Individual course details
Study programme			Meteorology
Chosen research area (module)
Nature and level of studies			The undergraduate level
Name of the course			Climatology
Professor (lectures)			Suzana Putniković, Ivana Tošić
Professor/associate (examples/practical)
Professor/associate (additional)
ECTS		7	Status (required/elective)	required
Access requirements	General Meteorology 1, Programming in Meteorology
Aims of the course	To learn students with physical basics of the Earth's climate.
Learning outcomes	Acquiring knowledge on the general and regional climatology.
Contents of the course
Lectures	1. Basics of climate and climatology. 2. Physical basics of climate. 3. Evolution of climate on the Earth. 4. Global characteristics of the climate. 5. Classification of the climate. 6. Causes of climate changes. 7. Modelling of the climate. 8. Climate of Europe. 9. Climate of Asia. 10. Climate of North and central America. 11. Climate of South America. 12. Climate of Africa. 13. Climate of Australia and New Zealand. 14. Climate of coastal areas. 15. Climate of Oceans.
Examples/ practical classes	Using various statistical software to perform data analysis.
Recommended books
1	Radinović, Dj., 1984: Climatology. Prirodno matematicki fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu i Jugoslovenski zavod za produktivnost rada i informacione sisteme. Beograd, 236 str (in Serbian).
2	Unkašević, M., Vujović, D., Tošić, I., 2001: Zbirka zadataka iz klimatologije i primenjene meteorologije. Univerzitet u Beogradu, Savezni hidrometeoroloski zavod, 238 str (in Serbian).
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Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures	Examples&practicals		Student project	Additional
3	3
Teaching and learning methods	Lectures, exercises, seminars
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework		mark	examination	mark
coursework		5	written examination	20
practicals		10	oral examination	50
papers
presentations		15