ATSC 113    Applied Meteorology
Weather for Sailing, Flying & Snow Sports



Welcome to SUMMER Students who Joined the Course Late

Welcome new students.   If you have registered late into ATSC 113 this term, your first step is not to panic!  Although coursework is already underway, we have a plan to help you catch up without hurting your marks.

Please go through the following steps, and if at any point you are stuck, please contact our Teaching Assistant, Anthony (anthony.distefano ,at. outlook.com).

  1. Visit ATSC 113 Homepage: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/atsc113/summer/  > Schedule .
    When did you join the course, and where is that date within the course Schedule?  Depending on how far into the term you enrolled, we offer conditional grade supplements so you won't lose marks:
    1. If you enrolled anytime between the due date of Flying Module A Steps 1-4 and the due date of Flying Module A Steps 7-10, you will be exempted from completing Flying Module A.  But you still need to do the Orientation module.
    2. If you enrolled anytime between the due date of Flying Module B Steps 1-4 and the add-drop deadline (see: UBC Calendar), you are exempted from completing Modules A and B. But you still need to do the Orientation module.
  2. But to be exempted from the modules described above, you MUST complete the Orientation module in full. Please visit ATSC 113 in UBC Connect and click on "Orientation Modules" > Module A. Follow each step and click "Mark as Reviewed" to continue. Once the Orientation module is finished, we will use your Flying-weather Midterm Exam grade to "backfill" your missing Module grades.
  3. CAUTION: The Flying-weather midterm exam covers ALL the Flying-weather Learning Goals, including the ones scheduled before you joined the course. You can find all the Flying-weather Learning Goals here, including the ones you missed.  So be sure you study all the flying-weather learning goals before you write the normal online midterm exam.
  4. If you complete the Orientation module correctly, it ensures that you (a) create a Slack account in the ATSC 113 Slack team and (b) self-enroll into discussion groups on Connect.  Slack is an online discussion board that we use for this course.  Make sure that you have done these steps.
  5. Finally, explore the rest of the homepage and familiarize with the resources used in this course (Connect, Slack) so that you are ready to begin as soon as the next Module is open.


UBC ATSC 113 Weather for Sailing, Flying & Snow Sports
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Last modification: May 2017
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