CLUSTER 70AEvolution of Cosmos and Life
Clusters · 6 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Course 70A is enforced requisite to 70B, which is enforced requisite to 70CW or 70DW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Use of concept of evolution, as it applies to biological organisms, Earth, solar system, and universe itself, to introduce students to both life and physical sciences. Examination of evolution of universe, galaxy, solar system, and Earth.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
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
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.
CLUSTER 70A
- CLUSTER 70BEvolution of Cosmos and Life
- CLUSTER 70CWEvolution of Cosmos and Life: Special Topics in Life and Physical Sciences
- EPS SCI 51Mineralogy: Earth and Planetary Materials
- EPS SCI 103AIgneous Petrology
- EPS SCI 103CMetamorphic Petrology
- EPS SCI 121Advanced Field Geology
- EPS SCI C126Advanced Petrology
- EPS SCI C226Advanced Petrology
- EPS SCI 103BSedimentary Petrology
- EPS SCI 231Crystal Chemistry and Structure of Minerals
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