EPS SCI 112Structural Geology
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: course 61. Planar and linear structures at different scales in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Faults and folds, their description, classification, and kinematic and dynamic analysis. Deformation, strength, fracture, and rheological properties of rocks.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
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.
EPS SCI 112
- EPS SCI 121Advanced Field Geology
- EPS SCI 133Historical and Regional Geology
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.