EPS SCI 200BIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics II: Oceans and Atmospheres
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Evolution and chemistry of atmosphere and oceans. Radiative transfer, greenhouse gasses, global warming plus climate change. Dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans plus global circulation. Applications to Earth, other solar system bodies, and extrasolar planetary systems.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 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
Requisites: Physics 32, 105A, 110A, 112.
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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 200B
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
- PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 112Thermal Physics
- PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
4 direct requisites. Showing 41 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. 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 200B
- EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamos
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.