A&O SCI M105Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M139.) Introductory course for physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering majors interested in oceanic environment. Chemical composition of oceans and nature of physical, chemical, and biological processes governing this composition in past and present. Cycles of major and minor oceanic constituents, with focus on those that are most important for life (i.e., carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, and oxygen). Investigation of primary production, export production, remineralization, diagenesis, air-sea gas exchange processes.
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
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.
A&O SCI M105
- A&O SCI CM114AAquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms
- A&O SCI CM114BAquatic Geomicrobiology: Environments
- A&O SCI 130California's Ocean
- EPS SCI CM114AAquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms
- EPS SCI CM114BAquatic Geomicrobiology: Environments
- A&O SCI CM237AAquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms
- A&O SCI CM237BAquatic Geomicrobiology: Environments
- EPS SCI CM214AAquatic Geomicrobiology: Metabolisms
- EPS SCI CM214BAquatic Geomicrobiology: Environments
5 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 9 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.