EPS SCI 103BSedimentary Petrology
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: course 61. Study of sedimentary rocks based on characteristics of sedimentary particles and dynamics of depositional processes. Lectures focus on development of depositional facies models, and laboratories emphasize recognition of sedimentary deposits from each major depositional facies.
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
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 51.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from UCLA’s structured dataRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPS SCI 103B
- EPS SCI 51Mineralogy: Earth and Planetary Materials
- EPS SCI 1Introduction to Earth Science
- EPS SCI 20Natural History of Southern California
- CLUSTER 70AEvolution of Cosmos and Life
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 4 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
EPS SCI 103B
- EPS SCI 244Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins
- EPS SCI 259Seminar: Paleotectonics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.