A&O SCI 257Radiation Belt Plasma Physics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Turbulent plasma instabilities and their relation to satellite observations and magnetospheric structure. Processes responsible for source, loss, and transport of energetic radiation belt particles.
S/U (for majors with consent of instructor after successful completion of written and oral comprehensive examination and for nonmajors at discretion of major department) or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 250B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
A&O SCI 257
- A&O SCI 250BSolar System Microscopic Plasma Processes
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
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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.