 Advanced aquatic and sediment biogeochemistry (5 cr)
FOR-228 Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry (5 cr)
FOR-217 Forest and peatlands as modifiers of atmospheric composition (5 cr)
FOR-212 Forest production, growth and yield (5 cr)
FOR-211 Tree ecophysiology (5 cr)
FOR-275 Soils and climate change (5 cr)
AGRI-411 Soil hydrology (5 cr)
AGRI-413 Advanced soil science (5 cr)
ECGS-039 Arctic climate change (5 cr)
ATM373 Leadership for Sustainable Change (5 cr)
ATM378 Sustainable.now (5 cr)
ATM379 SystemsChange.now (5 cr)
ATM380 Solutions.now (5 cr)
ATM377 Introduction to Earth System Modelling (5 cr)
ATM389 Living with changing climate (5 cr)

Data Science

ATM308 Statistical Tools for Climate and Atmospheric Science (5 cr)
ATM309 Analysis of atmosphere-surface interactions and feedbacks (5 cr)
ATM310 Time Series Analysis in Geosciences (5 cr)
DATA11001 Introduction to Data Science (5 cr)
DATA12001 Advanced Course in Machine Learning (5 cr)
LSI35002 Bayesian Data Analysis (5 cr)
DATA20046 Neural Networks and Deep Learning (5 cr)

Select at most one of the following courses:

• DATA11002 Introduction to Machine Learning (5 cr)
• ATM4171 Introduction to Machine Learning for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (5 cr)

Compulsory courses (5-10 cr)

Select either ATM302 Climate change now (5 cr) or ATM386 Climate.now (2 cr).

Select either ATM378 Sustainable.now (5 cr) or ATM385 Introduction to sustainability (3 cr).

Optional courses (complete at least 5 cr)

ATM308 Statistical Tools for Climate and Atmospheric Science (5 cr)
ATM373 Leadership for Sustainable Change (5 cr)
ATM379 SystemsChange.now (5 cr)
ATM380 Solutions.now (5 cr)
MAAT-051 Introduction to Circular Economy (5 cr)
ATM389 Living with changing climate (5 cr)
ATM383 Leadership for sustainable change (2 cr)
ATM382 ClimateComms.now (2 cr)
FYS4027 Ilmasto.nyt tutustumiskurssi (2 cr)
FAF-101A Biodiversity.now A (2 cr)
FAF-101B Biodiversity.now B (Project Work) (3 cr)

Other studies can include study modules or courses from other programmes or courses from other study tracks. Also practical training and language studies can be included in other studies.