EPS SCI CM173Earth Process and Evolutionary History
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 6 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology CM173.) Exploration of relationship between physical processes, such as tectonics and climate, and how they affect surface and impact biology of Earth. Study of evolution of universe, Earth, and life, with integration of history of science, including Darwinian evolution and plate tectonics revolutions. Study of formation of matter offers tools to understand geologic process of climate and ecology of Earth. Past climate change to examine expected future human-influenced climate. Consideration of major events in history of life on Earth. Data and methods from geology, genetics, and geochemistry are integrated to reconstruct past events. This reveals how Earth processes shaped life and how life shaped Earth. Concurrently scheduled with course CM273.
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
Requisites: Chemistry 14A, 14B (or 20A, 20B), Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, and 4, or 7A, 7B, and 7C (or 7A and introductory course in geology).
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- LIFESCI 7A
- LIFESCI 7B
- one of
- LIFESCI 7C
- all of
- LIFESCI 7A
- introductory course in geology
- · parenthetical alternative "(or 20A, 20B)" in "14B (or 20A, 20B)" — scope is a best reading
- · "LIFESCI 1" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 2" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 4" is not in this catalog version
- · parenthetical alternative "(or 7A and introductory course in geology)" in "7C (or 7A and introductory course in geology)" — scope is a best reading
- · could not read "introductory course in geology" (no course number found)
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Chemistry 14A, 14B (or 20A, 20B), Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, and 4, or 7A, 7B, and 7C (or 7A and introductory course in geology)" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EPS SCI CM173
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 20AHChemical Structure (Honors)
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
- CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
7 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 33 courses over 3 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.