A&O SCI 200DScientific Communication for Atmospheric and Oceanic Scientists
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Basics of scientific communication. How to efficiently survey literature and read scientific papers. Philosophy of scientific writing. Writing literature review, identifying and articulating gap in scientific literature, writing effective introduction that places scientific question in broader context, and crafting proposal. How to give effective presentation.
S/U or 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
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.