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MET 10
Weather and Climate Processes · 5 units · used in 22 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course is an introduction to the principles of the sciences of meteorology and climatology. Topics include the history of the sciences; origin, evolution, and structure of the atmosphere, major atmospheric variables that determine the weather, global and local wind circulations, air masses and frontal systems, birth and development of extratropical and tropical cyclones and associated severe weather phenomena, weather map analysis and interpretation, objective techniques used by meteorologists to forecast weather, air pollution, atmospheric optics, global climate and the processes that produce climate change including "global warming."
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 17, 11:21 PM UTCMET 10Weather and Climate ProcessesOpen3 sections · 120 seats reported · 2 instructors
- CRN 32554 · 63ZOpen · 40
- CRN 32686 · 65ZOpen · 40
- CRN 34892 · 20YOpen · 40
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005. Pre-algebra or equivalent (or higher), or appropriate placement beyond pre-algebra”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list MET 10 as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use MET 10
ASSIST maps MET 10 to a requirement in 22 published pathways from De Anza College.
- Aerospace EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Civil EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Environmental EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Environmental and Earth System ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Mechanical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Environmental StudiesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Environmental StudiesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- GeographyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Geography, B.A. - Geographic Information Science EmphasisDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Physical GeographyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Physical Geography, B.S. - Ocean Science EmphasisDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Environmental ScienceDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Physics B.S. - Applied Physics OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Geography, Emphasis in Water, Climate, and EcosystemsDe Anza → San Diego State
- SustainabilityDe Anza → San Diego State
- Geography (B.A.)De Anza → CSU Fresno
- Computer ScienceDe Anza → San Jose State
- MeteorologyDe Anza → San Jose State
- COMPUTER SCIENCEDe Anza → CSU Northridge
- Environmental Economics and PolicyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Society and EnvironmentDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Urban StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
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