Individual course details
Study programme Meteorology
Chosen research area (module)  
Nature and level of studies basic academic studies
Name of the course History of meteorology
Professor (lectures) Associated professor Dejan Janc
Professor/associate (examples/practical)  
Professor/associate (additional)  
ECTS 5 Status (required/elective) required
Access requirements  
Aims of the course that students get acquainted with the basics of the development of meteorology as a science
Learning outcomes  acquisition knowledge from the history of meteorology
Contents of the course
Lectures Meteorology of the universe; The beginnings of the formation of land, sea and air; First Life on Earth; Changing the composition of the atmosphere; New atmosphere and new forms of life; Ice age and the development of the primal man; Short general historical review; Significant periods of scientific development; Early development of meteorology; Quantitative meteorology; Meteorological measurements and observations; Establishment of meteorological institutes (services); Establishment of weather forecast services; Study the free atmosphere; Early theory of cyclones and anticyclones; Recognition of force in the atmosphere; Later theories of cyclones and anticyclones; Motions in the atmosphere; Bergen synoptic school; Clouds and precipitation; Aids in meteorology; About meteorology in our country
Examples/ practical classes Seminars
Recommended books
1 Mlađen Čurić: History of Meteorology BIG print 2006 (in Serbian)
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Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures Examples&practicals   Student project Additional
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Teaching and learning methods Lectures
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework mark examination mark
coursework   written examination  
practicals 15 oral examination 50
papers 15    
presentations 20