EPS SCI 231Crystal Chemistry and Structure of Minerals
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Bonding, interatomic configurations, polymorphic transformations, isotypism, thermal and positional disorder; survey of structures of common minerals, and relation of physical and chemical properties to crystal structure.
S/U 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 51.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPS SCI 231
- 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.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.