NAV SCI 101ANavigation
Naval Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study of principles of piloting, celestial, and electronic navigation employed in determining a ship’s position at sea. Celestial and electronic theory, mathematical analysis, sextant sights, and use of navigational aids.
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.
NAV SCI 101A
- NAV SCI 101BNaval Operations and Seamanship
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.