A&O SCI 135Ocean Change in the Anthropocene
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Lecture, 90 minutes; laboratory, 90 minutes. Review of main impacts of human activities on ocean, from warming and acidification to overfishing, pollution, and exploitation of marine resources. Discussion of concepts of governance and sustainability. Introduction to global ocean datasets and IPCC-class model output. Student-led presentation to review significant papers from scientific literature.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 103, 105.
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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 135
- A&O SCI 103Physical Oceanography
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