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CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change

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

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Second term of general chemistry. Intermolecular forces and organization, phase behavior, chemical thermodynamics, solutions, equilibria, reaction rates and laws.

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Requisites

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Enforced requisites: course 14A or 14AE or 20A or 20AH, and Mathematics 31A, with grades of C– or better. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 31B.

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MATH 31B

BruinTree reads · Prerequisite

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grade C- or better in
  • all of
    • MATH 31A
    • one of
      • CHEM 14A
      • CHEM 14AE
      • CHEM 20A
      • CHEM 20AH

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

CHEM 20B

  • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
    • LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
    • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 1Precalculusanother path to it
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhanced
    • LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientistsanother path to it
    • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Studentsanother path to it
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
    • MATH 1Precalculus
  • CHEM 20AChemical Structure
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • CHEM 20AHChemical Structure (Honors)
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it

6 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 17 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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CHEM 20B22 more beyond

  • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
    • CHEM 192AUndergraduate Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry
    • CHEM 192BUndergraduate Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory9 more beyond
    • CHEM 14CLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • BIOENGR C105Engineering of Bioconjugates
    • CHEM 153LBiochemical Methods I5 more beyond
    • CHEM 192AUndergraduate Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistryanother path to it
    • CH ENGR 45Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals6 more beyond
    • BIOENGR C147Applied Tissue Engineering: Clinical and Industrial Perspective
  • A&O SCI 104Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution
    • A&O SCI 112Climate Change Assessment1 more beyond
  • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity11 more beyond
    • CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy13 more beyond
    • LIFESCI 3HIntroduction to Molecular Biology (Honors)
    • CHEM 30BLOrganic Chemistry Laboratory Ianother path to it
    • CHEM C125Machine Learning and Applications in Chemistry
    • MCD BIO M175ANeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Cellular and Systems Neuroscience2 more beyond
  • CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory II3 more beyond
    • CHEM 30BLOrganic Chemistry Laboratory I2 more beyond
    • CHEM 114Physical Chemistry Laboratory
    • PHYSCI 166Animal Physiology1 more beyond
    • CHEM 114HPhysical Chemistry Laboratory (Honors)
    • CHEM 153LBiochemical Methods Ianother path to it
    • EE BIOL 148Biology of Marine Plantsanother path to it
  • BIOENGR C104Physical Chemistry of Biomacromolecules
    • BIOENGR C107Polymer Chemistry for Bioengineers
  • CHEM 110APhysical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics22 more beyond
    • CHEM 103Environmental Chemistry
    • CHEM 110BTopics in Physical Chemistryanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
    • CHEM 114Physical Chemistry Laboratoryanother path to it
    • CHEM 114HPhysical Chemistry Laboratory (Honors)another path to it
    • MAT SCI 131Diffusion and Diffusion-Controlled Reactions6 more beyond
  • CHEM 113APhysical Chemistry: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics23 more beyond
    • CHEM 110BTopics in Physical Chemistry12 more beyond
    • CHEM C113BQuantum Chemistry Methods
    • MAT SCI 120Physics of Materials5 more beyond
    • CHEM 114Physical Chemistry Laboratoryanother path to it
    • CHEM 114HPhysical Chemistry Laboratory (Honors)another path to it
    • MAT SCI 225Materials Science of Surfaces
  • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceability
  • CHEM 151Machine Learning for Chemistry
  • CH ENGR 100Fundamentals of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    • CH ENGR 103Separation Processes6 more beyond
    • CH ENGR 104AChemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory I2 more beyond
    • CH ENGR 106Chemical Reaction Engineering7 more beyond
  • EE BIOL 148Biology of Marine Plants
  • ENV HLT 261Chemical Behavior of Aquatic Systems
  • EPS SCI CM173Earth Process and Evolutionary History
  • MAT SCI 104Science of Engineering Materials8 more beyond
    • MECH&AE 183AIntroduction to Manufacturing Processes4 more beyond
    • BIOENGR CM178Introduction to Biomaterials2 more beyond
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceabilityanother path to it
    • MAT SCI 110Introduction to Materials Characterization A (Crystal Structure, Nanostructures, and X-Ray Scattering)1 more beyond
    • BIOENGR CM278Introduction to Biomaterials2 more beyond
    • MAT SCI 110LIntroduction to Materials Characterization A Laboratory

42 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.

  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

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