Introduction to Hurricanes Diploma Course

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Introduction to Hurricanes Diploma Course
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What Will You Learn?

A form of tropical cyclone existing in all large ocean basins and both hemispheres of Earth, hurricanes are truly a force of nature. This course is your guide to the complex nature and development of hurricanes, their extremely destructive capabilities, and the importance of their study.

You will learn about many of the complexities associated with hurricanes, and the internal components and developmental processes belonging to these extreme environmental events. We’ll also examine the basic components and smaller interactions that occur between Earth’s systems each day that contribute to the formation of these larger systems.

We’ll explore concepts of physics, oceanic interactions, atmospheric circulation, and other concepts about the generation of large cyclonic storms. We’ll also consider the work of meteorologists and their work to improve the ability to forecast, prepare impacted areas, and understand the development and complexities of storms so that we may better prepare and respond to their damaging effects.

We’ll also look at the continuing effects that climate change and global warming are having on the Earth’s surface and the changes that storms are experiencing as a result.

By studying this course, you will:

  • Understand hurricane development, their basic structure and classification
  • Explore the field of meteorology and how models are used to forecast hurricanes
  • Understand the current and future effects of climate change
  • Be familiar with the preparations, responses, and recovery efforts surrounding a hurricane event
  • Discover a detailed catalogue of some of history's largest, costliest, and deadliest hurricanes
Earth at night from orbit with city lights and a huge hurricane near Florida, USA

Course Syllabus

What will I learn on the course?

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  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Oceans
  • Part 2: Shape of the Earth
  • Part 3: Seafloor Morphology
  • Part 4: Wind-Driven Currents
  • Part 5: Geostrophic Flow
  • Part 6: Ocean Surface Currents
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 1 Assessment
  • Part 1: Earth’s Atmosphere
  • Part 2: Structure of the Atmosphere
  • Part 3: Atmospheric Circulation
  • Part 4: Storm Cycling
  • Part 5: Hurricane-Like Storms
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 2 Assessment
  • Part 1: Structure
  • Part 2: Development
  • Part 3: Hurricane Season
  • Part 4: Hazards
  • Part 5: Extra Terrestrial Hurricanes
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 3 Assessment
  • Part 1: Energy Budgets
  • Part 2: Physics of Fluid Motion
  • Part 3: Physics of a Wave
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 4 Assessment
  • Part 1: Quantifying Hurricane Size
  • Part 2: Nomenclature
  • Part 3: Geographic Classification
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 5 Assessment
  • Part 1: Meteorology
  • Part 2: Instrumentation
  • Part 3: Tracking Systems
  • Part 4: Modelling Systems
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 6 Assessment
  • Part 1: Coastal Ecosystems
  • Part 2: Where Do Animals Go?
  • Part 3: Birds and Hurricanes
  • Part 4: Livestock
  • Part 5: Marine Organisms
  • Part 6: Organisms that Thrive
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 7 Assessment
  • Part 1: What is Climate Change?
  • Part 2: Current Climate Change
  • Part 3: Carbon and the Oceans
  • Part 4: Future Implications
  • Part 5: Extreme Events
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 8 Assessment
  • Part 1: Applying Weather Forecasts
  • Part 2: National Protocols
  • Part 3: Dangers
  • Part 4: Evacuation
  • Part 5: Rescue and Response
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 9 Assessment
  • Part 1: Largest Hurricanes
  • Part 2: Costliest Hurricanes
  • Part 3: Deadliest Hurricanes
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Conclusion
  • Module 10 Assessment
Who Would Benefit from This Course?

If you find climate change, oceanic interactions, atmospheric circulation, or extreme natural disasters interesting, then this course is for you. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the structural components, development process, and impacts of extreme environmental events.

This course will help you transition to further studies involving similar environmental interactions that create other cyclonic systems, such as tornadoes and blizzards.

A flooded street after catastrophic Hurricane Irma hit Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Accreditations

The Introduction to Hurricanes Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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