EPS SCI 119Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors in physical sciences. Exploration of history and phenomenology of plate tectonics theory, with particular focus on obervables and kinematics. Evidence supporting plate tectonics theory (magnetic anomalies, seismicity, gravity). Tectonic, igneous, and metamorphic processes at plate boundaries. Focus on plate kinematics both past and present and learn how to compute and plot velocities. Exploration of plate dynamics including driving mechanism and convection.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 1, or any course from 3 through 17, 20, or Clusters 70A.
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 119
- EPS SCI 1Introduction to Earth Science
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. 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 119
- 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.