Meteorology GS-1340 Series

Are you looking for a Career as a Meteorologist in the Federal Government?

This includes jobs at the National Weather Service (NWS), National Hurricane Center (NHC), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and more. If so, you must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 1340 Series job description. This series includes all federal positions that involve professional work in meteorology.

The Operational Meteorology program at UIW is designed to satisfy or exceed the requirements to apply for, and be accepted to, a GS-1340 position. Expanding each GS-1340 series requirement below will identify the UIW course designed to satisfy the requirement. 

Individual Occupational Requirements

*There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

Students in the UIW Operational Meteorology program exceed this requirement by taking the following:

Students in the UIW Operational Meteorology program exceed this requirement by taking all of the following courses:

* There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

Students in the UIW Operational Meteorology program exceed this requirement by taking first and second semester calculus based physics, and both of their associated labs:

  • PHYS 2305 Physics I and Lab
  • PHYS 2306 Physics II and Lab

* There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

* in any combination of three or more of the following:

Other UIW courses that would qualify in several different 1340 series academic sections