ENVIRON C259Life-Cycle Assessment
Environment · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Public discourse about current patterns of production and consumption of energy, and goods and services more broadly, suggest such patterns are environmentally and economically unsustainable. Introduction to basic concept of life-cycle assessment (LCA), including analytical frameworks and quantitative techniques for systematically and holistically evaluating environmental trade-offs presented by different alternatives. Focus on methodology of LCA to compute various material inputs and environmental releases from all activities associated with life cycle (i.e., raw material extraction, processing, end use, and disposal) of products or services. Discussion of strengths and limitations of LCA as tool for decision making. Students perform life-cycle analysis of one technology, product, or service of their choice. Concurrently scheduled with course C159.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Life Sciences 30A and 30B, or Mathematics 3A and 3B (or 31A and 31B).
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- · parenthetical alternative "(or 31A and 31B)" in "Mathematics 3A and 3B (or 31A and 31B)" — scope is a best reading
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Life Sciences 30A and 30B, or Mathematics 3A and 3B (or 31A and 31B)" — grouping is a best reading
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
ENVIRON C259
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
6 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 11 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.