ENVIRON 157Energy, Environment, and Development
Environment · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to basic energy concepts and examination of role of various energy sources, energy conversion technologies, and energy policies in modern life. Analysis of implications of current patterns of energy production and consumption for future economic and environmental well-being. Integration of concepts and methods from physical and life sciences, engineering, environmental science, economics, and public policy. Basic quantitative skills provided to analyze and critique technical, economic, and policy choices to address challenge of balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Mathematics 3A and 3B (or 31A and 31B), Physics 1A and 1B (or 6A and 6B).
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- · parenthetical alternative "(or 31A and 31B)" in "Mathematics 3A and 3B (or 31A and 31B)" — scope is a best reading
- · parenthetical alternative "(or 6A and 6B)" in "Physics 1A and 1B (or 6A and 6B)" — scope is a best reading
- · "PHYSICS 6A" is not in this catalog version
- · "PHYSICS 6B" is not in this catalog version
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
ENVIRON 157
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
6 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 20 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.