Courses in Physics of the Hydrosphere Study Track

Information about physics of the hydrosphere study track courses. The preliminary syllabus for the next academic year will be published in the Studies service in the end of March and the final syllabus will be published in Sisu by the end of June. Please note, that some courses will not be lectured every academic year.

Structure of the study track:
Compulsory studies common to all study tracks 40 cr
Compulsory courses of the study track 20 cr
Alternative advanced studies of the study track, min 25 cr (15 cr from the same course package) br> Optional advanced studies, 0-10 cr
= minimum of 95 cr of advanced studies, maximum 120 cr 
+ 0-25 cr of other studies (you can include prerequisite courses here)
= 120 cr in total  (max 135 cr)

What skills and knowledge I need for Physics of the hydrosphere study track?

 

Courses in the 2026 -2030 curriculum period

(This is a proposal of the degree programme for the degree structure and it will be decided officially in the 18.11.2025 Faculty Council meeting)

Compulsory courses common to all study tracks (40 cr)

Atmospheric and Earth Sciences Today (5 cr)
Atmospheric science seminar for Master’s students (5 cr)
Master's thesis (30 cr)
Maturity test (0 cr) (A maturity test is a abstract text of your thesis which demonstrates your familiarity with the field of your thesis.)

Compulsory courses in the Physics of the Hydrosphere study track (20 cr)

 5 cr
 5 cr or 
5 cr
 5 cr
 5 cr
 

Alternative advanced studies in the Physics of the Hydrosphere study track (min 25 cr)

 Choose at least 25 cr of which at least 15 cr of one package.

Physical Oceanography course package

 5 cr
 5 cr
 5 cr
 5 cr
 5 cr
 

Cryology course package

 5 cr
 5 cr
 5 cr
5 cr
 

Hydrology course package

5 cr
5 cr
5 cr
5 cr
 

Other optional studies of the study track 

 5 cr OR 
 5 cr
 5 cr
Occasionally offered course:  (‘Aranda’ course), 5 cr
 

Optional advanced courses- common to all study tracks 

Min 0 cr

3 or 5 cr 
5 cr OR  2 cr  
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
 5 cr 
5 cr 
(5 cr)  
 5 cr  
 5 cr 
 5 cr 
 5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
(5 cr) 
5 cr 
5 cr 
2 cr 
5 cr 
Thematic courses with varying contents in the Master’s programme in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences and Climate-System Sciences
5 cr 
 5 cr  

Optional data science and machine learning courses for all study tracks  

5 cr 
 5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
DATA11009 Practical Machine Learning 5 cr 
DATA11010 Machine Learning 1 
DATA11011 Machine Learning 2 
5 cr 
5 cr 

Other stud­ies

Take the compulsory prerequisite courses FYS2075 and FYS2076 if these courses or courses with the same contents are not included to your previous studies.

  • Basic Course in Oceanography (5 cr)
  • Basic Course in Hydrology (5 cr)

In addition to the compulsory prerequisite courses 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.