A&O SCI 90Introduction to Undergraduate Research in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Students gain basic ability to understand, conduct, and communicate scientific research in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. Univariate and bivariate statistical data analysis, scientific computer programming, basics of scientific process, finding and reading scientific literature, basic experimental techniques, Earth system data analysis and visualization, and communication of scientific findings in oral and written form. Skills taught in context of projects from atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
P/NP 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
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: course M71 (or Program in Computing 10A); Life Sciences 30A and 30B, or Mathematics 3A and 3B, or 31A and 31B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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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 90
- A&O SCI M71Introduction to Computing for Geoscientists
- COMPTNG 10AIntroduction to Programming
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
8 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 13 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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.