Let me clarify - the MSU program there are basically three routes of choice, the first, off-campus program. I have spoken to many people in this program and I would say that about 50% of them do not have the first clue what is going on. I believe the criteria for enrollment in this should be for people who are already practicing weathercasters. The reason why I do not like this route is because, they are giving the on-campus graduates a bad name.
The other two routes are both on-campus, broadcasting or consulting. It is true that some of the grads. have not taken physics, stats, diff. equat., these grads are in the broadcasting side. The students in consulting are required to take these courses.
The broadcasting route was created for TV, my degree meets all of the requirements for the AMS. Our emphasis is on forecasting for the different types of weather that can be found all over the country. I would say that about 95% of us are proficient in the field of meteorology. I have been out for a while now and have never encountered a situation where I needed a calculator to solve equations for TV. I guess all of these whiners are just upset because they learned all that stuff and will never use it again in TV, that's too bad! But anyhow I am a TV meteorologist, but not a consulting meteorologist, there is a difference. That's my opinion.
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(2/20/98)