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CHEM 20AChemical Structure

Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Not open to students with credit for course 14A. First term of general chemistry. Survey of chemical processes, quantum chemistry, atomic and molecular structure and bonding, molecular spectroscopy.

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Requisites

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Preparation: high school chemistry or equivalent background and three and one half years of high school mathematics. Recommended preparation: high school physics. Requisite: completion of Chemistry Diagnostic Test. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 31A.

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MATH 31A

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Requires

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CHEM 20A

  • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
    • MATH 1Precalculus

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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CHEM 20A31 more beyond

  • CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II4 more beyond
    • CHEM 14BLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory Ianother path to it
    • CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules11 more beyond
    • A&O SCI 104Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution1 more beyond
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratoryanother path to it
    • A&O SCI 141Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution
  • CHEM 14BEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II—Enhanced
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
    • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamicsanother path to it
  • BIOENGR C104Physical Chemistry of Biomacromolecules
    • BIOENGR C107Polymer Chemistry for Bioengineers
  • CHEM 14BLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 153LBiochemical Methods I5 more beyond
    • PHYSCI 166Animal Physiology1 more beyond
    • CHEM 192AUndergraduate Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry
    • CHEM 192BUndergraduate Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry
    • EE BIOL 148Biology of Marine Plantsanother path to it
  • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change23 more beyond
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratoryanother path to it
    • A&O SCI 104Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollutionanother path to it
    • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity16 more beyond
    • CHEM 113APhysical Chemistry: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics26 more beyond
    • MECH&AE 105AIntroduction to Engineering Thermodynamics19 more beyond
  • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceability
  • CHEM 20BHChemical Energetics and Change (Honors)
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory II4 more beyond
    • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamicsanother path to it
    • CHEM 151Machine Learning for Chemistry
  • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory12 more beyond
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • MAT SCI 104Science of Engineering Materials13 more beyond
    • CHEM 153LBiochemical Methods Ianother path to it
    • BIOENGR C105Engineering of Bioconjugates
    • MAT SCI CM180Introduction to Biomaterials
  • CH ENGR 45Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals
    • C&S BIO M155Systems Biology: Intracellular Network Identification and Analysis
    • BIOENGR CM145Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers
    • CH ENGR C124Cell Material Interactions
    • CH ENGR CM145Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers2 more beyond
    • CH ENGR CM155Systems Biology: Intracellular Network Identification and Analysis
    • CH ENGR C224Cell Material Interactions
  • CHEM 50Computational Tools for Materials Modeling and Discovery
  • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics22 more beyond
    • CHEM 103Environmental Chemistry
    • CHEM 110BTopics in Physical Chemistry12 more beyond
    • MAT SCI 131Diffusion and Diffusion-Controlled Reactions6 more beyond
    • CHEM 114Physical Chemistry Laboratory
    • CHEM 114HPhysical Chemistry Laboratory (Honors)
    • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
  • EC ENGR M153Introduction to Microscale and Nanoscale Manufacturing
    • EC ENGR M250BMicroelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Fabrication
  • EE BIOL 148Biology of Marine Plants
  • ENV HLT 261Chemical Behavior of Aquatic Systems
  • EPS SCI CM173Earth Process and Evolutionary History

49 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 60 courses over 2 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.