A&O SCI 102
Climate Change and Climate Modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Global environmental issues in climate change due to human activities or natural climate variations. Quantitative introduction to new science of climate modeling to understand and predict these changes. Physical processes in climate system. Atmospheric and oceanic circulation. El niño and year-to-year climate prediction. Greenhouse effect and global warming.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisites: Mathematics 3C or 32A, Physics 1B or 6C, with grades of C or better.
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
A&O SCI 102
- MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
A&O SCI 102
- A&O SCI 112Climate Change Assessment
- A&O SCI 121Climate Mitigation Solutions
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.





