CH ENGR 102AThermodynamics I
Chemical Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to thermodynamics of chemical and biological processes. Work, energy, heat, and first law of thermodynamics. Second law, extremum principles, entropy, and free energy. Ideal and real gases, property evaluation. Thermodynamics of flow systems. Applications of first and second laws in biological processes and living organisms.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 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
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CH ENGR 102A
- CH ENGR 106Chemical Reaction Engineering
- CH ENGR 230Reaction Kinetics
- CH ENGR 232Combustion Processes
- CH ENGR 110Intermediate Engineering Thermodynamics
- CH ENGR 231Molecular Dynamics
- MAT SCI CM163Electrochemical Processes
- CH ENGR 113Air Pollution Engineering
- MAT SCI CM263Electrochemical Processes
- CH ENGR CM114Electrochemical Processes
- CH ENGR C118Multimedia Environmental Assessment
- CH ENGR C111Cryogenics and Low-Temperature Processes
2 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 18 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.